Example sentences of "or [be] [pron] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those tenants who become so dependent as to require more intensive care than can be reasonably provided in sheltered housing the survey asks : " Are they to be " bolstered up " by extra warden support ( and other sources of help ) or are they to be transferred to more appropriate settings ? " |
| 2 | Is that to be defined by reference to the express terms of the contract or are they to be excluded in defining what was reasonably to be expected ? |
| 3 | Are sportsmen and sportswomen to be at liberty to negotiate in the interests of their sport or are they to be browbeaten by the lobby of latter-day puritans ? ’ |
| 4 | Are sportsment and sportswomen to be at liberty to negotiate in the interests of their sport or are they to be browbeaten by the lobby of latter-day puritans ? ’ |
| 5 | Is the Department of Trade and Industry prepared to do anything to help the efforts of my hon. Friend the Member for Motherwell , South ( Dr. Bray ) to try to secure thin slab steel production in Scotland — or are we to be left entirely to the mercy of that virtual private monopoly , the British Steel Corporation ? |
| 6 | Were the parents of Dronfield to be treated as naughty boys and girls , or were they to be treated as intelligent working people ? |
| 7 | Or is it to be videoed in front of a live audience with the risk of loosing some of the dialogue ? |
| 8 | Or is it to be told by mimed dance and/or danced mime ? |
| 9 | Or was it to be understood as the horrified realization that , in the words of Hercule Poirot , ‘ It might have been ME . ’ |