Example sentences of "and it [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was liquid-fuelled with a relatively slow reaction time ( 10 to 15 minutes ) ; and it was to be launched , like the Thors , from unprotected platforms ; but since the original decision had been taken by Sandys to develop Blue Streak , the range and accuracy of Russian missiles had greatly improved . |
| 2 | They were now an old married couple and it was to be expected . |
| 3 | The two machines , one for Britain and one for France , were handed over and it was to be Bertrand 's responsibility to transport one to Paris and so on to London in the French diplomatic bag . |
| 4 | The Eastern Region took a little while longer to dispose of their section north of Pilsley Colliery , and it was to be winter 1967/8 before the contractors arrived at Heath . |
| 5 | LONDON , when John Cranko arrived , was suffering the after-effects of an exhausting war , and it was to be several years before the restrictions and shortages were overcome . |
| 6 | We had another seven years of rationing to come , though we did n't know it , and it was to be many years before things returned to normal , but the war was over . |
| 7 | It was invoked against Henry IV of Germany by the Saxons and the southern dukes ; and it was to be invoked against the English King John long after our period closed . |
| 8 | We made the excursion with ‘ the children ’ that had become traditional ; perhaps it was the most beautiful , and it was to be the last . |
| 9 | Without a base , then , Mario had only his private ambitions to fulfil , and it was to be some years before he did . |
| 10 | However , this remarkable literary work — even given an army of fans as keen as his niece — would not have brought in very much income , nor would the journalism , and it was to be assumed the trust provided the rest . |
| 11 | Members heard Beamish tell the audience that Germany was a great country today because Hitler had named the enemy and it was to be hoped that he would soon call an international conference on the question . |
| 12 | The demanding business of running for the presidency had shown Carter to be an exceptionally energetic , ambitious and intelligent politician and it was to be expected that he would want to be an activist in the White House — a president who left his mark and fulfilled the commitments he had entered into during the campaign . |
| 13 | Mozart , then between 14 and 17 , was still very much under his father 's thumb and it was to be another eight years before he broke free from Salzburg , settled in Vienna and married Constanze Weber . |
| 14 | And it was to be within that Union that ‘ Indo-China will enjoy appropriate liberty ’ . |
| 15 | And it was to be followed in October by a second and still more menacing contest in another safe seat , South Paddington . |
| 16 | In fact , immediately after the launching she was hauled out of the water again and it was to be the following September before she was actually ready , even though an optimistic delivery for June had been promised . |
| 17 | The show was called ‘ Designed To Help ’ and it was to be held at the NEC . |
| 18 | Tribute was paid to the late 's contribution and it was to be brought to the notice of Divisions that nominations were sought . |
| 19 | Putting this principle into operation was to prove more difficult and contentious than may have been foreseen , and it was to be several more years before the CNAA was to consider changes in practice and begin consultations towards a new balance of ‘ minimum of control ’ with the duties imposed by the Charter . |
| 20 | But it differed from the earlier plan in its concentration on the inter-city and suburban commuter services for which there was high demand , and it was to be achieved with a falling labour force rather than an expanding one . |