Example sentences of "[conj] this was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Whigs had recovered somewhat by 1705 , giving the Tories a good run for their money , and they actually won the Election in 1708 , although this was to be the only General Election they were to win under Anne . |
| 2 | In the slow introduction Tennstedt made it clear that this was to be a reading of high , dramatic contrasts , and that led to an account of the Vivace which with its sprung rhythms kept relaxing into pastoral moments without loss of pace or power . |
| 3 | When asking for his correspondence with the Treasury to be published , Hall could hardly have suspected that this was to be one of his last official acts . |
| 4 | Messages were transmitted that this was to be work experience for teachers . |
| 5 | Their agreement was that this was to be a pre-supper drink with Colin and Yvonne , the limit both of time and alcohol consumption clearly understood between her and Norman before they left home . |
| 6 | Long experience had told me that this was to be expected . |
| 7 | I remember thinking that this was to be alive . |
| 8 | I could hardly believe that this was to be the end of the public life of a man so comparatively young , and with so much still to give … |
| 9 | Time , at last , to call a baby boy after father himself , so this was to be Benjamin Titford , junior — destined to become a silversmith by trade , and a bit of an entrepreneur like his uncle William Charles . |
| 10 | The latter had been officially withdrawn two days before , and this was to be its final working . |
| 11 | And this was to be poor Mary 's destiny . |
| 12 | But they did not and this was to be their downfall . |
| 13 | The establishment and maintenance of peace was the primary aim of idealists , and this was to be achieved through the spread of liberal democracy and through international law , administered by a newly created international organization , the League of Nations . |
| 14 | And this was to be the case with a lot of actuality pictures of the time . |
| 15 | But if this was to be achieved then public spending — as a proportion of national wealth — had to come down . |
| 16 | her strong suit was the family chronicle and , if this was to be extended over three or more generations , enough leading personages had to be kept in the land of the living . |
| 17 | Even more than in the 1930s , the TUC were imprisoned within constraints imposed on it by a capitalist wage-structure : the TUC argued strongly for adequate pensions ( denying , for example , that an old person needed less to eat ) ; but if this was to be implemented without encouraging further wage-cuts to elderly workers , then it appeared to them inevitable that a retirement condition must be introduced . |
| 18 | I did n't feel it was worthwhile to make an effort in England any more if this was to be the result of my first exposure in England since Robert Fraser collapsed . |
| 19 | Both men had a history of lawlessness , petty felonies and misdemeanours , but this was to be their first foray into serious and hopefully prosperous crime , an opportunity prompted by pure chance . |
| 20 | But this was to be a market that was not wholly free or spontaneous . |
| 21 | But this was to be a very different story and one unsuited to the ears of children . |
| 22 | The overthrow of a Foreign Secretary was a considerable achievement for a popular agitation , but this was to be the limit of the peace Ballot 's success . |
| 23 | Such measures brought it to heel for the time being ; but this was to be the last occasion before the end of the old monarchy when the government won a real victory over this increasingly dangerous opponent . |
| 24 | The war years had certainly elevated their position , but this was to be only temporary , and at the end of the 17th Century women were as badly off as if the war had never happened , worse in fact because their position declined after the war . |
| 25 | Some difficulties were experienced in the interpretation of SCOTVEC guidance documents , but this was to be expected as we were one of the first colleges to be involved in developing units for the HNC Pilot Scheme , and telephone communication with the SCOTVEC Curriculum Development Officers , who were most helpful , usually resolved them for us . |
| 26 | But this was to be expected just before a general election . |
| 27 | It was impossible to hug and kiss her with those letters in the background ( all the more , since this was to be their first , and thus an unforgettable , kiss ) , and so he had no choice but to turn back with a bitter sense of capitulation . |
| 28 | The director had a lot of respect for Douglas as an actor but since this was to be Silverstein 's first theatrical film he did n't want to have to find himself dealing with ‘ A consummate ego ’ , as he put it , and then added , ‘ no , huge ego ’ . |
| 29 | We actively desired an ever closer union of the European peoples , but it was not laid down how and when this was to be achieved . |
| 30 | The crew were in high spirits as they passed over the channel as this was to be their last mission before leave , away from the stress of bombing well protected targets over Germany . |