Sentence examples for was to explain from inspiring English sources

"It was to explain something".

Freud's innovation was to explain why hysterics swooned and seized.

"Our hope was to explain everything," he said.

BRILEY: The challenge was to explain why people followed Gandhi.

Its aim was to explain the circumstances of a school fight last week.

Her first task was to explain a U-turn in the Fed's communications strategy.

Dr. Jordan said the purpose was to "explain the function of the police".

My brief was to explain to them how "big society" translated into opportunities for their members.

His role was to explain the merits of elected mayors to assembled municipal worthies.

What proved much harder for both was to explain why it had happened.

My purpose was to explain the basics of national income accounting and how stimulus fit in.