Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [Wh det] be [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 Everyone understands what is to be done .
2 I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary .
3 Such consultation was undertaken through a Great Council , from which evolved what was to be recognized as a parlement or Parliament .
4 ‘ But as you say what 's to be found ?
5 After all , she knows what is to be done .
6 ‘ I think they know what 's to be done , Mrs Crumwallis , ’ said Hilary Frome , coming in from the sitting-room and taking immediate charge .
7 The Act empowered the Secretary of State to put a limit on the amount if in his opinion the amount proposed to be raised was ‘ excessive ’ according to principles he determined which were to be the same for all authorities falling within the same class .
8 In about 1823 he began what was to be his principal life 's work , the translation of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Persian .
9 It decided what was to be debated , for how long and when the final vote was to be taken , so that the government could plan its legislative programme and could forecast accurately when each legislative train would reach the various stages on the journey to enactment .
10 But it was after the war , when Magnus had driven the enemy from the land and he 'd been hailed as the new Emperor , that he performed what was to be his most significant act .
11 if the interpreter is also acting as culture broker , guide , philosopher and friend several things can happen ; the level of interpreting accuracy diminishes as the interpreter addresses these additional roles , both the non-English and English speaking clients lose control over the content of what is said , and , if the interpreter takes it upon themselves to decide what is to be interpreted , the standard of service usually diminishes .
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