Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun prp] be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 September 1778 ) Mozart made it quite clear to his father that the only reason he was returning to Salzburg was to be with him : |
| 2 | One of the rarely used facilities enjoyed by QFT is to be able to show films from the National Film Archive . |
| 3 | A TOP-LEVEL investigation into Mark Thatcher 's alleged arms deals with Iraq is to be launched by Swiss government officials in the New Year . |
| 4 | The New Testament knows nothing of a separation of the individual from the Church ; to be a Christian is to belong to the body ; to be baptized into Christ is to be incorporated into his people . |
| 5 | ‘ R ’ — if only replied to SPRs are to be included , |
| 6 | What we have to do in Scotland is to be better than the good companies which are already here , provide better quality of service , better results , better creativity and better motivation . |
| 7 | Western traders allowed into Japan were to be restricted to foreign settlements and other prescribed areas , but were to have the benefits of extraterritoriality , i.e. they were not to be subject to the laws of Japan , but any misdemeanour or problem ( including those that concerned Japanese ) was to be dealt with by a court presided over by the consul of the country of the national concerned . |
| 8 | Advice to visitors issued in March was to be vigilant at all times , avoid Dairut and Assiut where the most serious attacks have occurred unless carrying out essential business , and dress and behave discreetly . |
| 9 | The best thing that could have happened to IBM was to be broken up a decade or more ago . |
| 10 | So , for example , ‘ All attributes which we ascribe to God are to be taken as denoting , not something special in God , but only something special in the manner in which the feeling of absolute dependence is to be related to him ’ . |
| 11 | LATE-NIGHT pub crawls in Edinburgh are to be curtailed after the city 's licensing board voted yesterday for restrictions on opening hours . |
| 12 | The first opera ever to be staged in England is to be recreated to celebrate its 300th anniversary . |
| 13 | Last , all the vessels found in the island or fetched from Cherbourg were to be brought into Brading harbour laden with stones and sunk the 800-fathom [ 4800-ft ; 1460-m ] fairway that lies between … the outer road of St Helen 's and the inner one of Spithead . |
| 14 | Suddenly Shiona was trembling with outrage , but her tone was as cool as tempered steel as she told him , ‘ The only ambition I have regarding Kirsty is to be appointed as her legal guardian ! ’ |
| 15 | The system of control established by Plowden was to be known as the PESC system , since the Public Expenditure Survey Committee was to be its centrepiece . |