Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barbara insisted that in keeping with the period the only light was to come from the candles , which flickered romantically from the walls and the three Bohemian crystal chandeliers on the ceiling . |
| 2 | The second part of the plan was to turn to the Tories ' own strong issues for the last 10 days : defence , foreign policy , law and order and — hard though it is in a recession — the economy . |
| 3 | A starting point for this exercise was to look at the courses due for validation or review in 1993 . |
| 4 | The LDP 's rebellious faction no longer looks like splitting off : on June 2nd one of its members said secession would achieve nothing , and that the best way to bring about reform was to work behind the scenes . |
| 5 | In Canada , Siberia , and the Far East , in the trans-Andean regions of Latin America and in Africa , the heroic building period was to come in the years when the railways stood on the threshold of being overtaken by new transportation developments , the internal combustion engine and later the aeroplane . |
| 6 | The business was to remain in the hands of the Clutterbucks for the next 120 years . |
| 7 | The only way to change the Court was to wait for the justices ( of whom there were nine ) either to die or retire , and appoint replacements who would support the New Deal . |
| 8 | From its first policy statement it was clear that the initiatives for college courses and development was to come from the institutions themselves . |
| 9 | Juliet 's first instinct was to hide under the blankets . |
| 10 | And the other method was to go to the menus and choose , file , admin link refresh . |
| 11 | The final act of this Keele was to ballot for the sessions for Keele 1994 . |
| 12 | Ignorance was to play into the hands of the enemy ; knowledge through education was power : |
| 13 | Perhaps it is not surprising that , without exception , the professionals to whom we talked stated emphatically that their overriding concern was to act in the interests of their child clients . |
| 14 | Government spending was to increase in the areas of agriculture ( up 7.9 per cent ) , education ( up 9.8 per cent ) , and science and technological development , but the biggest rise was in defence spending , up 15.2 per cent . |
| 15 | Men , men , mentioned here by our friend , that Leicestershire has got no business to discuss about fox hunting , we are not elusive , there are other county councils who have banned fox hunting on their land , so do not make this as a sacrosanct and or something that Leicestershire are doing , they are not doing first , there are so many other county councils in this country and for your information , I was listening to radio four few days ago , even in Pakistan , a third world country , is banning hunting in their country , we should be ashamed of ourselves here to discuss , I agree with Councillor when the discussion start and he said move for the ward , because the logical thing was to move for the wards rather than discuss , if we all believe that this is horrible , acrimonious and abhorrent in today 's day and age , as the slavery was abhorred two hundred years ago . |
| 16 | Ginnie was to write about the wonders of the First Aid Group and George about his beloved badgers . |
| 17 | ‘ I ’ had shrunk to a nugget of pure and isolated will whose sole purpose was to triumph over the wills of others and over the chaos ensuing from their conflicting demands . |
| 18 | The trick was to retreat towards the gates . |
| 19 | The difficulty was to agree on the proportions of atoms in particular compounds . |
| 20 | The primary school curriculum was to go beyond the basics of English and mathematics , which in any case should be seen in the wider context of other subjects . |
| 21 | Her chief satisfaction was to come from the friends she later made from the worlds of music , art and literature . |
| 22 | Which duty would prevail if a dispute was to come before the courts ? |
| 23 | Later , at a meeting held at Calais in October , the two clauses were removed to form a separate treaty whose implementation was to depend upon the clauses concerning the cession of land having been properly carried out . |
| 24 | The first task was to deal with the strikers , and Aung San achieved this at considerable cost . |
| 25 | The second task was to follow through the police response to this demand , noting what was committed to paper , which officers dealt with incidents , the goals they were seeking to achieve , and what actually happened . |