Example sentences of "[adj -est] [noun sg] was to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decided the wisest course was to pool all he had made over the last two years , enabling Julian to purchase the lease of a high street property . |
| 2 | His greatest ambition was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 3 | The greatest benefit was to the local community as a whole : as Listers grew so the area climbed to prosperity from the depression that followed the collapse of the wool-cloth trade . |
| 4 | So these young entrepreneurs started their own company and within the twenty-strong group , which mainly comprised old Etonians , the greatest accolade was to be called ‘ Bob ’ . |
| 5 | At that moment his dearest wish was to be back at work and having lunch with Mrs Tobias . |
| 6 | He himself would probably have claimed that his greatest achievement was to be able to predict accurately where and when a particular cuckoo would lay its eggs . |
| 7 | Winstanley , however , had full confidence and proclaimed his greatest wish was to be upon the rock during ‘ … the greatest storm that ever was ’ . |
| 8 | Her highest ambition was to be by the end of the day simply acceptable , to have done no rushing or crashing , committed no vehemence . |
| 9 | In weapon procurement the highest priority was to be given to : |
| 10 | A versatile and hardy traveller , his earliest journey was to Italy and Sicily , the prelude to an extended and detailed tour of Greece as far as Thessaly . |
| 11 | LASMO 's second largest sale was to Murphy Oil Corporation of the US which acquired an 8.52 per cent interest in the T-block development for US$100 million [ £62 million ] . |
| 12 | For men , the biggest threat was to their shirts , with over a third claiming to have had at least one ruined . |
| 13 | It is an additional pleasure to recognise his prophetic power of divining where the best art was to be found . |
| 14 | One granddaughter of a carpenter 's widow ‘ adored my grandmother , whom I seldom saw : my greatest reward was to be allowed to brush grandmother 's long silken white hair . ’ |