Example sentences of "this was [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to our reconnaissance , this was also to be very much a working patrol . |
| 2 | This was primarily to be financed by increasing the deficit by DM5,900 million ( which was therefore expected to rise to nearly DM33,000 million ) but also by expenditure cuts , most notably of DM545 million on defence . |
| 3 | Evidence of this was already to be seen in the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes . |
| 4 | This was later to be criticised as imposing an unnecessary conservatism on design ( pp. 104–10 , below ) , but at that time ( with shortages of skilled draughtsmen and engineers , and the overriding priority of speeding up the installation of safe and reliable sets ) it was widely supported by the manufacturers and the CEB as well as in Whitehall . |
| 5 | In May 1940 with the threat of invasion a call went out for volunteers for a new force to be known as the Local Defence Volunteers or for short L.D.V. This was later to be called the Home Guard and " Dad 's Army " . |
| 6 | ‘ Mr Ward said that this was only to be given to his wife in the event of his death , ’ the solicitor said . |
| 7 | Moreover , a similar or larger proportion claim either to enjoy the frequent change of tasks and environment , the flexibility of " temping " and of being able to take spells off between assignments , or to have commitments which make continuous working impossible ; even if , as one recent survey ( Manpower , 1986 ) showed , this was Sometimes to be set off against a feeling of employment insecurity . |
| 8 | This was essentially to be a rotating mast mounted upon a tank , which could be driven to the centre of a large field , and with the mast lowered the aeroplane could be attached with a cable . |
| 9 | This was often to be a disturbing element in many of the subsequent trials when children 's uncorroborated evidence sent many to prison and to the gallows . |
| 10 | Only , this was indeed to be an honour — for the Sergeant himself personally wielded the electro-iron when Lexandro , Yeremi , and Biff bent over to flex the great gluteal muscles of their rumps . |