Example sentences of "[adj] it [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this it was to be less than two years before the Party adopted the idea of the " People 's Front " in its entirety , including the help of Liberals and even of Conservatives who were opposed to the National Government . |
| 2 | Apart from the appointment of Edward Kirk to the post of Principal at Leeds in 1881 it was to be almost 100 years before deaf people once again became acceptable as teachers of deaf children . |
| 3 | She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive . |
| 4 | She was glad it was to be a businesslike parting . |
| 5 | Even the soldiers in the field must 've been thoroughly sick of all those whining pieces about Our Boys and Girls , and their mail , or the endlessly recycled nonsense about how hard it was to be a female soldier in Saudi Arabia . |
| 6 | How gorgeous it was to be alive ! |
| 7 | By and large , the more important a command ( importance being judged by the size of territorial authority , or , more appropriately in time of peace , by the numbers of men involved ) the more likely it was to be given to a man who had achieved it as a result of attendance at court . |
| 8 | Santerre seemed cheerful enough , shuffling his feet , warming his hands , and loudly declaring how good it was to be back in his own home and with his own people . |
| 9 | She closed the door behind her and joined him on the pavement and as she took several breaths of the crisp October air she suddenly felt how good it was to be alive . |
| 10 | Again Jennie stressed how important it was to be able to use the hand and leg independently . |
| 11 | Kermit and his staff watched and waited — they were expecting a blow but they did not or could not comprehend how severe it was to be . |
| 12 | How essential it was to be able to work , and to be blessed with the will to work . |
| 13 | Dot thought how strange it was to be able to recognize a person 's dog even when the person was n't there , and then to know the dog 's name . |
| 14 | The leading judgment , expressing the majority view , was given by Lamont J. The maxim , which I have already quoted , led to the conclusion that as the child en ventre sa mère was born alive it was to be treated as having being alive while en ventre sa mère and so could claim damages for an injury at that time . |
| 15 | Julia was just thinking how wonderfully refreshing it was to be in the middle of a real city , with town noises and roads and motor cars , when it dawned on her that her baggy brownish-grey tweeds and old felt hat were far too countrified . |
| 16 | On July 1st he was writing to say that he was back at the studio , and how delightful it was to be free of catheters , bougies , and syringes . |
| 17 | How wonderful it was to be able to stop a car on impulse and bathe in a pool of crystal-clear water ! |
| 18 | And my , how wonderful it was to be proved right once again ! ’ |
| 19 | He had just nodded his head , and then returned to the talk about the social evening , and how difficult it was to be safe with prawns , and he had wanted to know if Dan and his lady would be coming to the Service 's New Year 's Eve party . |
| 20 | It was strange how difficult it was to be alone , especially as no one was anxious to be with me . |
| 21 | How marvellous it was to be free ; how appalling it would have been to have had to wash some man 's socks and cope with his whingeing children . |
| 22 | Mildred leapt to the floor and sat there for a moment , reflecting how nice it was to be able to jump such an amazing distance without getting hurt . |
| 23 | How nice it was to be able to use all of the pedestrian walkways and see the beauty of them just as the planners visualised . |
| 24 | Then tears would slide down her face into her hair as she lay crying all alone , remembering how horrible it was to be Chesarynth . |