Example sentences of "is to [be] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
2 If the charter is to be worth more than the paper it is printed on we need guarantees that appropriate action will be taken to the satisfaction of the public , and in particular , the complainant .
3 When receiving professional aromatherapy treatment-especially aromatherapy massage — it is important to feel at ease with your therapist if it is to be of any worth .
4 Editor , — If operative mortality is to be of any use as an indicator of quality in cardiac surgery a system of risk stratification must be in place .
5 The ownership of archaeological finds depends on the local laws ( in some countries all archaeological artefacts are automatically the property of the state and have to be reported , while in others the finds belong to the owner of the land on which they were found ) , but whatever the ownership , each find needs to be properly recorded if it is to be of any use archaeologically .
6 If a voluntary system is to be at all effective , we need a voluntary proxy for an SEC .
7 The transfer price must be equal to the market price if it is to be at all relevant .
8 The lifeworld is the intuitively present , in this sense familiar and transparent , and at the same time vast and incalculable web of presuppositions that have to be satisfied if an actual utterance is to be at all meaningful , that is valid or invalid .
9 Evidently , if the design of text recognition systems is to be at all inspired , it may as well be by the best natural example available .
10 And if our drama is to be at all dramatic we 'll need to put those people in a difficult situation , one which confronts them with choices .
11 Site accommodation is to be within this area .
12 To be known as somebody else 's something , whether it 's husband of the prime minister or nephew of the chairman of the board , is to be like some kind of vestigial appendage .
13 I said , I 've got my own responsibility , that 's mine , I said , but you 're only responsibility is to be in that lecture for ten o'clock .
14 So it is definitely possible to distinguish between faith , doubt and unbelief in theory ( to believe is to be in one mind , to disbelieve is to be in another and to doubt is to be in two minds ) .
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