Example sentences of "[det] was to be a " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | This was to be a body of experts — drawn from within the Ministry , HMI , the universities , and the schools — to advise the Minister , the examining bodies , and others concerned with curriculum change . |
3 | This was to be a real family Christmas , and Tina was hard at work in the kitchen with Hilda van Meer . |
4 | This was to be a problem which plagued the Soviet government throughout the 1920s and even today remains a problem of the first magnitude . |
5 | But this was to be a market that was not wholly free or spontaneous . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | But this was to be a very different story and one unsuited to the ears of children . |
8 | Some of them added that they thought the TBC paid too little attention to the speeches of politicians : this was to be a frequent complaint . |
9 | This was to be a common reaction to Selina as her career gathered pace . |
10 | This was to be a tip-and-run raid , penetrating only a short distance into the country . |
11 | This was to be a form of the sociology of knowledge that had off-loaded the epistemological baggage by operating within epistemologically established categories . |
12 | This was to be a singing lesson , and she wrote the words of a hymn , in print of course , on a blackboard . |
13 | This was to be a ‘ one-off ’ event and was not conceived of as the beginning of a moral protest movement or group . |
14 | This was to be a dining table in burr American walnut . |
15 | The dominant benefit is the means-tested income support replacing supplementary benefit ( formerly national assistance ) in April 1988 , whereas under the Beveridge Plan this was to be a minor benefit providing a safety net for those not otherwise covered . |
16 | This was to be a momentous decision although he did not know it at the time . |
17 | This was to be a body of seventy-two members divided into eight subcommittees each specializing in a particular field of expenditure and backed by adequate staff . |
18 | This was to be a regional security organisation based on the GCC , together with a Western military input or participation . |
19 | This was to be a great success for him , being the first ever history of an English county . |
20 | This was to be a temporary measure while further preparations were made for the erection of an Anderson Clyde ‘ Giant Colossus ’ gantry type crane which would work to both ship and vehicle . |
21 | Like Audubon , Lear did not plan for accompanying text : this was to be a purely pictorial study of a single species . |
22 | ‘ I understood this was to be a private meeting . ’ |
23 | That was to be a visit to Chinchero market on my final day . |
24 | The victory did not , however , mean the immediate defeat of England ; that was to be a rather longer process . |
25 | Peggy Wood and her team transformed the Davidson Room into an Aladdin 's Cave of Things Past and Present that was to be a magnet and a haven for members of the public . |