Example sentences of "the [noun] be to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 455 the Goths were to be the prime movers in his elevation to imperial office . |
| 2 | The prompt indicates which of the syllables of the sentence is to be the tonic syllable ( ie carrying the main stress ) . |
| 3 | The Chairman was to be the Right . |
| 4 | The result was to be the Reform Act of 1832 . |
| 5 | The size of the new electorate meant that the voters could be reached only through some well-developed organization , and the result was to be the growth of organized and mass-membership political parties . |
| 6 | He gave detailed instructions for the procedure to be followed if no suitable dissertations were submitted , concluding : ‘ But if no such dissertations , worthy , in the opinion of the said Examiners , of any such reward as aforesaid should be offered for seven years , then a Medal , to be purchased with the said accumulations , shall be offered for the best dissertation on any Veterinary subject thought worthy by the said Examiners of such reward , but at all times the Foot of the Horse is to be the subject preferred , and next to that the nature , causes and treatment of Glanders , and the diseases of the Eye in horses : And if there should be no successful dissertation at the end of seven years , then the amount of the said accumulations shall be disposed of by the said Governors in such manner as they in their discretion may think proper , so as they are applied for the promotion of Veterinary Science ’ . |
| 7 | Similarly , the firm and a qualifying intermediary can agree in writing that only the intermediary is to be the customer ( in which case the client is not an indirect customer ) ; in practice , this agreement should be linked with the intermediary 's agreement that the intermediary 's client is not to be treated as an indirect customer . |
| 8 | Patrick Dollan stated at Motherwell , soon after the party 's foundation , that the aim of the SSP was to be the missionary society for socialism , in full cooperation with the trade union and cooperative movement . |
| 9 | The wrestling was to be the prize event of the day and several carriage loads had come across from Keswick and Cockermouth and even further to the small but picturesque meeting in the much lauded Buttermere . |
| 10 | The court held that the rule that the welfare of the child is to be the first and paramount consideration applies not only to disputes between parents , but also to a dispute between parents and a third party . |
| 11 | But the burning of the sloop in the Bight was to be the only successful venture of the day on their side . |
| 12 | Bob , the LAC electrician who was trying to get the show off the ground admitted that his main ambition after the war was to be the conductor of a classical orchestra . |
| 13 | A clear division was to be made then , with all who served their country being enfranchised and all who refused being disfranchised , in both cases irrespective of age or other considerations ; the war was to be the test and the policy was to be " What did you do in the war , Daddy ? " |
| 14 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 15 | Cape Horn has always been a challenge and something he wanted to do … he says the aim is to be the first school group to sail around the world … the other aspect is the whole challenge of the voyage |
| 16 | The routine was to be the same each evening : at 10.00 pm , the Sergeant on duty would go round all the rooms , counting the men present to make sure that none had deserted , and checking on the cleanliness . |
| 17 | Borland International Inc is setting up a Client-Server Division to develop and market server applications , and provide technical support , service and training : products to be managed by the Client-Server Division include the InterBase server ; upcoming SQL link products for Windows and current SQL links for MS-DOS ; IDAPI middleware ; and client developer kits based on desktop products such as Paradox for Windows , and products under development , such as dBase for Windows ; the foundation is to be the Borland Object Component Architecture , constructed on the InterBase Engine . |
| 18 | It has already been stated that the main aim of the service was to be the construction of flexible packages of care for clients by , firstly , liaising with other services to provide or increase where necessary the client 's receipt of existing services , and , secondly , by ‘ topping up ’ existing services ( where the development officer thought extra care was necessary to maintain someone at home ) through the employment of local support workers . |
| 19 | The weapon of the day was to be the bow . |
| 20 | But Joe 's main purpose in the novel is to be the moral standard and to show what Pip could have been and how he could have lived his life without the money . |
| 21 | In fact , the first Labour government which took office in January 1924 , after Baldwin had been defeated on an amendment to the Address , lasted until October , when the new government in turn was defeated on a Liberal amendment to a Conservative motion which MacDonald chose to regard as a matter of confidence ; and the Conservatives rather than the Liberals were to be the beneficiaries of MacDonald 's fall . |
| 22 | The Founders were to be the guardians of the purity of the paper , protecting it and keeping it in touch with the grass roots which they represented . |
| 23 | But they were in a phase of intense activity , for the Congress was to be the weekend after next , in this house , No.43 . |
| 24 | The company was to be the right assault company in the battlegroup attack . |
| 25 | In Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 an agreement provided that shares in a private company had to be sold back to the plaintiff 's uncle on the plaintiff leaving the business ; the price of the shares was to be the fair value as determined by the company 's auditors , whose valuation acting as experts and not as arbitrators was to be final and binding on all parties . |