Example sentences of "that be [prep] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then there was Tiare , named after Polynesia 's whitest flower , who had inherited a secret hoard of paintings from her artist father , paintings that were to be a turning point in the history of the island . |
| 2 | Thus , it began to incorporate the principles of determinism and the differentiation of offenders from non-offenders that were to be the later hallmarks of positivist criminology . |
| 3 | Basically , therefore , the job consists of transferring male pollen from the anthers of the variety that is to be the male parent to the stigma of the variety that is to become the female or ‘ seed parent . |
| 4 | The only worrying aspect of the match was the overwhelming superiority which Queensland enjoyed at the line-out , something that was to be a recurring problem in the later stages of the tour in the big matches . |
| 5 | Never was a labour more arduous , and it was without his former youthful enthusiasm that Picasso began on a great canvas that was to be the first result of his researches . ’ |
| 6 | The view was almost identical with Gifford Tate 's picture which the doctor had shown him — the picture that was to be the next ‘ new ’ Tate . |
| 7 | The result was a single national airline that was to be the so-called ‘ chosen instrument ’ for British air services : British Overseas Airways Corporation ( BOAC ) . |