Example sentences of "in this [noun] [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Encouragement in this direction was to be provided by tax incentives and state-subsidized research and development . |
| 2 | Federal spending on mass public transport was set to rise slightly , from $3,200 million a year to $3,300 million by 1996 , but the overall federal funding for projects in this sector was to be cut sharply [ see budget proposals above ] . |
| 3 | It was not an errand she would enjoy , because she knew the sorrow it would cause , but her specific task in this household was to be the eyes and ears of her dear companion . |
| 4 | It was said of the younger Duke ( 1733–1806 ) that he intended to cover all the surrounding hills with evergreen woods , and many of the finest hardy exotic trees in this country were to be found in the park . |
| 5 | All she wanted was not to know again , so that she could stay a little child and never have to grow up and face the world without her mother to wake her in the mornings and teach her things and tell her stories and pass on all her wisdom about the world and men and how babies came and why the best any woman could hope for in this life was to be able to make one man happy . |
| 6 | To be of Anglo-Catholic opinions in this group was to be a man apart . |