Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [was/were] 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 | An advertisement was put out requesting that no relief be given to beggars ; the really needy were to be referred to Mr. Chapman at the House of Industry . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Surely this was to be the winning throw , but , oh disaster , gloom and stress , surely it was n't . |
| 9 | His mood of self-satisfaction was far from justified in terms of social and economic realities , but even these were to be turned into personal triumphs for Franco in the course of the next two decades . |
| 10 | Various such measures were enacted in the years prior to 1867 , though the most notable were to be enacted in the remaining decades of the century . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Sometimes this was to be done with the aid of a department or institution studentship or scholarship . |
| 13 | If the palace was ‘ His ’ pet project , then this was to be the home of ‘ Her ’ hobby . |
| 14 | Morrison had Gooch very similarly at Christchurch , and again this was to be his only success of the innings . |
| 15 | The public transport safety target would not be achieved if single-pilot public transport operations by pilots over sixty were to be permitted . |
| 16 | To be too direct was to be unfeminine . |