Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another factor was the legendary cautiousness of Franco , for whom slow progress and sure gains were always to be preferred to unnecessary risks . |
| 2 | His comments were useful because they provide us all with the opportunity to see what the Opposition have in mind and the approach that they will take in the run-up to the next election and if they were ever to be elected to government . |
| 3 | If the lead were ever to be sold to radiation detector manufacturers it would raise more than the £24000 it has cost to salvage the hull . |
| 4 | In later law , however , a testator would have had no need to concern himself with this , since a rescript of Severus and Caracalla introduced the rule that , failing evidence to the contrary , dispositions charged on the heir were also to be understood to be payable by a substitute . |
| 5 | Yugoslavia and possibly Albania were also to be invited to the meeting , although neither was a COMECON member . |
| 6 | Although Futurism succumbed to the ravages of the First World War and its surviving adherents were later to be put to flight by Mussolini , many of its observations and its leading artists , such as Severini , Picabia , Boccioni and Balla continue to inspire the main stream of modern art . |
| 7 | But who were there to be marketed to ? |
| 8 | ‘ Mr Ward said that this was only to be given to his wife in the event of his death , ’ the solicitor said . |
| 9 | We do n't know for certain but it was probably to be given to you on your arrival . ’ |
| 10 | My exposure to the energy and subtle abilities of my Subud brothers in Java had so ignited my optimism and sense of wonder concerning our hidden natures that I had wangled my way into Lancaster University 's Department of Comparative Religion to write a doctorate on transformational consciousness , in a field which was later to be referred to as psycho-anthropology . |
| 11 | Nasser was also to be compared to Mohamed Ali , with his efforts to modernise Egypt and industrialise his economy , Ahmed Arabi , leading an earlier nationalist uprising , and Zaghlul , al zaim , with his popularity among the Arab masses . |
| 12 | He was often to be referred to as a modern pharaoh by Egyptians when he was in power ; and in particular the High Dam at Aswan was spoken of as Nasser 's pyramid . |
| 13 | As far as the conditions of voting were concerned , the 40s. freehold vote was to be retained in the counties , but in the boroughs the vote was everywhere to be offered to the £10 householder , the man who occupied — either as owner or tenant of one landlord buildings of an annual value of £10 . |
| 14 | The meaning of the October Revolution was then to be explained to anyone who bothered to turn up . |
| 15 | The land was then to be restored to its original owners on the payment of its value in installments . |
| 16 | Certainly , the claim was there to be used to Edward 's advantage . |