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

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1 My fears were to be unfounded as the nurse chatted to me and before could stop fantasizing about women in uniform the needle was in and the blood was pumping .
2 On an appeal by the plaintiff the Court of Appeal held ( dismissing the appeal ) that in so far as the rules of the club provided that two of its officers were to be responsible in law for the conduct of the club then ( in the absence of an express provision that the officers were responsible for the condition of the club premises ) the rules did not give rise to a duty of care towards individual members to maintain the club premises in a reasonable state of safety and repair .
3 As far as government backbenchers are concerned , their instructions are to be present at these committees but it is hoped that they will be silent as each speech only adds that much longer to the proceedings .
4 Their permeable skins , however , still dictate that their surroundings are to be moist if the animals are to avoid death by desiccation .
5 In Canon law the decision as to which services are to be used rests jointly with the incumbent and the Parochial Church Council ( Canon B.3 ) .
6 One was Augustine , whose ideas were to be fundamental in forming medieval Europe 's views on the subject .
7 The limited category of members of Parliament whose statements are to be admissible under the rule derives from Lord Browne-Wilkinson 's belief that ‘ in the case of statements made in Parliament , as at present advised I can not foresee that any statement other than the statement of the minister or other promoter of the Bill is likely to meet these criteria ’ .
8 The nationalists strengthened their position until the British admiral commanding the naval force at Alexandria decided that he must destroy its fortifications if his ships were to be safe .
9 Nobody can seriously propose that all promises should become enforceable ; to abolish the doctrine of consideration , therefore , is simply to require the Courts to begin all over again the task of deciding what promises are to be enforceable .
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