Question

请高手帮我分析一下这个英语句子，谢谢啦！

As basic economics predicts, when a scarce resource cannot be allocated by market-determined prices, it will be allocated some other way—in this case, in what was to become an iconic symbol of the times, by long lines at gasoline stations.
这句话不理解的是从"it will be allocated……“开始，后面"in what was to become……“是什么从句，怎么理解，然后"by long lines at gasoline stations"又是什么从句，怎么理解？

非常感激各位大神帮忙解答~~~

Answer 1

it will be allocated some other way用其它方法分配的意思。in what was to become an iconic symbol of the times是宾语从句。IN的宾语，what是连接词。 by long lines at gasoline stations不是从句，是介词短语做状语。意思是通过在加油站排长队。

Answer 2

一楼解释的简洁，清晰。我就不说了。支持一楼