Example sentences of "and [noun prp] be [adv] to be " in BNC.

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1 One can of course see Colonel Airey 's point , although the fact remains that his Commando was unemployed at the time and Stirling was about to be required to undertake an important series of raids .
2 By 1845 the Pennines between Manchester and Sheffield were about to be conquered , and a terminus in Sheffield was opened at Bridgehouses on July 14th of that year .
3 Porter and Paisley were frequently to be found leading such marches and various Ministers for Home Affairs found themselves being denounced by loyalists at Orange rallies .
4 The objective of the operation was to arrest Mr with the proviso that it was to be done with the safety of the public to be paramount and that the safety of the police officers and Mr was also to be considered .
5 Contributions to federal funds for the development of Kosovo and for disaster relief in Serbia proper and Vojvodina were also to be withheld .
6 PERHAPS the biggest distortion to the scales of justice in Eng land and Wales is about to be removed .
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