Nobody could have guessed,in those days,the place in history that Martin Luther King,Jr ______[/疑问]后面这里为什么是was to have?

这位网友,这道题是说：在那个年代,没有人能够猜得到小马丁路德金将很快在历史上占有一席之地.后面that引导的是一个定语从句,来修饰前面的the place in history；was to have 是 be to do sth的过去时,表示很快占有、享有或拥有.
欢迎追问.He is____(这里为什么填not so much) a writer as a reporter.不好意思～谢谢～帮一下～not so much a writer as a reporter，字面意思是：他做起作家家，不如做起记者来那样自如、那样顺手。再梳理一下就是：与其说他是作家，不如说他是记者。not so much A as B：是一个短语,意思是：与其说某人是A,不如说他是B。