Example sentences of "[was/were] to start [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has established diplomatic and trade relations with South Korea and its rapidly growing economy would only suffer if a war were to start across the border . |
| 2 | If we were to start on a building of such magnitude — which we have not yet attempted — it is easy to imagine the army of architects and engineers , the volumes of plans , the batteries of computers , the regiments of construction machinery we would require . |
| 3 | It was to start on the night of 17 November , and L Detachment 's role in this was to be small but potentially crucial . |
| 4 | There was great jubilation in the family when he returned home to tell them that he was to start in the Despatch Department in two weeks ' time , in the huge new office in Edge Lane where Eileen worked . |
| 5 | Councillors were told that a pilot scheme was to start in the Northfield-Coalgate area of Tranent in the spring with the support of Tranent Community Council , the police , Scottish Homes and the residents ' association . |
| 6 | Their aim was to start from the bottom up and to grow a church that would be able in the end to plant other churches . |