Example sentences of "was to [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was to be the divisional point . |
| 2 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 3 | There was to be the usual share of pain and difficulties which all families face : nursing sick children and elderly parents , for instance ; financial problems in the early days , coping with children 's temperamental difficulties and problems at school . |
| 4 | It was to be the golden rule that no Tiller would have a hint of scandal about her : a difficult task for the pretty vivacious girls from the poor streets of Moss Side . |
| 5 | He claimed to be feeling like ‘ a bit of chewed-up string ’ when he walked out for what was to be the finest ride of his life . |
| 6 | In A'flaq 's view , nationalism was to be the sole bond . |
| 7 | She was to be the Honourable Lady Penelope , a British aristocrat who was seeking the protection of an influential Wehrmacht officer after Britain had fallen to the Third Reich . |
| 8 | However , he tried some of the journalistic pieces in what was to be the second posthumous volume . |
| 9 | The company was to be the right assault company in the battlegroup attack . |
| 10 | The 10th day of the 7th month ( Tishri — September/October ) was to be the annual Day of Atonement ( " at-one-ment " ) for the nation . |
| 11 | This was to be the major stumbling block in difficult and often angry negotiations , in which Stewart Mason played a key part — anxious to avoid a precedent for unclassified degrees in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | I knew when I first thought of it , he wrote , when I first set it up , that it was to be the final piece . |
| 13 | Sadly , it was to be the final port of call on my Latin American tour before returning to Liverpool 's Albert Dock studios — but what a country to end in ! |
| 14 | A few minutes before 5pm on Sunday , December 1st , all France it seemed was either holding its breath or , like team captain , Yannick Noah , was in prayer , as Forget , who had been well beaten in the opening rubber of the match by Andre Agassi , prepared to serve what was to be the final game of the 1991 competition . |
| 15 | The road in question was to be the new North Parade , and — just to be sure — the Trustees wanted permission if necessary to knock down almost the whole of Pig Street and a lot else besides , including : |
| 16 | By the early 1960s Leech was a major landowner in the area of what was to be the New Town . |
| 17 | The June 5 announcement that Foreign Minister Ghozali was to be the new Prime Minister prompted favourable international press comment ; Tehran radio said that he was " recognized by the Islamists as someone who has been away from domestic confrontation " . |
| 18 | When the Eighth Army turned and stood for what was to be the first battle of Alamein , a tiny force consisting of the 11th Field Regiment and a part of the Essex Regiment was rushed to the Ruweisat Ridge with orders to plug the vital gap between the South African positions on the coast and the New Zealanders on the edge of the Quattara Depression . |
| 19 | During his period in England from 1831 to 1832 , in what was to be the first of several such sojourns , Louis-Napoleon met his uncle Joseph — only to be received with a glacial politeness and a lecture on his Italian escapade . |
| 20 | It was an insignificant moment , no one there would have thought that it was to be the first movement in such a great drama , not only for them but also for those watching . |
| 21 | His litter sister Zola , owned by Mrs Pinkerton , was to be the first bitch show champion . |
| 22 | This litter , born on 5 December 1965 , was to be the first born in Victoria and was registered under the Heatherglen prefix . |
| 23 | But if it was to be the first triumphant scream of Morrissey 's revenge , then it was certainly a just reward for Johnny Marr . |
| 24 | This was to be the first of three stages in a carefully planned development of the imperial role and power . |
| 25 | The surgeon 's knife was to be the first act , and possibly the only act , of that no one could be certain . |
| 26 | America was conceived in vision as one of the greatest dreams of men ; it was to be the first nation ever to escape from oppression and the freed spirit would bring forth a splendid nation . |
| 27 | The London Cocoa Trade Amazon Project , as my collecting programme had been christened , was to be the first stage in a rescue operation . |
| 28 | It was to be the first in a long line of pay battles that would give her a reputation for being one of the toughest negotiators in the business . |
| 29 | The charming , vivacious Nancy was to be the first Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro and Mozart evidently felt a very special affection for her . |
| 30 | This was to be the first chance to see what Sutton could produce . |