Example sentences of "[verb] [that] [adj] [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Messages were transmitted that this was to be work experience for teachers . |
| 2 | When asking for his correspondence with the Treasury to be published , Hall could hardly have suspected that this was to be one of his last official acts . |
| 3 | I could hardly believe that this was to be the end of the public life of a man so comparatively young , and with so much still to give … |
| 4 | The judge referred to a previous decision of his , In re H. ( Minor ) ( Abduction ) [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 439 , but he said that that was to be distinguished because in that case there was in existence at the time of the removal an order of the court that the child should not be removed from the jurisdiction . |
| 5 | I remember thinking that this was to be alive . |
| 6 | Feeling that little was to be gained by personal protest either to the BBC or through their local MP to Parliament , they decided that the best approach was to issue a Manifesto . |