Example sentences of "[noun pl] [Wh pn] [be] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LL.D. , to form one of a company of scientific visitors who were to meet at his residence at Hartwell Park , near to Aylesbury . |
| 2 | Was a polite Behaviour joined to that honest Sincerity and social Disposition which is remarkable in the English Sailors , I think they would not only be the most useful Men in the Island , but by much the most agreeable Companions : For this Reason , I would recommend it to Parents who are to breed their Sons to the Sea , to give them an early Taste of Letters , especially the European Tongue , which will be of great Service to their Business as well as polish their Manners " . |
| 3 | The move is forced by Church of England Commissioners who are to cut cash for Durham by £120,000 each year for the next three years . |
| 4 | It was the enlightened afrancesados who were to confuse political issues by their peculiar relation to liberalism . |
| 5 | He was , however , appointed as one of the leaders of the stewards who were to control the DCAC 's first demonstration , which was to be held on 19 October : |
| 6 | Somehow between them , however , they organised letters of introduction to naval captains who were to give Gould and Gilbert free passage whenever possible , to ‘ persons of influence ’ in general ; and to the Governors of South Australia , Western Australia , New South Wales and Van Diemen 's Land ( now Tasmania ) . |
| 7 | He seems to have realized , however , that there was a younger generation of artists who were to carry on his work . |
| 8 | The yellow chair , besides being brushstrokes and pigment , besides being a yellow chair , was one of twelve bought for a company of artists who were to inhabit the Yellow House , the white walls of which should blaze with sunflowers as the windows of Gothic cathedrals blazed with coloured light . |
| 9 | The various groups who were to carry out raids along the North African coast gathered at Siwa at the beginning of June , aiming to leave for their targets between the 6th and the 8th of the month escorted by LRDG patrols . |
| 10 | Air operations in Hawaii were put under the direction of Lt Col Art Wildern ( USAF , ret ) who hired and trained the second crew of pilots who were to do the flying in Hawaii . |
| 11 | When he had finished visiting all the positions he returned to his base at Ballykinler in time to get a couple of hours ' sleep before briefing the helicopter pilots who were to fly in support of the checkpoint operation . |
| 12 | F. W. H. Christie , an English barrister , testified that an order to arrest the strike leaders throughout Northern Ireland had been countermanded , but that the new instructions did not reach the troops who were to make the arrests in the Rathcoole district and a small section of Belfast . |
| 13 | The carers are now due to go to London for a meeting with North West MPs and national charities who are to give them their support . |
| 14 | ‘ Willy Thorne , for example took part in a ProAm game at Alsager and insisted that one of the three charities who were to receive donations just had to be the Rainbow Trust and that meant £1,400 cheque . |
| 15 | Besides identifying the individuals who are to adjudicate , such rules will also define the procedure to be followed . |
| 16 | It indicates the persons who are to carry out those aspects of the work , thereby defining person responsibilities . |
| 17 | The voice resembles the groaning of sick persons who are to die … |
| 18 | Such rules of change may be very simple or very complex : the powers conferred may be unrestricted or limited in various ways : and the rules may , besides specifying the persons who are to legislate , define in more or less rigid terms the procedure to be followed in legislation . |
| 19 | Llewelyn was close in his chamber with his chaplain-secretary and Ednyfed Fychan over the dictation of letters , and his seal was already on the credentials of the envoys who were to represent him in Shrewsbury ; but David , when he heard what the messenger had to report , on his own authority brought him in to the conference and shattered it . |
| 20 | The most that can be said with any certainty is that the revolt was led by two families who were to play a great part in the next generation of Aquitainian politics , two families with whom Richard was to become very familiar : the house of Lusignan and the house of Angoulême . |
| 21 | It was the échevins who were to represent the towns in all the proceedings of the following year ; and once Thierry of Alsace was safely ensconced as count , he could hardly subvert their position . |
| 22 | Jotan had already countermanded a number of orders given with regard to the arming of the troopers who were to ride on his portion of the reconnaissance . |
| 23 | In 1914 the Board of Education initiated a new Education ( Provision of Meals ) Act which made this provision compulsory for all local authorities , provided an Exchequer subsidy , authorized feeding during school holidays and left the determination of need to the school medical officers who were to assess need purely on grounds of health rather than of parental income . |
| 24 | When it was announced by the State Department on 17 October that military equipment , including light bombers , was being supplied for the armed forces both of France and of the Associated States , it was a distinction without a difference because in practice it was the French who were in control : even if Bao Dai was insistent that the French officers who were to train the soldiers of the Vietnamese national army should be responsible directly to him rather than to the French High Command . |
| 25 | But he soon got into his stride , and began to develop a whole bestiary of characters who were to delight millions for the next twenty-three years . |
| 26 | The exaltation of Jesus to the Father 's right hand is not only God 's vindication of his spreading from Jerusalem person and his achievement ; it is the precondition of the coming of his Spirit upon the witnesses who are to carry on his mission ( Acts 2:32f ) . |
| 27 | It was , of course , not the Springboks but Nick Farr-Jones 's Wallabies who were to emerge from the restored gold mine shining as brightly as a 24-carat nugget to inflict on South Africa their worst-ever defeat in international rugby . |
| 28 | The hotel proprietors and refreshment rooms who were to furnish meals were advised of the Palace 's requirements . |
| 29 | One of his top priorities was the selection and training of his apostles — that inner circle of his disciples who were to preserve and pass on his teaching . |
| 30 | Parents , teachers and pupils from Guiting Power primary school near Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire lobbied county councillors who were to decide today whether to shut it . |