Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [vb past] [adv] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the bill was delivered that disbursement had still to be paid by Marshalls . |
| 2 | This opinion had soon to be revised . |
| 3 | This was pretty certainly an exaggeration , but it shows unmistakably that the Black Country ( though this name had yet to be invented ) was in process of creation . |
| 4 | Though designed both to save foreign exchange and for social welfare reasons , this policy had later to be modified as problems of quality and unreliable supply multiplied . |
| 5 | However , this sense had now to be articulated in new ways . |
| 6 | It became clear that nothing had been gained by removing the prince , especially as another ruler had now to be found . |
| 7 | During this period , as the surviving reports show , Mettingham was clearly the major figure in his court , though this dominance came increasingly to be shared from the mid-1290s with his colleague William de Bereford [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | It seems that femininity had always to be ‘ cultivated , achieved and preserved , while masculinity could be left to look after itself ’ . |
| 9 | It also incorporated " modest savings " anticipated from the reform of the CAP ( the exact terms of which at that stage had still to be agreed ) , but the Financial Times of May 22 warned that " this picture could easily change " . |