Example sentences of "[is] to be [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though its accounts of individual poems are as searching as anything in Davie 's earlier books ( we owe Carcanet a debt : this is to be the first in a uniform edition of Davie 's work ) , Under Briggflatts is also a mordant and compelling history of the social climates to which these poems were a response . |
| 2 | The court held that the rule that the welfare of the child is to be the first and paramount consideration applies not only to disputes between parents , but also to a dispute between parents and a third party . |
| 3 | ‘ The main thing with women is to be the first person they meet . |
| 4 | An example might be the provisions which state that the child 's welfare is to be the first consideration in decisions relating to adoption and children in care ( Sections 3 and 59 ) . |
| 5 | His aim is to be the first President of Corea and since he is 72 and has few more years left in which to realise his ambition he will use any means to hand including , if time presses , the blood of his deluded followers . |
| 6 | The aim is to be the first rider over the finish line after a certain amount of time . |
| 7 | The London borough of Kensington and Chelsea is to be the first local authority in the UK to introduce a kerbside collection service for separated waste . |
| 8 | Cape Horn has always been a challenge and something he wanted to do … he says the aim is to be the first school group to sail around the world … the other aspect is the whole challenge of the voyage |
| 9 | Michael Lawrence , the Prudential 's group finance director , is to be the next chairman of the 100 Group , the influential forum for finance directors from the UK 's top public and private companies . |
| 10 | And Lew Platt , 51 , is to be the next president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co following John Young 's retirement on October 31 . |
| 11 | The witches tell him that he is to be the next king , and instead of leaving the matter to take its natural course , he murders the King , and claims the throne . |
| 12 | The Drummond Lectures were given by another former member of staff , Professor Stewart Sutherland , Vice-Chancellor of the University of London , and who , it was recently announced , is to be the next Principal of the University of Edinburgh . |