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"was to rule" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used when expressing a possibility or a plan that never came to fruition. For example, "Although he was destined to be king, his father's early death meant that he was never to rule."
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"Who was to rule the country?
It seemed so clear -- our fate was to rule.
In keeping with the Arts and Crafts ideal, a sense of visual modesty was to rule the design.
This new caliphate, the caliphate of Córdoba (Qurṭubah), was to rule Al-Andalus for more than a century.
Under the Treaty of Ofen (1254) Otakar was to rule Austria, while King Béla IV of Hungary received Steiermark.
This ancient Bavarian dynasty, in one or another of its branches, was to rule the Palatinate through its subsequent history.
His main challenge was to rule amid an ageing group of powerful princes, each desperate to occupy the throne.
John F. Kennedy, a court that 10 years later was to rule on the Pentagon Papers affairs.
Larry Gordon, senior pastor of Cornerstone World Outreach in Sioux City, said his initial instinct was to rule out Mr. Romney because of his faith.
On Nov. 3, days before the Supreme Court was to rule on the challenges, General Musharraf suspended the Constitution and fired several justices.
That raised the possibility his contest could end before the weekend, if the court was to rule on Thursday night or Friday.
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