Example sentences of "[n mass] [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The commons then agreed to a subsidy of £50,000 which was to be raised by the novel expedient of imposing a levy on each parish in England . |
| 2 | The estimated building costs amounted to £6,800 which was to be borrowed and to be repaid within twenty-five years . |
| 3 | Nicholas had shown a preparedness to use diplomatic means which was to be the main feature of his conduct of international relations . |
| 4 | These samples of human oddity certainly exemplify cultural diversity but the choice of pictures immediately makes it obvious that the people who are to be discussed are " primitives " who lack all the gadgetry of modern technology and modern sanitation . |
| 5 | acquiror : people who are to be directors , managers etc and their close relatives |
| 6 | The fact that local people had not been informed of the exploratory work as it proceeded , or asked what they thought , had been discussed at some length during the evening , and there seemed to be little doubt that people who are to be " invaded " by a major installation for which they will bear much incidental , site-specific cost , would like to be party to discussions about the project . |
| 7 | And when the sun appeared they all died and then the people who were to be the people of Amantani came from other islands , from peninsulas in the south … ’ |
| 8 | By devastating his fields , orchards and vineyards you hoped to force him to listen to a case which he was otherwise disposed to ignore ; by military means he was to be compelled to come to terms . |
| 9 | The event 's promoter will pay an agreed fee to the PRS for the works which are to be performed , and a payment is then made by the PRS to the writers and publishers for the works listed as being played . |
| 10 | 1.5 " Tenant 's Works " means the works which are to be carried out and completed by the Tenant on the Premises in accordance with clause 3 of this agreement consisting of : |
| 11 | It remains something of a surprise that at a time when conserving species diversity is valued so highly , so little priority is given to listing the basics of what species there are to be conserved or lost . |