Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1 km successes were to come to an end this afternoon . |
| 2 | If we were to come across an object the like of which we had never before encountered , we would be in no position to determine whether it was an artefact or not , or to conclude with certainty that it had actually been designed and made by human beings . |
| 3 | By the optimistic view of the 1972 White Paper , they were to increase to an average of 6,000 full-time students each by 1981 , making 180,000 students in all . |
| 4 | If one were to suggest to an electronics engineer that he might want to study how a circuit works by pulling bits out and observing changes in function his reaction would probably be one of horror ! |
| 5 | The idea was to plan for an increase in Berlin 's population to 1.5 million . |
| 6 | was to come to an agreement with the Conservative group because in my view that budget was better than the one put forward by the Labour . |
| 7 | It was a great regret to me that our partnership was to come to an end . |
| 8 | I was once advised that the best way to avoid jumping the gun during intercourse was to concentrate on an image that offered the minimum in erotic possibilities . |
| 9 | Twenty years after I was there — in the added bleakness of wartime and the blackout — the economist and educationalist John Vaizey ( the late Lord Vaizey ) was to write in an article in Encounter : |
| 10 | On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on . |
| 11 | This was to lead to an increase in real wages and to a decline in rents for land , and in so far as these can be used to measure the standard of living of the people , they suggest that the condition of the peasantry improved markedly in the fifteenth century . |
| 12 | As a trade depot and naval base , Calais was to serve as an entrepôt for trade in and out of England , and as a back door , which armies might and did use , into France . |
| 13 | ‘ The skills were there when we took over and Courtaulds 's role was to act as an enabler — to allow those skills to be unleashed . |
| 14 | In Palacath Ltd v Flanagan [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 161 , the terms of a lease stated that the rent reviewer was to act as an expert and not as an arbitrator . |
| 15 | The registry was to act as an agent for the parties ' endorsement of bills , as well as for the delivery of the paper based bill of lading with which the goods would be claimed from the carrier . |
| 16 | They would take a train to Plowden , where my uncle , Will Lucas , was station master , and his other unofficial duty was to act as an agent for R. W. Francis , buying , weighing and paying the whinberry pickers . |
| 17 | Dr Murray was to reappear as an expert witness for Raybestos Manhattan and the IDA at the appeal to An Bord Pleanala . |
| 18 | The Lieutenant 's friends were advised that the only way of getting to India , short of enlisting as a private soldier , was to travel as an officer 's servant , though with the prospect of becoming a recognised volunteer upon arrival . |