Example sentences of "[noun] be [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now the clubs are to meet again , in circumstances that could scarcely be more favourable to Toshack . |
| 2 | Since the standard molar free energies of formation of these are zero , the following condition must apply if these reactions are to occur spontaneously : The more stable oxide-that is , the oxide with the more negative value-must therefore be the product and not the reactant in both cases . |
| 3 | If local authorities are to provide less , then the informal , voluntary and commercial sectors will need to provide more . |
| 4 | Its disadvantages are as follows : ( 1 ) If regulatory and common law rules are to operate harmoniously , the former must replicate the latter , or alternatively it posits two independent systems of regulation , one operating in the regulatory context and the other in the ordinary courts . |
| 5 | A climate of enterprise and competition is vital if British industry and products are to compete effectively in overseas markets . |
| 6 | Another point to remember is that if all four pictures are to sit comfortably together in the overall design , then all the material used should be of roughly the same size . |
| 7 | So ended the formal history of the Angevin dominions — Henry III and his successors were to retain only their south-western French lands de jure and de facto , held as fiefs of the French crown in liege homage , a form of tenure which normally implied feudal service . |
| 8 | These considerations were to bear heavily upon the drive after the war to improve the housing of rural workers by , for the first time , explicitly introducing the criterion of housing need rather than an ability to pay the rent . |
| 9 | The calves were to feed then , and the milk put through the separator to take the cream off . |
| 10 | His instructions to Blamey were to do even better for his eldest daughter . |
| 11 | Arguably , however , the implications of the Manchester North-West result were to become more apparent in the long term . |
| 12 | What would they think if Johnny were to sit casually on a chair which , to their eyes , simply was n't there ? |
| 13 | These early influences were to extend well into his career . |
| 14 | The commando parties were to come ashore at three points : over the bows of Campbeltown ; on the Old Entrance quays ; and on the Old Mole . |
| 15 | The functioning of the polytechnics , as their schemes began to be accepted and formal designations made , was to become of increasing interest to the CNAA , and the issues surrounding relationships were to become increasingly prominent , with regard to such matters as the roles of Academic Boards , resource allocation and internal evaluation . |
| 16 | But if manufacturers were to try too hard to come up with new ideas we 'd be constantly faced with designs to rival Gibson 's semi-mythical Moderne and Burns ' Flyte in the grossness stakes . |
| 17 | Other than restricting the kitchen to salad preparation , there is no other clear-cut answer , and if all restaurants were to offer only salads , surely that would antagonise the Vegetable Liberation Front and severly restrict turnover and profit ! |
| 18 | In the event , that traffic was already spiralling in steep decline and the corresponding losses were to rise dramatically . |
| 19 | One of the most powerful , problem-solving methods is to work backwards from the hoped-for solution . |
| 20 | A hybrid procedure combining most of the merits of both methods is to develop immediately one of the up- or down-problems ( This is depth-first search ) . |
| 21 | This is to be expected , since the purpose of a domain-specific dictionary is to capture precisely those collocations that are specific to and therefore representative of that domain , in preference to any others with which the individual words may otherwise be associated . |
| 22 | The most common method of cleaning tarnished silver-plated cutlery is to use specially formulated cleaning fluids in which the cutlery is immersed . |
| 23 | The result is to make more plausible Mancini 's claim that from the seizure of the prince at the end of April some men were suspicious of Gloucester 's ultimate intentions . |
| 24 | The result is to make more plausible Mancini 's claim that from the seizure of the prince at the end of April some men were suspicious of Gloucester 's ultimate intentions . |
| 25 | Well if that 's the case it must be sorted out once and for all if the club is to go forward . |
| 26 | In other words , if this programme is to succeed there has to be some way of associating plain honest numbers with abstract operators . |
| 27 | Furthermore the overall effect of this circulation is to link together into a widely ramifying network of relationships a great number of individuals of quite different status and quite different cultural background . |
| 28 | If the Opposition is to achieve even the most limited of its ambitions , and push John Mayor into a minority government , Labour 's bottom line is to achieve a swing larger than that seen at any election since the war . |
| 29 | When food is clumped in groups , the best method of search is to move straight ahead when not in a group , but to turn through tight angles once one item has been found , in order to find the rest of the group . |
| 30 | Since any argument that is not purely academic is about how the future is to happen then there is much room for subjectivity , both about how we think the future will happen and about how we should like it to happen . |