Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [prep] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | During this time it is likely that he also met Pompeo Batoni who was to be a considerable influence on his early manner . |
| 32 | Milhaez cradled his daughter in his lap , the one who was to be a doctor in England . |
| 33 | This in itself was to be a major factor in Franco 's permanence in power in the years to come . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | One is to be a good parent ( he is neither husband nor father ) and the other is to be a good representative of the people . ’ |
| 36 | One was for being a substitute in a local soccer cup final . |
| 37 | There are to be a total of 30 new marinas , eight more casinos , nine new golf courses . |
| 38 | If there were to be a programme of comparable generosity to the new democracies , it would be necessary to reduce some category of expenditure within the industrial countries . |
| 39 | There were to be a lot of evacuations in the coming years , by land , sea and air , each accompanied by promises from departing residents that their absence would only be temporary . |
| 40 | He had only been a stop-gap , to fill in after Father Collins 's long , thirty-five-year ministry and the appointment of a permanent successor , if there were to be a successor . |
| 41 | If there were to be a failure in maintaining this conquest , the ‘ livelihood ’ of these people would be at stake . |
| 42 | If moreover there were to be a case of parthenogenesis , the resulting foetus would be female , for there would be no ‘ Y ’ chromosome present ! |
| 43 | If there were to be a reduction in the mark-up , then this would further reinforce the effect . |
| 44 | If there were to be a Labour Government or the unlikely event of a Liberal Democrat Government , it would be open house for local authorities to spend and spend , just like Viv Nicholson . |
| 45 | ‘ Usually , ’ he went on , ‘ when there 's to be a police raid of any sort we know about it before it happens . |
| 46 | There 's to be a cock-main at the Galleon pit tonight and I reckon to go , but I ai n't going skint . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ There 's to be a big town meeting tonight , ’ said the vole , pressing water from his fur . |
| 48 | There 's to be a twenty-one gun salute — ‘ |
| 49 | There 's to be a commando raid in about a week . |
| 50 | Colleagues , immediately after the close of this particular session , there is to be a meeting in the conference hall within the Guildhall , on the National Trade Union Laws on National Tamp Tampon Alert Day , and there 's to be a special video which will last approximately eleven minutes . |
| 51 | That would probably take you to your er first scenario , if there 's to be a new settlement , that the criteria approach alone is acceptable . |
| 52 | There 's to be a special er sweet or something , bar of chocolate for those who get these questions right . |
| 53 | Now there 's to be a schools painting competition about the bulldozers that can huff and puff and pull the house down . |
| 54 | Now we all know because we 're print buyers to a larger or greater degree but they 're clients they over-estimate they add about twenty five per cent more on than they need and you have to send them back to sharpen their pencils several times before you 've seen the estimate , they of course know that all print buyers are idiots who keep forgetting all the important things and do n't give them half the information they need like the weight of paper or the fact that there 's to be a pocket at the back so , I think if we got the man I think if we maybe started off with H M S O the print buyer which is more akin to what we are and say well you know these are the problems I 've got I 'm sitting with a six million pound budget buying for the whole of the government of Scotland and I have problems and these are the problems that I have , then we get to the wee man from who says now wait a minute boys I get the rubbish that you send out , that was the message and let's make it funny but slightly aggressive let's highlight the real problems because that 's what it 's about , we 're not here for a nice night we 're here to learn |
| 55 | There 's to be a meeting with directors from Network South East . |
| 56 | There is to be a period of consultation lasting until the middle of June 1991 when individuals and organisations can put forward their views . |
| 57 | If there is to be a single offence of serious sexual assault , there are arguments for including all cases of obtaining sex by fear or threats within that . |
| 58 | There is to be a clamp down on ‘ manufactured fouls ’ with the unintentional ‘ feet ’ in the circle in mind , while in indoor hockey , only the goalkeeper may use his/her hand to stop the ball . |
| 59 | Everything about it exceeded expectation , though one of the things that struck him was that while the fairways are wide , the hitting area is in fact very narrow if there is to be a chance of attacking the flagsticks . |
| 60 | I recognize my fault ( if there is a fault ) and my debt ( if there is to be a debt ) but the question now is this : if I 'm not completely broke , I am at least in serious trouble . |