Example sentences of "[subord] this [was/were] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | If this were to be applied unmodified , since the displacement of the stylus varies inversely with frequency , the amplitude of the waveform cut in the disc at low frequencies would be very large . |
| 4 | Two lives are bound together by a cord , and if this were to be broken prematurely , one would die . |
| 5 | However , evidence suggests that non-business travel is also important and can cover 67 per cent of all movement ( Clark and Unwin 1981 ) ; if this were to be substantially reduced by remote linkages by telephone or other means , the consequences for continued viability of still more rural public transport routes could be serious , especially where comparatively minor variations in demand can be critical . |
| 6 | If this were to be so , it would make a mockery of the caution and the concept of the right to silence after a charge has been preferred . |
| 7 | And if this were to be their last meeting , then should they perhaps not waste it all in talk ? |
| 8 | No decisions would ever be made if this were to be demanded . |
| 9 | If this were to be the case then no deficiency " at all would be noticed in the behaviour of the funnel . |
| 10 | If this were to be the position when goods perish after the risk has passed to the buyer , it would be a contradiction in terms . |
| 11 | With uncertain optimism , the report concludes that ‘ if this were to be achieved , we consider that prosperity , once created , could spread in the same way as blight has done in the past ’ . |
| 12 | " Even if this were to be a case of maternal transmission , it would have no significance for public health " . |
| 13 | But if this was to be achieved then public spending — as a proportion of national wealth — had to come down . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I brought some very beautiful burr American walnut veneer , four enormous leaves for the top and another four for the underside , which was extravagance beyond words , for this was to be an exhibition piece . |