Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [is] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Smith effectively confirmed Muhlfeit 's assertions that a case is to be brought against an electronic bulletin board service company , which is reported to have been distributing software for free as part of its service to its subscribers . |
| 2 | Clear prejudgment of a case is to be disapproved of , but the success of a piece of legislation may well be dependent upon the administrators enforcing the institution 's policies with some rigour ; indifference to the end in view , even if it were possible , might well be undesirable . |
| 3 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 4 | For to understand a sentence is to be able to pick out situations which justify us in believing that sentence to be true . |
| 5 | His interests lie , not with these general features of the communicative event , but with those particular co-ordinates which constitute ‘ a package of relevant factors , an index ’ ( 1972 : 173 ) and which characterise the context against which the truth of a sentence is to be judged . |
| 6 | As Halliday ( 1964 : 37 ) says , ‘ if a text is to be described at all , then it should be described properly ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ One of the reasons we want to become a university is to be on a level playing field in terms of recruiting students . |
| 8 | It can be seen that the physician or doctor will have to bear both factors in mind when deciding if the time when a drug is to be taken is important ( see also Chapter 14 ) . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) Where there is an equality of votes requiring that the election of a chairman is to be determined by lot , the meeting is entitled to determine the form of lot to be used . |
| 10 | Often a contract is to be performed in the future , i.e. delivery of the goods is to be in the future , either at a fixed date or within a reasonable length of time . |
| 11 | If a contract is to be negotiated Lyn will probably demand between GBP 500 000–600 000 ’ |
| 12 | Henceforth to be a Christian is to be united to the risen Christ through the adoption of the Spirit . |
| 13 | But it has happened and where the park committee wishes to press its objection , the Secretary of State for Agriculture ( or Wales ) must then decide whether a grant is to be paid ( the farmer is of course free to proceed without any grant aid if he wishes ) . |
| 14 | Clearly , therefore , there are dangers in the selection of extreme groups for special treatment since a change is to be expected even if the treatment is completely useless . |
| 15 | A stepping motor system has a pullout rate of 500 steps per second and a microprocessor is to be used for its open-loop control . |
| 16 | ASDA 's superstore in Rawtenstall , Lancashire is to become the first of the supermarket chain 's English stores to get Cashline , and , following lengthy negotiations , a terminal is to be installed in the Royal Victoria Shopping Centre in Tunbridge Wells . |
| 17 | Tony Davis , for example has said that " the real effectivity of " literature " as a practice is to be found in the humdrum activity of English teaching . |
| 18 | A study 's to be carried out to see whether it 's feasible for trains to travel along the Great Western line at a hundred and fifty miles an hour . |
| 19 | All must accept that if a deal is to be struck by the end of this year , negotiation will have to begin in earnest much earlier , preferably during the next two months . |
| 20 | Obviously , a publisher must bargain hard , and may have special cause to do so if the property in question has a strong and valuable branding , but , if ever a deal is to be made , the publisher needs to be sensitive to the real commercial worth of his material in the broader context of multimedia development . |
| 21 | Looked at from a White House perspective , it is clear that if a president is to be effective in achieving his objectives he needs unity and discipline within the executive branch . |
| 22 | Will my right hon. Friend confirm that a review is to be undertaken of the use by the security and intelligence agencies of informants and other sources ? |
| 23 | However , if a review is to be assumed the tenant should ensure that the notional review coincides with the actual review under the headlease , otherwise there may be periods when the headtenant 's profit rent is eroded . |
| 24 | If a search is to be conducted to find whether a pin has been successfully entered into a hole in a block then non-intersection , but possibly touching , is sought . |
| 25 | the name and place of the publisher and printer required by law if a publication is to be published . |
| 26 | ‘ The removal or the retention of a child is to be considered wrongful where — ( a ) it is in breach of rights of custody attributed to a person , an institution or any other body , either jointly or alone , under the law of the state in which the child was habitually resident immediately before the removal or retention ; and ( b ) at the time of removal or retention those rights were actually exercised , either jointly or alone , or would have been so exercised but for the removal or retention . |
| 27 | The immanent method assumes that the ‘ truth ’ of a work is to be found within the work itself : or rather , it can be discovered by critical confrontation of the work 's ideal or concept — what it ‘ wants to be ’ — with its reality . |
| 28 | If a stepparent is to be the sole host : Mr David Green ( or Mrs Charles Brown ) … his ( her ) stepdaughter Jennifer ( again the bride 's surname may be included if different ) . |
| 29 | On this basis , it may be assumed that reliability estimates ought to exceed 0.7 if a test is to be regarded as providing ‘ reliable ’ scores . |
| 30 | After a study of the extensive panorama , if a return is to be made direct to Ingleton , the route of ascent must be reversed exactly . |