Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] [pron] be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case she did not know what it was to be and took refuge in the business of drawing the cups and the teapot towards her . |
| 2 | You and I , Charlie — we 'd better see what there is to be said and what there is to know . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , let us see what there is to be noted , ’ said Hugh shortly , and turned his back upon the slight , submissive figure standing so warily aside from the event he had himself reported . |
| 4 | It is we , the spectators , who are expected to again experience what it is to be one nation , all pulling together . |
| 5 | The financial circumstances of the company will determine which it is to be ; a creditors ' winding up will normally occur where the directors fail to register a declaration of solvency and the majority of creditors agree to petition the court for a dissolution of the company . |
| 6 | As with a pair of glasses , presuppositions determine what we see and how we see it , but they do not necessarily determine what there is to be seen . |