Example sentences of "[pers pn] be now [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And incidentally , ’ added the canny Scot , ‘ I am now to be known as Princess Deborah Barbecue . |
| 2 | She was now to be seen in a small cubby-hole next to Mr Malik 's office , typing furiously , or on the phone to an organization called the Islamic World Unity Fund , which was said to be about to offer Mr Malik and Mr Shah a large sum in US dollars . |
| 3 | They are now to be taken under the jurisdiction of the Queen , who is determined that they will be protected from the emotional mayhem currently being created by their parents . |
| 4 | It was not enough that they had been questioned at length about a work in which they had secretly collaborated : they were now to be insulted by having their acknowledged work dismissed as of small account . |
| 5 | The same case could , of course , have been made about listeners ' attitudes to the number and length of speeches to which they were now to be subjected . |
| 6 | They were now to be trusted to use their own discretion . |
| 7 | But it is now to be cut . |
| 8 | It is now to be seen in a deserted spot , not actually by the river but not far from it , on high ground by a little-used minor road . |
| 9 | It is now to be hoped that your editorial policy will quickly realise that to in any way publicise this loathsome ‘ sport ’ is counter to your normal upholding of standards of common decency . |
| 10 | He is now to be succeeded by a triumvirate of three former executive vice-presidents — Michael Mee as chairman and chief financial officer ; Donald Casey as co-president and chief development officer ; and Joseph Tucci , co-president and chief executive . |
| 11 | The Headmaster 's House had stood in the middle of fields , but it was now to be surrounded by educational plant . |
| 12 | In the future , town planning was not just about scheme preparation for coordinated development , or the rational control of land use , or even spatial strategies for cities ; it was now to be involved in regional economic affairs , though just how had yet to be demonstrated . |