Example sentences of "the [noun pl] be [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The illustrations were to be typical representations of ecosystems that actually exist with inhabitants adapted to live there .
2 While the expert clause itself may lay down that the parties are to be responsible for the fees and expenses of the expert in equal shares , which is quite common , or that they are to be met by some other party ( see 8.12 ) , the clause itself may not be sufficient to establish the expert 's entitlement unless its terms are clearly incorporated into the expert 's contract to conduct the reference .
3 The stations were to be vast in size but unexciting in form .
4 I simply do not know , at least not if the properties are to be non-trivial , and more than an acceptance of certain machines into the category of human beings by fiat or polite convention .
5 so the must sum to zero if the constraints are to be feasible and we will assume this to be true hereafter .
6 The 1991 Time Magazine Compact Almanac contains some excellent articles and photographs , but the videos are to be honest , a bit fuzzy .
7 Clearly you understand from my comments last week , we consider any of the any of the options be to be bad in terms of their traffic impact on the City .
8 For some the Situationists were to be appealing .
9 Of course , the letters were to be polite , but he did away with all the pompous formalities reserved for potentates .
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