Example sentences of "be to be [verb] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything is to be made secure ; all gates are to be kept closed and locked . |
| 2 | This involves two decisions : which neighbouring points are to be considered local and which changes are atypical ? |
| 3 | He 's one of around 150 teachers who 've had letters from the County Council warning that he 's to be made redundant because of spending cutbacks . |
| 4 | What we need , then , is to be stopped short before the process of substitution is complete . |
| 5 | ‘ The removal or the retention of a child is to be considered wrongful where — ( a ) it is in breach of rights of custody attributed to a person , an institution or any other body , either jointly or alone , under the law of the state in which the child was habitually resident immediately before the removal or retention ; and ( b ) at the time of removal or retention those rights were actually exercised , either jointly or alone , or would have been so exercised but for the removal or retention . |
| 6 | It is to be submitted monthly or in accordance with special accounting periods , subject to approval from the local VAT office . |
| 7 | Likewise within any one human society , there are always very complex regulations , partly explicit , partly implicit , about the precise circumstances in which a sexual relationship between two individuals is to be deemed proper or improper , and this again serves to distinguish social categories : close relatives from distant relatives , wives from sisters , lords from commoners . |
| 8 | Perhaps you can assist me too by pointing out to your companion that Ana is to be left alone and not inveigled into — friendship . |
| 9 | ‘ Apart from that , all you need is to be passed fit and healthy for a doctor 's examination . ’ |
| 10 | The plan of campaign was to be kept simple and direct . |
| 11 | And the Princess Joanna 's marriage to David Stewart was to be declared null and void , since both had been mere infants at its celebration , and the princess free to marry whomsoever her royal brother selected , Balliol himself being glad and privileged to wed her if this was his Lord Edward 's will and choice . |
| 12 | The government overruled the Lords ' amendment , but made one small concession : if less than 50 per cent of the eligible voters recorded their vote then the election was to be declared null and void . |
| 13 | There was no point in transforming Paris and making it easy of access for visitors if there was nothing to see or do when one got there , and so the Court was to be made open as well as brilliant . |
| 14 | ‘ The police were told that the truck was to be left alone until someone came and got it , ’ Myeloski went on , having regained his breath . |