Sentence examples for was to succeed from inspiring English sources

His aim was to succeed in business.

Stan Kurland was to succeed Mozilo asC.E.O.

"It allowed him to learn what it was to succeed.

Lord Simpson, in turn, was to succeed Sir Roger, who was to retire.

The idea was to "succeed in temporarily stilling the wheels of commerce," the catalog said.

A compromise was then worked out whereby Henry was to remain king for life and York was to succeed him.

If it was to succeed, it needed outsiders to keep up the same degree of pressure after it was signed.

"My tutor said I would have to find a position in life where the only way out was to succeed.

Each understood that the cooperation of his agency was vital if such an ambitious, unprecedented policy was to succeed.

He was to succeed both Mr. Zelnick and Mr. Dornemann, when Mr. Dornemann stepped down as chairman.

In 2006, at the age of 38, in 2006 it was announced he was to succeed Crosby as chief executive.