Example sentences of "[noun] be to be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the effect was to be sitting on the bench … when leee scored everyone ( Wilko and co ) were looking into our box at the TV for a replay . |
| 2 | Led by Trude Unruh , 64 , the chair of the Grey Panthers who had been elected to the Bundestag in 1987 on the Greens ' list , the party 's main concerns were to be campaigning for better pensions and for better conditions in nursing homes and countering " ageist " attitudes . |
| 3 | As Virgin 's accountant , Jack Claydon , observed , Branson 's attitude was to be looking ahead all the time . |
| 4 | Where these three conditions were n't met then policy erm reducing interest and rents was to be taking place . |
| 5 | The paper was a poster advertising the play Shannon was to be working on — a poster dominated by the vivid blue eyes and harsh , hawklike features of the star player . |
| 6 | When you book you will be asked how many games you wish to play and how many people are to be playing . |
| 7 | Upgrading the facilities would primarily involve an extension to the computer network to service three additional visitors per year , at a cost of 4500 Ecu , and the provision of an additional research microscope if the proposed visitor were to be considering diatom research , at a cost of 45000 Ecu . |
| 8 | Like a marriage , the important matter is to be talking and remain talking . |
| 9 | Most felt that the most important thing was to be making art , and making it on their own terms . |
| 10 | The latter case is more likely if the new user is to be working as part of a team , since the team leader will probably have the privilege to create users according to the needs of the project . |
| 11 | Norway 's goal is to be producing 80 MTOE by the end of the century . |
| 12 | The idea is to be riding in the cool of the day , and when there is much less traffic — and they can then spend the rest of the day with their families . |