Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that was to be her by-name — the Rose ? |
| 2 | So that was to be the landing place , on July 4th . |
| 3 | At that time the navigator and bombardier starting going on missions because evidently they were short so by the time the Gdynia mission came around the bombardier and the , and the er navigator had missions under their belt so this was to be my first mission . |
| 4 | Soon this was to be entered and then only Tibet and Ethiopia would remain for a time unresponsive to European politics , ideas and technology . |
| 5 | No child under sixteen was to be placed in an adult prison for any purpose . |
| 6 | Now this was to be the country in which I should eat and sleep , read books and write letters for the rest of the war . |
| 7 | Surely this was to be the winning throw , but , oh disaster , gloom and stress , surely it was n't . |
| 8 | Attention focused chiefly on strengthening the " European pillar " of the military alliance , although members failed to agree on how precisely this was to be achieved . |
| 9 | Sometimes this was to be done with the aid of a department or institution studentship or scholarship . |
| 10 | If the palace was ‘ His ’ pet project , then this was to be the home of ‘ Her ’ hobby . |
| 11 | He failed always to understand that there was a large area of common ground in British public opinion on India which consisted in the belief that , with a few adjustments , British rule could be made , and remain , acceptable to Indians for ever , and that differences of opinion were to a considerable extent about how this was to be done . |
| 12 | The political pressures reinforcing this attitude were powerful , and Shinwell , with his eye on the working class cost of living , told the Central Authority at its first meeting that they should not charge prices higher than costs ( without , however , specifying how this was to be interpreted ) . |
| 13 | There was little elaboration as to how this was to be achieved , save occasional guidance notes ; otherwise there was reliance on the all-embracing , but rather vague idea of protecting ‘ amenity ’ ( Punter , 1987 ) . |
| 14 | He makes it clear in the dedication of the latter that voices and instruments were to be used now together , now separately ( ‘ per vocum et instrumentorum melodiam , tam conjuncte quam divisim ’ ) but not at all clear how this was to be done . |
| 15 | There was a particular dish , in those days something of a delicacy , which needed cutting into sections before serving , and the question was how this was to be done . |
| 16 | Although he did not specify how this was to be achieved , he promised not to increase the unpopular goods and services consumption tax ( GST ) . |
| 17 | The Luxembourg session was represented as a " political agreement " and the subsequent Salzburg disagreement as reflecting different interpretations of how this was to be translated into concrete terms ; " on some outstanding questions the respective positions were converging , while on others further work remained necessary " . |
| 18 | Morrison had Gooch very similarly at Christchurch , and again this was to be his only success of the innings . |
| 19 | To be too direct was to be unfeminine . |