Example sentences of "[conj] he [is] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Taylor 's announcement that he 's to put his tactical paperwork in the office shredder and hand over the complete accounts ledger to Gascoigne is the most encouraging statement for English football since the surgeon passed Gazza 's knee A1 . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , the Chairman of Hereford United has announced that he 's to resign . |
| 3 | Tell him often Ellen that he is to go to Italy soon where his mother and father who love him greatly await him . |
| 4 | Senator Ted Kennedy revealed yesterday that he is to wed lawyer Victoria who 's father is to stand trial over an alleged fraud . |
| 5 | JIM HICKEY has announced that he is to leave his post as director of Filmhouse in Edinburgh to pursue a career in film-making . |
| 6 | If you have not trained your lecturer to give you the information to which you are entitled — that he is to deal with such and such a topic on specific days — then get started with a process of attrition , backed by your friends , until he does produce a programme for the term . |
| 7 | Ricardo Ellcock , the Middlesex fast bowler , plans to study in the United States for a career as an airline pilot after confirming yesterday that he is to retire from first-class cricket , as reported in Monday 's Daily Telegraph . |
| 8 | Will he assure the House that the new planning practice guidance that he is to issue will give planners teeth , and not just false teeth , to deal with the unauthorised developments being built all over the country ? |
| 9 | In his mind 's eye the epic narrator visualizes the personages and events that he is to describe , and sees them as something independent of and outside himself . |
| 10 | The build-up to the crisis , comprising a description of Avarice ( a kind of jealousy ) as a metaphorical monster , Arion 's acceptance that he is to die at the hands of sailors who covet his riches , and his swansong , is in E major ( movements 5–7 : Vivement-Récitatif-Air ) . |
| 11 | the issue to be determined ( 8.4 ) ( 1.1 ) ; the expert 's qualifications ( 8.5 ) ( 1.1 ) ; that he is to act as an expert and not as an arbitrator ( 8.6 ) ( 1.3 ) ; how the expert is to be appointed ( 8.7 ) ( 1.1 ) ; that the decision will be final and binding ( 8.8 ) ( 1.3 ) ; the due date for payment of the amount determined ( 8.9 ) ( 1.3 ) ; that the expert has the power to award interest ( 8.10 ) ( 1.3 ) ; provision for interest to run for late payment of the amount determined ( 8.11 ) ( 1.4 ) ( sometimes found elsewhere in the agreement ) ; and how the expert is to be paid ( 8.12 ) ( 1.3 ) . |
| 12 | Castle , who announced earlier this week that he is to quit full-time tennis , was given a stiff examination by the British number two from Southampton . |
| 13 | Firstly we still have plenty of midfielders even if Rocastle goes , ( which he wo n't , because he said in the papers yesterday that he is to stay and fight for a place ) . |
| 14 | They accept that he is to become a writer and a poet . |
| 15 | Rumours that he is to host a new programme for Janet Street-Porter 's Defecate II , featuring MC Wormski , have been strenuously denied , and plans to front a relaunched Top Of The Plops or join Katie Muckrik on The Turd were pooh-poohed . |
| 16 | JOHN Major was facing a threatened winter of discontent last night over reports that he is to impose a 1pc pay freeze on 5m public sector workers . |
| 17 | JOHN Major was facing a threatened winter of discontent last night over reports that he is to impose a 1pc pay freeze on five million public sector workers . |
| 18 | I am glad that he is to reply , because I am confident about his knowledge of this large subject . |
| 19 | Now , it 's not then that society does n't believe in the supernatural , we believe in the supernatural , society at large believes in the supernatural , the tragedy is that the natural man , the natural person however , as always is more willing to believe Satan 's mysteries than he is to believe God 's mysteries . |
| 20 | I have also mentioned our desire for cross-screen scrolling of KWIC and the ‘ more context ’ options ( screens £32 , £33 ) and he is to look into that as well . |
| 21 | You may consult this man , but he is to have no direct or unsupervised contact with the families of the girls , and he is to work only under your orders , not independently . |
| 22 | This young man has a long way to go if he 's to earn a PhD in Biology like his mum . |
| 23 | ‘ He needs at least two or three races if he 's to have a go at the Champion again . |
| 24 | We must take great care if he 's to stay with us . |
| 25 | For Chris it was a result he 'll never forget ; for Dennis a reminder that if he 's to make an impact at next month 's world championship , even he will need to do some potting practice . |
| 26 | If he is to persuade his colleagues that he can win for the party , he will need to seize every available chance for exposure over the next two , three , or even four years . |
| 27 | But he must go on to explain the sorts of variations which have this effect on individuals ( or other subjects ) if he is to rely on counterfactual claims about the actions of subjects . |
| 28 | Like all Ministers , the Home Secretary must maintain the Prime Minister 's confidence if he is to continue in office . |
| 29 | If he is to continue , he should now be taking different movements and linking them together to form his fighting style — a format of defence and attack that becomes second nature to him . |
| 30 | Toshack has a two-year contract worth £600,000 ( figure courtesy of The Sun ) and an awful lot to do if he is to see it out . |