Example sentences of "life [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Consideration will also be given to the nature of culture and of civil society , of the domains of everyday life which are to be distinguished from ‘ economic ’ and ‘ state ’ spheres , but are crucial to the constituting of state and economy . |
2 | In them he is no longer fighting against his instinctive understanding of the region , traditions and spirit of his home country , but embracing it as a source of inspiration , and eventually using it as a touchstone against which the characters and even life itself are to be judged . |
3 | The answer to everything , not only cancer but life itself was to be found in our own hands . |
4 | For the remainder of his life he was to be closely associated with the building of Salisbury 's new cathedral . |
5 | And if in this new life he was to be alone … well , he had been alone for most of his life . |