Example sentences of "his [adj] [noun] [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although best known for such delicious things as ‘ Sweet honeysucking bees ’ , his greatest work is to be found in serious madrigals like ‘ All pleasure is of this condition ’ and ‘ Thou art but young ’ . |
| 2 | He himself would probably have claimed that his greatest achievement was to be able to predict accurately where and when a particular cuckoo would lay its eggs . |
| 3 | His greatest ambition was to be Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 4 | Winstanley , however , had full confidence and proclaimed his greatest wish was to be upon the rock during ‘ … the greatest storm that ever was ’ . |
| 5 | Unlike the Platonists he saw no ontological continuity between the soul and God , but a relationship of likeness based on the Biblical account of man 's creation in Genesis ( 1:26 — 7 ) where his peculiar property was to be made in the image of God . |
| 6 | Yet , despite his dislike of her , his male instinct was to be protective . |
| 7 | His early ambition was to be an actor . |
| 8 | His dubious reward was to be given the Department of the Environment . |
| 9 | His chief advisers were to be Edwin Meese , James Baker and Michael Deaver and Meese , as Counsellor to the President , took on the major responsibility for selecting and indoctrinating political appointees . |
| 10 | At that moment his dearest wish was to be back at work and having lunch with Mrs Tobias . |
| 11 | Future events were to prove just how right Stirling had been in making the latter observations and how his basic principles were to be constantly watered down by interference from outside bodies trying to get their hands on the SAS Regiment , which achieved its greatest successes when left to its own devices . |
| 12 | His conclusion that it was simply an old-fashioned recognition of his comparative youth was to be torpedoed a few minutes later when he heard her addressing his neighbour as Alf . |
| 13 | His great skill is to be able to hold the ball back without changing his action . |
| 14 | His regular audiences are to be found in schools , libraries and village halls . |
| 15 | If his legal status is to be changed , he must rely on the generosity of the citizens . |
| 16 | His first ambition was to be a pilot or flight engineer . |
| 17 | Kevin McNamara is a passionate defender of his party 's undemocratic stance and his blunt honesty is to be admired . |
| 18 | In April 1990 Duval was allowed to visit Réunion , on condition that he return by April 30 , when the verdict of the judicial inquiry into his alleged involvement was to be announced . |
| 19 | Mathew Spedding , it seems , was still working his small mine up on the fells somewhere , and again , his small sett was to be excluded . |
| 20 | His particular work was to be a pioneer missionary — a planter of churches where ‘ Christ has not been heard of ’ . |
| 21 | Prominent among the martial aristocrats on the episcopal bench was Henry Despenser who had already fought in Italy for the pope against Milan before he became bishop of Norwich in 1370 ; his military career was to be resumed in the next reign , as we shall see . |
| 22 | Roy is married , the youngest of his two daughters is to be married in October after which Roy and his family will move house from Worcestershire nearer to Elderslie . |
| 23 | His whole system was to be tested to its limits when a war with France began in 1793 which lasted , with only brief intermission , for more than twenty years . |
| 24 | since his whole time is to be employed in collecting and in such countries where no Botanist has yet been . |
| 25 | When congratulating Paskevich on the end of the war with the Turks in 1829 , Nicholas told him that his next task was to be " the permanent pacification of the mountain peoples or the extermination of the recalcitrant " . |
| 26 | His original ambition was to be a painter , and in 1933 he enrolled at Goldsmith 's College School of Art . |
| 27 | Tchakarov 's was a great talent , and his recent death at only forty two a tragedy , but his true memorial is to be found in the earlier issues of this series . |
| 28 | During their courtship they believed that his true future was to be a poet . |