Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [conj] [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here arch , colonnade , dome , and column were flaunted in a triumphalist manner , with the vault of the great concourse projecting dramatically above the roof line as was to be common in all Beaux-Arts stations . |
| 2 | The Scottish system offered an unequalled banking stability and was to be followed eventually by most industrialised nations . |
| 3 | Having achieved this , they provoked disquiet in two quarters : first , those concerned with the defence of Basrah , up the river to the north , and the nearby port of Umm Qasr ; and , second , the government of Kuwait ( an important source of support for Iraq throughout the war ) , which had already suffered air attacks and was to be struck again before the fighting was over . |
| 4 | The two men eventually fell into conversation , the late-comer explaining that he was a director of the railway company and that he was interested in a new branch line that was to be opened . |
| 5 | It was not only food imports that were to be substituted in Franco 's plan . |