Example sentences of "[am/are] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new little contraption we want to try out , so you 're to be a guinea pig . |
| 2 | And they know they 'll have to unite behind the new one if they 're to be a force at the next General Election . |
| 3 | The recreational vehicles — Vauxhall is sensitive about calling them off-roaders — are familiar ; in Japan and in the US they 're the short-wheelbase Isuzu Amigo and the long-wheelbase five-door Rodeo , but in the UK they 're to be the Vauxhall Frontera Sport and Frontera respectively . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I 'm to be a spectator , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 6 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 7 | I am to be the new Archdeacon here . ’ |
| 8 | Left with this huge deficit the museum has resorted to trenchant measures : the coming centenary exhibition of Piet Mondrian in 1994 has been postponed ; vacancies at the museum have been frozen and there are to be no new acquisitions . |
| 9 | There are to be no statutory ombudsmen or ombudswomen to represent the consumer , despite the Government 's admission in their document entitled ’ Citizens Charter Implications for the Regulators of Privatised Utilities ’ : ’ The principal advantage of introducing ombudsmen for each of the utilities is that they are seen by the public to be impartial and independent of all parties . ’ |
| 10 | There are to be no improvements in consumer representation , simply because — I quote the same document : ’ It would be more difficult to secure the support of other Departments to a major change so soon after privatisation ’ . |
| 11 | There are to be no changes in the price formula , despite widespread dissatisfaction with the pricing policies of our utilities and representations from many consumer bodies . |
| 12 | There are to be no speeches and no sermons . |
| 13 | There are to be no further scenes on the stage , no deviations from the rehearsals . |
| 14 | And there are to be no special exemptions for disabled drivers . |
| 15 | You must make your own if you are to be a Lapp . |
| 16 | I think it is essential to feel that if you are to be a successful athlete . |
| 17 | If women are to be a good test of male-oriented psychological theories , as egalitarian feminist psychology hopes , they must be assumed to be a largely homogeneous population . |
| 18 | There are to be a total of 30 new marinas , eight more casinos , nine new golf courses . |
| 19 | This is very difficult when you are accustomed to your precise and meaningful jargon , but it is a skill you must acquire if you are to be a successful communicator . |
| 20 | As the Chairman , Pat Retief in his Annual Chairman 's Review says , ‘ we must continue to be a profitable company if we are to be a good employer in the fullest sense , capable of maintaining and enhancing our portfolio of assets and maximising the development of the Group 's human resources . |
| 21 | For example , if a supplier has agreed to deliver a computer system and the contract states that the terminals are to be a deep yellow colour but , instead , he delivers a computer with lemon coloured terminals , this will amount to a breach of warranty unless there is some special reason why the deep yellow colour was specified . |
| 22 | Allowance will be made for contingencies , but these are to be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 23 | COACH travellers are to be the subject of a study to find out what causes motion sickness among passengers in road vehicles . |
| 24 | Self-interest plays a part but the clubs have a strong case when they argue that if they are to be the mentors to the young , society must help to foot the bill . |
| 25 | The figures from the United Kingdom , acknowledged as they are to be the most accurate , still underestimate the true incidence of infection . |
| 26 | Teachers in these schools are to be the employees of the governing bodies ( made up of representatives from the funding industry and of parents ) who will be ‘ free to negotiate pay and conditions of service ’ . |
| 27 | Great is the festival hall where you are to be the only guest . |
| 28 | THE Queen and the Princess of Wales are to be the guests at Saturday 's wedding of the princess 's close friend the Hon Harry Herbert when he marries Chica Bevan at Highclere Castle , the seat of his father , the Queen 's racing manager the Earl of Carnarvon . |
| 29 | More radical action by companies may be required if audit committees are to be the agent of real improvement in standards of corporate governance . |
| 30 | The more often they mate , the more likely they are to be the one who fertilises the eggs , and the more certain they can be that the offspring they expend so much time and energy in rearing are theirs . |