Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Princess Joanna 's marriage to David Stewart was to be declared null and void , since both had been mere infants at its celebration , and the princess free to marry whomsoever her royal brother selected , Balliol himself being glad and privileged to wed her if this was his Lord Edward 's will and choice . |
| 2 | The first Bishop of Middlesbrough , Richard Lacey was to be in office for 50 years . |
| 3 | Thatcher 's popularity soared to a record level , said the polls , though an inquiry into the Falklands mess was to be started . |
| 4 | Napier also employed about 15,000 men in the Vulcan Forge between Washington Street and McAlpine Street , and extensive construction yards at Govan , but Parkhead Forge was to be a tumult of fire and heat for 100 years . |
| 5 | For Marx and Engels society was to be analysed in terms of the social organization of production , which in The German Ideology they called the division of labour . |
| 6 | Although neither party knew it , the Cherbourg visit was to be the last state meeting between the sovereigns . |
| 7 | It was a good choice : Archbishop Wenilo was to be one of Charles 's key supporters in the critical period after 840 . |
| 8 | On Feb. 5 , 1991 , Secretary of State for Defence King announced that the United States nuclear submarine base at Holy Loch was to be closed and that the US F-111 bombers would be withdrawn from the Upper Heyford and Lakenheath bases [ see also p. 37704 ] . |
| 9 | Concern was also expressed in some quarters when it became known that Christopher Ball was to be appointed Chairman of the Board , on the grounds that as head of an Oxford College he would not appear to have the intimate knowledge of the further education system that such a post requires . |
| 10 | ( It had been announced in July 1990 by the Soviet Union that from Jan. 1 , 1991 , trade between COMECON members was to be in freely convertible currency and at world market prices — see pp. 37630 ; 37979 . |
| 11 | The Lady 's Not For Burning by Christopher Fry was to be directed by John Gielgud at the Globe in May 1949 and Richard auditioned for the ‘ orphaned clerk ’ . |
| 12 | Mambo Leo was to be transferred to commercial ownership and to disappear shortly after independence , but other papers sponsored or produced by the Government took its place . |
| 13 | It was estimated that the level of social security contribution cuts suggested by Moynihan would increase the 1991 budget deficit by $55,000 million , thereby making it imperative to impose real cuts in spending or to raise new taxes if the Gramm-Rudman target was to be achieved . |
| 14 | For the next 138 years the Brick Lane brewery was to be run exclusively by members of these three families , the Hanburys , Buxtons and Pryors . |
| 15 | On 26 October the queen and her supporters had issued a proclamation at Bristol declaring that since the king had deserted the realm , presumably by fleeing to Glamorgan , Prince Edward was to be Reeper of the Realm , and the prince issued writs in his father 's name summoning parliament for 15 December . |
| 16 | Later in the same year , however , appearing on television in a news item on vandalism , Mr Rees was to be found closing the commonsense consensus . |
| 17 | NATO headquarters announced on Nov. 7 that Manfred Wörner " s term as NATO Secretary-General was to be extended until June 30 , 1993 . |
| 18 | The trade union leadership of the party at this time often sounded at least as hostile to the National Government as the constituency party members : at the 1939 conference Ernest Bevin was to be heard emphasising that he was |
| 19 | It was unclear what the future role of the ECOWAS-installed interim Government of National Unity headed by Professor Amos Sawyer was to be . |
| 20 | Under a court ruling , Pastor Tokes was to be shifted east after pressure was put on church elders who acceded to the regime 's order to move the troublesome clergyman away from the town . |
| 21 | Mr Major was to be less Nice and more Nasty . |
| 22 | Vazgen Manukyan , already named in September as Minister of State for Defence Issues , to whom the then Defence Minister Vazgen Sarkisyan was to be subordinate [ see p. 39108 ] , was appointed Defence Minister on Oct. 20 , with Sarkisyan becoming a presidential adviser in regions bordering Azerbaijan . |
| 23 | The Horton budget was to be increased from £10 million to more than £13 million for upgradings and improvements as the gradual transfer of patients from Banstead took place . |
| 24 | For the first time , the mighty strength of the United States was to be employed in a truly international conflict . |
| 25 | The conclusion was that quote , Anna Jane was to be cared for primarily by her parents , I am not saying exhaustively , they wanted to be involved for as long as they were able to do . |
| 26 | In the spring 1993 Budget the Chancellor announced that the tax credit on dividends paid by UK companies was to be reduced from 25 per cent to 20 per cent for dividends paid after 5 April 1993 . |
| 27 | Soviet officials assembled for the Malta summit meeting between President Bush of the USA and President Gorbachev of the Soviet Union on Dec. 2-3 ( see pp. 37110-12 ) confirmed on Nov. 30 that the Warsaw Pact was to be remodelled along the lines of NATO , and would become an instrument for political dialogue with the Western nations . |
| 28 | For the materialist Richards meaning was to be explained as the use of words either to point to things or to evoke feelings — in terms of behaviour , in the last analysis . |
| 29 | The 1992 SADCC summit was to be held in Namibia . |
| 30 | Each time she finished a film , she would tell Mum the title and once it reached the cinema , Mrs Pilling was to be seen at every performance . |