Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] be to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I speak from the heart here , as it so happens that my sister is to be married this month and my mother is trying her hardest to organise the wedding that we ( never mind my sister and fiancé , these things are family affairs ) , want . |
| 2 | I really needed a rest and my hope was to be fit for the start of the National League programme at the end of September , but I doubt if that will be the case . |
| 3 | Er , speaking of accountants , I must tell you that one of the perks of my job is to be able to get out and about in the real world , to real companies , meeting real people . |
| 4 | And how does the economy determine which instance is to be dominant ? |
| 5 | This irony was only accentuated by the refugees ' initial belief that their exile was to be brief , a few days perhaps , at most a month , after which — in the manner of other civilians who had abandoned their homes in the midst of battle — they would return to their houses and fields to resume the life which had been interrupted by war . |
| 6 | Nor , conversely , does it aspire to art-pop status , because its aim is to be truthful to its mediocre soul . |
| 7 | How can a child feel able to tell , and have confidence in those who say they have their ‘ best interests ’ in mind , when the person they have named as their abuser is to be involved in everything that then happens to them ? |
| 8 | In 1917 the British government set up a new department of overseas trade designed to bring commerce and foreign policy into more effective contact : its head was to be responsible to both the foreign secretary and the president of the board of trade . |
| 9 | But she made it clear their relationship was to be platonic . |
| 10 | At first its role was to be consultative . |
| 11 | Then two of the girls , Alexandra Saunders and Karen Holt , their project was to be literary agents and find a publisher for it . ’ |
| 12 | To be so accepting of whatever came her way was to be comfortable but also to be dead . |
| 13 | All this under a Tory Government which admits its PSBR is to be double that proposed a few months ago . |
| 14 | The only hope we have for intervention in pop is as a visitation , a bolt of strangeness , something whose point is to be undecodable . |
| 15 | The Yanks , whose aim is to be great World Cup hosts rather than realistic trophy contenders next summer , hardly dared to dream that they might equal their famous 1950 win over Walter Winterbottom 's star-studded side led by Billy Wright . |
| 16 | His aim is to be 95 per cent of the player he was before the accident . |
| 17 | His wish was to be alone in the deserts of ocean , as others crave the solitude of deserts of sand . |
| 18 | Although Batty is my favourite player probably I would say his form is the least ‘ inspirational ’ , and yet I think his role is to be solid and dependable … so I reckon he is still doing his job and I also do nt see anyone doing it better . |
| 19 | However , his success was to be short-lived . |
| 20 | One issue will be what interest is to be payable on the retention monies . |
| 21 | God closes some doors and opens others ; our responsibility is to be sensitive to his leading , and to follow through the doors when they open . |
| 22 | You must point towards your future , you must wonder if your future is to be fourteen years in the Dubrovlag . |
| 23 | One essential ingredient of organising your work is to be able to put aside enough time in the day for thought and reflection . |
| 24 | If your aim is to be cleverest , fastest , neatest — or whatever — you will frequently be disappointed when others beat you . |
| 25 | Our approach is to be one of evolution rather than revolution . |
| 26 | Clear and unequivocal English is a necessity if the sense of your report is to be incontrovertible . |
| 27 | As we began to climb there could be no doubt that our destination was to be some place in the hills . |
| 28 | This does not necessarily mean that a diversity of penal aims is ruled out , but each of the different aims must be justified by the same general philosophy if our position is to be coherent . |