Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right-wing social democrats drew the conclusion that material advances could be won indefinitely and therefore nothing extra was to be gained by open class struggle . |
| 2 | Likewise , when he secured a thirty-mark annual pension from the church of Wigan , he assigned ten marks to the fabric fund of the cathedral and twenty marks to the sacrist , of which half was to be assigned to six boys appointed by the bishop . |
| 3 | On July 16 it was officially announced that the consortium had offered US$260,000,000 in cash ( of which half was to be paid immediately and the remainder over 10 months ) in addition to US$2,000 million in a debt-for-equity exchange , comprising US$1,600 million in Argentine debt principal and $400,000,000 in outstanding interest on that debt . |
| 4 | Whilst each side recognized the growing demand of the Korean people for reunification , the means through which this was to be achieved remained elusive . |
| 5 | The Commission approved on Dec. 17 , 1989 , for the third framework programme , its key technology research and development initiative , a budget of 5,700 million ECU over a five-year period of which one-third was to be for research into information technology . |
| 6 | Nothing human was to be seen there — no man to whom I might call . |
| 7 | He was found seated staring at the wall , as if something unmentionable was to be found there that they could not see . |
| 8 | Jed 's idea of doing something special was to be allowed to help her out on the estate , almost as if he was afraid that he 'd find himself abandoned if he did n't make himself useful . |