Example sentences of "what was to be " in BNC.
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| 31 | Neville Duke at the helm of P.1067 WB188 — the prototype of what was to be called the Hunter . |
| 32 | Educated , urban Spaniards demanded institutional and constitutional reforms , some going so far as to favour the monarchy 's replacement by a republic ; in Catalonia and the Basque country , where distinctive languages and cultures existed , rising nationalist movements opposed the regime 's centralizing character ; in Morocco , Spain and her army became embroiled in what was to be her last colonial war ; and two mass forces of the left , socialism and anarchism , emerged to offer organized protest against the injustices of Spanish society . |
| 33 | Spanish socialism , meanwhile , was in the early stages of what was to be termed ‘ bolshevization ’ : a shift towards revolutionary positions in which moderates like Prieto found themselves struggling to retain influence and party office . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | The syllabuses for GCE and CSE always prescribed quite clearly what was to be taught to pupils from the age of fourteen upwards . |
| 36 | Some of the lesser priced Modernist works were of greater interest , Edward Hopper 's 1926–28 watercolour , ‘ Gloucester houses ’ ( lot 143 est. $300–400,000 ) , bought cheaply by the Jordan-Volpe Gallery , for $300,000 ( £187,500 ) was a brilliant example of what was to be one of his most popular subjects . |
| 37 | He worked out his positions very much through polemical critique of others , and tended to be clearer about what was to be rejected than about what was to be put constructively in its place . |
| 38 | He worked out his positions very much through polemical critique of others , and tended to be clearer about what was to be rejected than about what was to be put constructively in its place . |
| 39 | The Cold War had effectively decided what was to be done with Germany . |
| 40 | But it was after the war , when Magnus had driven the enemy from the land and he 'd been hailed as the new Emperor , that he performed what was to be his most significant act . |
| 41 | In confirming the wealth of the district the subsidy exposed a scale of poverty that more closely approached what was to be found in the rest of Suffolk . |
| 42 | It was Alexander Herzen ( 1812–70 ) who , having emigrated to the West in 1847 , began to give currency to what was to be the dominant theme of the revolutionary wing of the intelligentsia for the next four decades . |
| 43 | When the King asked what was to be done , ‘ all the said councillors and every of them by himself , adviseth , counselleth and prayeth that not only process but execution of justice be also had … |
| 44 | These duties had to be fulfilled alongside those of his conventional publishing business , and he was also supposed to be writing a scene for inclusion in what was to be a filmed version of Murder in the Cathedral . |
| 45 | By the early 1960s Leech was a major landowner in the area of what was to be the New Town . |
| 46 | It was pointed out that it was hardly surprising there was a significant negative relationship between existing levels and subsequent change since ‘ decentralization ’ , i.e. movement away from existing areas , was precisely what was to be explained . |
| 47 | In the south of the county what was to be the most appalling town of all — St Helens — was just beginning to defile its surroundings . |
| 48 | This was a prelude to his speech on 21 February 1957 when he proclaimed his konsepsi ( conception ) of what was to be Guided Democracy . |
| 49 | The Leningrad historian , R.G. Skrynnikov , has suggested , though not without challenge , that it was in 1582 rather than 1581 , that the first foray or ‘ expedition ’ of cossack conquistadors under the leadership of ataman Yermak Timofeevich scored an unspectacular military victory over the tiny Tatar princedom of Sibir , then ruled by Khan Kuchum , thus laying the foundations for what was to be the irresistible Russian Drang nach Osten . |
| 50 | And what was to be done ? |
| 51 | Although not unaware of the benefits in increased production which the new agrochemicals had allowed , she drew attention , in a passionate book , to the long-term dangers : With words like these Rachel Carson placed farming practice at the centre of what was to be an often rancorous controversy about the compatibility of efficient , profitable and cheap food production with the ecological balance of the countryside . |
| 52 | It decided what was to be debated , for how long and when the final vote was to be taken , so that the government could plan its legislative programme and could forecast accurately when each legislative train would reach the various stages on the journey to enactment . |
| 53 | It never occurred to her to worry about what was to be done with her , though she wryly thought that the hospitality of the military establishment seemed to be a constant throughout human history . |
| 54 | He never damn well is , Donaldson thought , and asked what was to be done about Mrs Balanchine . |
| 55 | She came towards him ; in her eyes he could see the dread of what was to be . |
| 56 | What was to be done ? |
| 57 | In about 1823 he began what was to be his principal life 's work , the translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Persian . |
| 58 | In retirement Ackerley revised what was to be his masterpiece , a ‘ family memoir ’ begun in the 1930s which was eventually published as My Father and Myself ( 1968 ) . |
| 59 | She turned the corner and glanced up at the hoarding above the cinema 's portico , to see what was to be her fate for the next three hours . |
| 60 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |