Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [pron] [be] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 I believe that the spirit chooses which lessons it is to be faced with during the course of a particular lifetime .
2 She believes that with your practical experience at the sharp end in Europe you will be able to provide much needed ammunition to support her appeal which is to be submitted to the Commission and the Council of Ministers .
3 The girl was to be guarded until she delivered , at which time she was to be stoned to death .
4 For Locke , then , personal identity consists in an identity of consciousness , and not in the identity of some substance whose essence it is to be conscious .
5 Then there were officers with particular functions , one whose job it was to be at the scene of the crime before the body was touched or moved .
6 Those whose calling it is to be God 's agents of reconciliation are vulnerable to the ordinary wear and tear of any who seek to serve among the wayward and weak , the blocked and blighted among beautiful people unable to realise their potential .
7 Stocky and friendly , he had two small flaws in his character which were to be his undoing .
8 For the remainder of his life he was to be closely associated with the building of Salisbury 's new cathedral .
9 ( c ) If the death takes place after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , but within seven years of the advance or determination , then in ascertaining for the purposes of CTT the value of the deceased 's estate immediately before his death there is to be included the value of any property which would have been chargeable with estate duty had Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , still been in force ( ie , after the application of any taper relief ) , unless the deceased was the surviving partner of a marriage which had been terminated by the death of the other spouse before 13/11/74 and the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of that Act would have applied had they still been in force ; and the persons accountable for the tax are those who would have been accountable under Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , for any estate duty that would have been chargeable .
10 Though what enchantment there was to be found in that love , she failed to see .
11 Whatever knowledge there is to be gleaned from this year 's batch of accidents will not be of an academic nature , but will be used to teach and to train for the future .
12 They delivered their derogatory cards in turn to NatWest , Midlands , Lloyds and Barclays , and then let their feelings known with specially adapted carols such as : ‘ Jingle tills , jingle tills , jingle all the way/Oh what fun it is to be a High Street bank these days , /Pulling money out , putting receivers in/ Winding business up , with an evil grin . ’
13 In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before .
14 It remains something of a surprise that at a time when conserving species diversity is valued so highly , so little priority is given to listing the basics of what species there are to be conserved or lost .
15 The first question is in what order they are to be made .
16 These might include terms defining your headquarters , indicating where travel involved in your job begins and ends , where and in what currency you are to be paid and whether or not you are obliged to pay UK National Insurance contributions .
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