Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the European institutions , it is the Parliament which would seem , amid controversy , to be poised to be a central democratic force in the construction of Europe . |
| 2 | He believes it important to be seen to be a good community person and to put back in some of what we take out . |
| 3 | That is to say they think in terms of particular human beings ( and the term human beings tends to be understood to be a collectivity of the sum total of human beings ) . |
| 4 | The reason it is important today is because tomorrow has been requested to be appointed to be a special day in prayer for peace justice in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | Afterwards to wear clerical clothes for the first time , and instantly to be expected to be a confidant or soul 's friend , was to many ordinands the more heartfelt turning-point . |
| 6 | for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours . |
| 7 | For were this to be admitted to be the case , the belief that their religious position ( in which women are subordinate , or hold a particular place ) is of God would be undermined . |
| 8 | Like a prescription it needs to be taken to be a cure , like a recipe it needs to be cooked to be eaten , like a cheque it needs to be cashed to be spent . |
| 9 | I er er I serve our people with quantity of food that 's supposed to be meant to be a dinner for an old old age person . |