Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [conj] [am/are] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nature of railway operation gives rise to standard tasks and categories of work that are to be found in any railway administration : the staffing of trains ; the control of their movement between points of the network ; the running of stations , yards and other terminals ; maintenance of the traction , rolling stock , and the permanent way . |
| 2 | 39 and 40 ) suggest more specific levels of affinity than are to be considered here . |
| 3 | In England and Wales we are singularly placed to appreciate the relationship of scenery and structure , for few other parts of the earth 's surface show in a similar small area so great a diversity of rock types and of landscape features : " Britain is a world by itself " ; its mountains are not high , nor its rivers long , but within a few hundred miles of travel from east to west one may see more varieties of scenery than are to be found in many bigger countries . |
| 4 | My hon. Friend will be aware that the terms of redundancy that are to be provided will be a significant improvement on previous terms . |
| 5 | Collectors of the Lyttons , father and son , have an inexpensive line of country and are to be congratulated if they can distinguish infallibly between the two without recourse to their reference books . |