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Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh pn] [be] to " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	A fireman who was to be flogged for alcohol offences in Saudi Arabia is back home after winning a last-minute reprieve .
2	Er on the day of the event you went either your mother or somebody else 's mother Usually the custom was that the the boy who was to be the horse would be decorated either by his own mother , say , or or perhaps the person who he was s s he Who he was partnering as as as ploughman , you know , horseman .
3	Ben , his assistant Lucy , John Gould and I sat in amazement as Phyl , the rosy , cosy raven-haired lady who was to be my dresser , mounted an enormous step-ladder and began pinning on to the backcloth , yard after yard after metre after metre of off-white gauze curtaining .
4	The previous month though saw the much publicized reception of dissident exiles from the mainland who were to be allowed to settle in Taiwan .
5	Now it was not simply the male , but the circumcised male who was to be the full participant in his nation 's covenantal law and cultic activities .
6	Louis Untermeyer , Robert Frost 's correspondent who was to be an influential anthologist , wrote of Poems ( The Freeman , 30 June 1920 ) that ‘ Eliot cares more for his art than he does for his attitudes ’ ; and that ‘ the exaltation which is the very breath of poetry — that combination of tenderness and toughness — is scarcely ever present in Eliot 's lines ’ .
7	In fact his schedule was then changed , and on 24 May Gen McCreery began his tour of 5 Corps area by visiting units of 46 Division who were to be concerned with the repatriation of the Cossacks .
8	The Symposium was at pains to stress that it was the black majority who were to be the prime targets of any campaign .
9	It is the silent , stalking marauder in the dark or the bullying repressive wife abuser who are to be feared .
10	The memo continues by stating that if the group who were to be part of the first squadron returned by road , they would waste too much time and should therefore be flown back to collect the new vehicles and supplies needed at Kufra .
11	As for Odovacer , he has sometimes been identified with the warleader who was to be responsible for the deposition of the last emperor , Romulus Augustulus , in 476 .
12	However , the driver/technician who delivers the vehicles spends as long as is needed , normally 1–2 hours , with the teacher/technician who is to be responsible for the duration of the programme , demonstrating the work stations and ensuring that the workings of the vehicle are fully understood .
13	The tall major who was to be Charles 's Company Commander opened elegant french windows onto a terrace .
14	All were answered at length in a meticulous hand and , from a closer study of these letters , much can be learned of this gardener who was to be acknowledged as the greatest of his time .
15	Perhaps for this reason Judaism and Islam , particularly when they refer to the creative power of the god whom they follow , suggest that their deity is in fact the only god who exists and not simply the only god who is to be worshipped :
16	But in another variety of comic crime fiction you can take as a chief character , as indeed your detective , a person who is to a greater or lesser extent a figure of fun , someone prone to fall victim to more or less ridiculous circumstances .
17	The application by a non-natural person must name the person who is to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises , and the licence granted or transferred as a result of the application must name both the non-natural person and the person who is to run the premises .
18	( 2 ) ( b ) 5.11 requires , in the case of an application by a non-natural person , that both the non-natural person and the person who is to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises be named in the application .
19	Article 5(1) contains further definitions as follows : " a group of connected individuals " , in relation to the party disposing of shares in the company , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a director or manager of the company and , in relation to the party acquiring the shares , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a person who is to be a director or manager of the company ; " close relation " means a person 's spouse , his children ( including , in Northern Ireland , his adopted children ) and step-children , his parents and step-parents , his brothers and sisters , and his step-brothers and step-sisters and includes a person acting in the capacity of trustee or personal representative of any such relative ; and " single individual " includes two or more persons acting in their capacity as the personal representatives of a single individual .
20	The baby was only a sign and could only have been understood later in the light of the life of the person who was to be the Saviour of the world .
21	The head teacher is required to inform the parents of a pupil who is to be excluded ( or the pupil him/herself if aged at least 18 ) of the period of , and reasons for , the exclusion .
22	But she was n't quick enough for the woman who was to be Artemis 's new mother .
23	Praised be the Lord who is to be praised for ever and ever .
24	It was the signature of a man who was to all intents and purposes illiterate .
25	All must seek leave to appeal from the special adjudicator who is to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor .
26	In the final analysis all power relationships depend on resources , be it those obtained from the state , the respective local authority or the private individual who is to be willing to pay for a specific service .
27	A close political ally was Airey Neave , a former intelligence officer who was to be murdered by the IRA in the precincts of Westminster .
28	The last quarter of the nineteenth century was a tremendous time in British deaf history , not just because of the events that took place and the deeds that were done , but also because of the men of remarkable ability and calibre who were to be giants amongst deaf , and hearing , people .