Example sentences of "how [adj] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He failed always to understand that there was a large area of common ground in British public opinion on India which consisted in the belief that , with a few adjustments , British rule could be made , and remain , acceptable to Indians for ever , and that differences of opinion were to a considerable extent about how this was to be done . |
| 2 | The political pressures reinforcing this attitude were powerful , and Shinwell , with his eye on the working class cost of living , told the Central Authority at its first meeting that they should not charge prices higher than costs ( without , however , specifying how this was to be interpreted ) . |
| 3 | There was little elaboration as to how this was to be achieved , save occasional guidance notes ; otherwise there was reliance on the all-embracing , but rather vague idea of protecting ‘ amenity ’ ( Punter , 1987 ) . |
| 4 | He makes it clear in the dedication of the latter that voices and instruments were to be used now together , now separately ( ‘ per vocum et instrumentorum melodiam , tam conjuncte quam divisim ’ ) but not at all clear how this was to be done . |
| 5 | There was a particular dish , in those days something of a delicacy , which needed cutting into sections before serving , and the question was how this was to be done . |
| 6 | Although he did not specify how this was to be achieved , he promised not to increase the unpopular goods and services consumption tax ( GST ) . |
| 7 | The Luxembourg session was represented as a " political agreement " and the subsequent Salzburg disagreement as reflecting different interpretations of how this was to be translated into concrete terms ; " on some outstanding questions the respective positions were converging , while on others further work remained necessary " . |