Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the underground it was to be almost unknown . |
| 2 | The great bulk of population movement occurred independently of Moscow in the years 1917–22 , but after the end of NEP it was to be strictly enforced , and took place on a vast scale again . |
| 3 | They also pointed out that in a competitive market for a homogeneous product it was to be expected that prices would be identical and follow each other closely . |
| 4 | Although the stanchions are in place it was to be a further 3 years before electrification was completed . |
| 5 | Then there were officers with particular functions , one whose job it was to be at the scene of the crime before the body was touched or moved . |
| 6 | It is hard to convey to those who do not remember the abysmal depths of post-war British catering what a heady sensation it was to be invited to strike a blow for improvement — or to strike a restaurant off for bad cooking , uncleanliness or lack of attention . |
| 7 | When he arrived at the meeting it was to be told that he was suspended and barred from his office . |
| 8 | All red wine and vintage port would have been decanted ; port as early as possible on the day it was to be drunk ; claret two or three hours before drinking and kept at room temperature without a stopper in order to let it ‘ breathe ’ . |
| 9 | On this occasion it was to be hoped that humiliation and hurt pride had been assuaged by a new pair of shoes and a many-stranded jet necklace — like early travellers taking presents to the natives , Sophia felt . |
| 10 | Then Cantona committed his second And if the masses shoe-horned onto the Vicarage Road terraces had the growing feeling it was to be Watford 's night , Cantona 's second howler of the night when Strachan 's cross found the darling of Elland Road unmarked again and just six yards out . |
| 11 | Bunting ( 1978 ) in more general terms disclaims this responsibility and states that with the introduction of high-yielding paddy it was to be expected there were social problems but it was up to the politicians to ‘ do something about it ’ . |
| 12 | In addition it was to be hoped that Max could come up with some fairly definite cause of death ; and it was even possible ( if only just ) that the surgeon might throw caution to the wind for once and volunteer a tentative approximation of the time it had actually happened . |
| 13 | What a thing it was to be loved . |
| 14 | When the OED was planned in the mid-nineteenth century it was to be a new approach to lexicography . |
| 15 | It took me for ever to decide on the colour , style and material it was to be made in . |
| 16 | In design it was to be a narrow flight of steps descending a steep slope , partly below ground , that ended abruptly above the sea at a vertical plate-glass wall . |