Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already by the late middle ages the English were beginning to expect more space and more privacy in their houses than was to be normal in Scandinavia for another three centuries . |
| 2 | This bespoke greater intellectual confidence than was to be evident at later stages of controversy . |
| 3 | The occasional protests by staff through the years over pay and conditions had usually been dealt with quickly , abrasions salved and healed by the implicit belief that matters would eventually improve , if not tomorrow , then certainly by the day after — and that one was still having more fun than was to be had almost anywhere else anyway . |
| 4 | It was indeed precisely the combination of as much ‘ national ’ pride as was to be found among the greater kingdoms of Europe , with far less material resources on which to base it , which made Scotland so unusual . |
| 5 | Such sky as was to be seen between them was as grey as a school sweater . |
| 6 | Here arch , colonnade , dome , and column were flaunted in a triumphalist manner , with the vault of the great concourse projecting dramatically above the roof line as was to be common in all Beaux-Arts stations . |