Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | As his biographer has pointed out it was to be a long time ‘ before he had an equal in the study of archaeology on a scientific basis or as an illustrator of archaeological relics ’ ( Jessup 1975 , p. 109 ) . |
2 | This must be a taste of how it was to be a Marine in armour , whose servo-suit responded to the motions of his body , magnifying these … |
3 | The idea was to move away from an elitist and centralist view of things , yet it was to be a long time before such changes were implemented in the Government 's media , and it might well be argued that they have not progressed very far to this day . |
4 | From the early 1960s onwards it was to be a trip that many young English radicals were to make . |
5 | That it was a Saturday morning had made his presence possible — he would not have accepted the invitation had it been on some date in the week — and carriages had already piled behind one another in the main street ; evidently it was to be a large party . |