Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [am/are] [adv] to be " in BNC.

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1 The belemnoids disappear from the fossil record at the end of the Cretaceous , but some of the group gave rise to living squid-like animals , and so they are not to be regarded as extinct in the same , final way as the ammonoids .
2 If I 'm not to be allowed Mozart , why not somebody with an appropriate gloom quotient like Mahler ?
3 A quarto is likely to need all of twelve inches , a folio correspondingly more , if you are not to be reduced to laying it on its side .
4 If you are not to be the owner of the module , the user name can be changed .
5 If you are not to be the owner of the module , the user name can be changed .
6 The feeling is growing that we should get our act together smartly if we are not to be left gongless at the end of a less deserving queue .
7 If we are not to be disillusioned , therefore , and retreat back into the relative safety and tranquillity of the withdrawal unit , part of our responsibility as teachers of children with special educational needs must be to tackle with class teachers ways to improve the curriculum at the level of general class-room practice .
8 But if we are not to be led into false beliefs , it is necessary to realize exactly what the mystic emotion reveals .
9 It is not only a matter of picking the right players — schedules and choosing the right programmes will also be important if we are n't to be fighting out for seventh or eighth place in Dublin .
10 If we 're still to be bombarded by these people — ’
11 So something more must be said about beliefs , expectations , hopes , and so on , than that they are not extended , if they are adequately to be distinguished from these other non-extended phenomena .
12 The failure finally to secure 18 pubs from Bass , which would have boosted Hoskin 's estate to 29 , must have dented market confidence , a confidence that needs to be regained if they are not to be swallowed by one of the many new thrusting pub retailers actively seeking new acquisitions .
13 any numerical measures need a good deal of explanation and background information if they are not to be misleading ; and
14 Is it Brown or Heseltine who has written the following on competition policy ( clue : its was n't Brown ) : ‘ There is a need for a new sophistication in Britain 's approach to the ownership of her industrial assets if they are not to be acquired in growing numbers by our rivals as pieces of the game of restructuring European industry . ’
15 Amphibians , crustaceans and fish that live in such conditions have to evolve some method of holding on if they are not to be swept away and end up in the sea .
16 This is a fundamental point because if they are merely to be ombudsmen then the emphasis of ensuring regulations have been adhered to and best advice proffered rests in the first instance heavily upon the customer , and it is up to the customer to complain .
17 Christians I have suggested , if they are rightly to be named Christians , must in some sense believe that God was in a unique way related to Christ , so that he becomes particular for them , and they are ( as I am not ) in their religion related to history .
18 ‘ I had to get one , ’ he explained , ‘ because they 're about to be made illegal . ’
19 ‘ I had to get one , ’ he explained , ‘ because they 're about to be made illegal . ’
20 But no matter , for you are n't to be beaten . ’
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