Example sentences of "[adv] this [be] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But unfortunately , in international relations , you have to er work with , with the grain , and if it is a case that the Iranians are taking a fairly er tough line on Iraq , well this is clearly to be encouraged because Saddam Hussein must be er surrounded , he must be isolated , the sanctions must work , and I 'm sorry to say this , but the country of Iraq must suffer in order that those sanction work , because if it does n't suffer , and if the sanctions do n't work , there is a danger of war , and that will be immensely costly to our side as well as being the end for Saddam Hussein . |
| 2 | Unfortunately this was not to be . |
| 3 | Don Cattabianchi 's wish was that when he died there should be a big party in the church hall , with singing and dancing and no dividing line down the middle of the floor , but unfortunately this was not to be . |
| 4 | Hopes were high for a pleasant summer 's day fishing , but unfortunately this was not to be : heavy wind and rain — and a stomach-churning eight foot swell — resulted in a lot of green faces and a fewer that expected number of fish being caught . |
| 5 | Unfortunately this was not to be . |