Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [pron] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The day before the dinner I received word from the admiral 's ADC that if I were to present myself at 6.55 p.m. at his suite in the Gosforth Park Hotel , where we were both staying , he would give me a lift to the dockyard . |
| 2 | ‘ You must be Mr Sachs , what a pleasure it is to meet you at last . ’ |
| 3 | The modern way is to have them at right angles . ) |
| 4 | Jesus Christ 's resurrection has to become our resurrection if it is to mean anything at all . |
| 5 | If the idea of mobilizing community resources is to mean anything at all it must include helping parents and other carers to meet , and clarify needs , expectations and possibilities for further development . |
| 6 | If a right to conscientious tax diversion can be established in this way , then , if it is to mean anything at all , it must be proof against standard utilitarian objections , for example , those relating to the cost of administering such a scheme . |
| 7 | You must learn your lessons , you know , if you are to become anything at all when you are grown . ’ |
| 8 | The note which had been sent into him at the factory had said that he was to meet them at eight o'clock on Boxing Night . |
| 9 | Such self-disgust appeared to have physical causes or manifestations : a pattern that was to repeat itself at irregular intervals for the next twenty years . |