Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hoped to provide a convincing explanation of why such surrenders of so-called national sovereignty were or were not to the advantage of nations . |
| 2 | Didsbury , St Osyth 's , Worcester and others which had previously had discussions with the CNAA were either already back in discussion , or were soon to be so . |
| 3 | He turned to his sons demanding to know whether there was or was not to be a baptism party that night , and whether or not I would be the only white present . |
| 4 | American travellers became stranded in Europe and turned into expatriates or exiles in Henry James 's novels , shadowy amalgamation of foreign manners with shreds of familiar accents that were up to the narrator to decipher , but it could n't happen to her , not in 1928 , even with a crash . |
| 5 | Then capping it all is a ceiling of absolute if intricate formality , a prelude and preparation to the first floor rooms that were never to be worked . |
| 6 | ‘ My good fortune lay in working with great men who were patient with me and taught me good habits that were never to be forgotten . |
| 7 | The inference that was clearly to be drawn from their study was that land reform/land redistribution was the critical factor in the peasant problem : even if the peasants ' lot could be improved by less drastic means . |
| 8 | This attitude was also responsible for a new horological invention that was ultimately to be of far-reaching social significance . |
| 9 | In a new biography of him , Lineker says : ‘ The substitution was a decision that was up to the manager . |
| 10 | The appeal committee dismissed the applicant 's appeals , stating that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education , and that the girls did not meet the admission criteria . |
| 11 | After giving the case careful consideration , the panel decided that , as is stated in section 6(3) ( a ) of the Education Act 1980 , that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education . |
| 12 | That school , like many of its contemporaries , was essentially a ‘ professionalizing ’ school preparing its better students for the more dignified occupations , rather than for higher education ( a development that was not to be fully realized until after 1945 and the expansion of the universities ) . |
| 13 | For the East Germans the Poles had been objects of contempt for most of Prussian history , and the loss of land to them was an insult that was not to be swallowed , but would instead produce a festering sense of indignity , shame and anger . |
| 14 | Another key to Private Eye 's success , and one that was not to be lost on the underground , was its use of offset litho printing . |
| 15 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 16 | It was mild by contrast with some of his later invective , but it marked the beginning of a year that was soon to be darkened by violence , malice and crime . |
| 17 | ‘ All I can say though is that whatever happens it will be my decision , ’ she said , revealing the determination and single-mindedness that was later to be turned against her . |
| 18 | It was this proprietorial attitude that was later to be one of the elements that would alienate Anne , who wanted to pursue her own career in parallel with her husband 's . |
| 19 | So although Frazer was doing a kind of anthropology that was later to be rather dis despised , it had something to be said for it . |
| 20 | On the way , they stopped at a farmhouse that was about to be put up for sale . |
| 21 | Feelings were thought to be strong , on either side , about the sentence that was now to be carried out . |
| 22 | It was a debt that was never to be repaid by the politicians or the generals of both sides , no matter how many red poppies were later bought or how many ‘ Last Posts ’ were sounded on dismal anniversaries . |
| 23 | Its significance rested upon its ability to censure the High Authority and to demand its collective resignation , a blunt sanction that was never to be applied . |
| 24 | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn , a former Solicitor-General for Scotland , said some lawyers were deliberately spinning out cases and were on to a meal ticket . |
| 25 | But you muste prove yourself to do som thynges that you were never taught , or else you shall not be able to doo any more than you were taught , and were rather to learne by rote than by reason . |
| 26 | Rather sadly , the sites allotted to these clinics were often away from the main hospital departments and were either to be found in dungeon-like basements or else in prefabricated huts . |
| 27 | The following are two examples from brochures in the early 1990s which were distributed to parents and local businesses , and were even to be found in doctors ' and dentists ' waiting rooms . |
| 28 | The Elector Counts could not have done otherwise even if they had wanted ; the people demanded it , and were not to be denied . |
| 29 | In this process , battles did little to help either side achieve its military aim , and were not to be an important part of the strategies pursued by the two main protagonists in the Hundred Years War . |
| 30 | The fires of her fury against him , long buried , had risen up , and were not to be contained . |