Example sentences of "[pron] [is] to be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the civil servants have been vague when it comes to the detail of who is to be the competent authority , who is to foot the bill for its work ( and any extra studies it may require before giving consent ) , and how much of its deliberations are to be made public . |
| 2 | Now there is to be the universal democracy of the microwave . |
| 3 | It 's to be the usual passive wanks from now on . |
| 4 | It is to be the new pont de Solférino , replacing the temporary structure in place since the original was demolished in the early Sixties . |
| 5 | The rational agent can then calculate the expected utility of each action by assigning a ‘ utility ’ ( a quotient of happiness , so to speak ) to each consequence and discounting it for how likely or unlikely it is to be the actual consequence . |
| 6 | Eric Abbott prophesied falsely , ‘ It is to be the great work of your life ’ . |
| 7 | this apparently buys an exhibition gallery utterly inadequate to host even a moderately-sized show ; a restaurant not large enough to serve both staff and members and be an income-generating venue for the public ; a bookshop that needs twice as much space if it is to be the premier one in England ; library and drawings storage that will mean costly out-housing as soon as the new facility is opened ; and finally — my own personal quibble — a drawings collection that will have lost its allure as a magnet for donor support . |
| 8 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |