Example sentences of "be [prep] be [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Methinks I am to be your chaperon — which means , I suppose , that I am to see that you conduct yourself properly and are accompanied suitably whenever you leave these apartments . |
| 3 | ‘ I am to be your server , ’ she said . |
| 4 | In an end-of-term address at Clifton College , Bristol , the Rev. J.M. Wilson presented his students with a dramatic choice : ‘ It has to be settled whether you are to be your own master or slave ; whether your body shall be kept under , and you will be strong enough to rule it ; or whether your body shall be the target . ’ |
| 5 | These are to be your twin responsibilities . |
| 6 | Honesty and courtesy were to be their guides when phoning potential customers , with no misleading statements , exaggerations or partial truths , and no unsolicited calls made to them at their place of work . |
| 7 | These people were to be their ‘ lay ’ representatives , as , of course , the Panel Hearings are not Courts of Law , and lawyers as such have no role there . |
| 8 | And if this were to be their last meeting , then should they perhaps not waste it all in talk ? |
| 9 | Her head did not nearly reach his shoulder , and even from where I stood I could sense the gentleness , the protectiveness , which were to be her portion . |
| 10 | We were to be her guardians . |
| 11 | His godparents were to be her sister Sarah , young Jonna and Bob Lamb . |
| 12 | Topaz nodded and two days later set out with Sister Cecilia and Sister Anne , who were to be her escort . |
| 13 | The society 's board of trustees is hoping that at least part of the funds it needs by June will come from government sources : in response to a stampede of scholars from around the world who invaded the library in what were to be its final days last month , local government provided an emergency $66,000 to keep the library open until 2 April . |
| 14 | But his hand was up , silencing me and what he must have guessed were to be my thanks . |
| 15 | Stocky and friendly , he had two small flaws in his character which were to be his undoing . |
| 16 | The parliament of 1337 culminated in a series of festivities in which Edward honoured many of the nobles who were to be his companions in arms . |
| 17 | Cleyn became well known as an engraver and a painter in England , but these cartoons were to be his masterpiece . |
| 18 | But for Israel it was the outward sign of a relationship : God was to be their God ; they were to be his people . |
| 19 | He entered the room with the pop-eyed , lock-jawed expression of one who was expecting to hear a death-sentence from his commanding officer , but he cracked into smiles of various kinds when he heard we were to be his proteges . |
| 20 | His influence grew by the season , and in May 1951 he achieved , at The Oval , what were to be his career-best batting and bowling figures : 87 against Glamorgan ( 10 fours and a six ; 161 in 110 minutes with Geoff Whittaker for the ninth wicket ) and 7 for 49 on a helpful pitch against Lancashire . |
| 21 | That 's to be our custom . ’ |
| 22 | It 's to be your design . |
| 23 | Now that this good party of concerted artistes is safely ensconced in the vessel that is to be its forward conducting medium , let all good-thinking people wish it the Speed of God and safe from the influence of diverse foreign bodies that lurk in animated suspension in this murky putrescence of Thames . |
| 24 | It may not matter very much what claims the Association makes for itself but one would hope that co-operation and not confrontation is to be its approach , and the making of false claims can only antagonise the Law . |
| 25 | Dr Roger Berry , currently BNFL 's Director of Health & Safety , is to be its first director . |
| 26 | She immediately won the support of leading members of Labour 's shadow Cabinet , including Mr Gordon Brown , the party 's industry spokesman , who is to be her campaign manager . |
| 27 | The 43 French-speaking states have decided on a common approach to environmental issues which is to be their platform at next year 's UN Conference on Environment and Development . |
| 28 | That 's when Chelsea are due to announce whether or not Glenn Hoddle really is to be their new manager . |
| 29 | AS the shouting , mud-slinging and patriotic appeals die away , Americans face the crunch the moment when they have to decide who is to be their next President . |
| 30 | If this is to be your approach see pages 87–92 for the actual process of post-production editing . |