Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] be [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course it is to be remembered here that we are concerned with a grave threat to the national economy . |
| 2 | The great bulk of population movement occurred independently of Moscow in the years 1917–22 , but after the end of NEP it was to be strictly enforced , and took place on a vast scale again . |
| 3 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 4 | So the governing body has responsibility for the ethos of the school , for deciding what kind of school it is to be . |
| 5 | The option requires information on the media type ( as specified using option 9.5.0 ) , the type of copy it is to be used for , ( Primary or Secondary ) , and the state of the item . |
| 6 | All your life you live so close to truth , it becomes a permanent blur in the corer of your eye , and when something nudges it into outline it is like being ambushed by a grotesque . |
| 7 | In addition he was to be found building amphitheatres in Soissons and Paris to provide shows for the citizens . |
| 8 | In addition it was to be hoped that Max could come up with some fairly definite cause of death ; and it was even possible ( if only just ) that the surgeon might throw caution to the wind for once and volunteer a tentative approximation of the time it had actually happened . |
| 9 | Although the stanchions are in place it was to be a further 3 years before electrification was completed . |
| 10 | Certainly within science they are to be found in a highly concentrated form and used in a far more rigorous and systematic fashion . |
| 11 | In design it was to be a narrow flight of steps descending a steep slope , partly below ground , that ended abruptly above the sea at a vertical plate-glass wall . |
| 12 | Little did he know when he was called out on stage he was to be the subject of glowing tributes from around the world |