Example sentences of "are we to [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we to be killed by the Cubans or the Russians ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Are we to be destroyed from inside , too , a country which successfully repelled and destroyed Philip of Spain , Napoleon , the Kaiser , Hitler ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ How ’ , the teachers asked , ‘ are we to be trained and to find the time to do the job , without any extra resources ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ For how long are we to be deprived of the company of the lovely new bride ? ’ a voice spoke silkily behind them . |
| 5 | Is the Department of Trade and Industry prepared to do anything to help the efforts of my hon. Friend the Member for Motherwell , South ( Dr. Bray ) to try to secure thin slab steel production in Scotland — or are we to be left entirely to the mercy of that virtual private monopoly , the British Steel Corporation ? |
| 6 | As the rest of Europe and the world progresses , are we to be left in a quagmire of despair at the end of another parliamentary Session , another era and another century ? |