Example sentences of "they [be] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Hotline has been told that some of them are to question McMenemy 's position . |
| 2 | Customs state that they are to give businesses time to adjust , and the effective date of the new policy will not be until 1 March 1993 . |
| 3 | If they are to give Great Britain a game at Old Trafford on Saturday week , Tony Gordon , Lowe 's successor as New Zealand coach , may have to swallow his pride and call up the likes of Emosi Koloto , Joe Grima and Tony Iro , who appear to have blighted their international chances by making their reputations in England . |
| 4 | The clubmosses , which created most of the coal seams , are more closely related to ferns than they are to pine trees , and oil — from which most synthetics are obtained — is not derived from plants at all . |
| 5 | Similarly , vice versa : the less likely the prospect is a ‘ good ’ borrower , the more likely they are to need credit and apply . |
| 6 | MACCLESFIELD manager Peter Wragg knows his non-Leaguers have one major task if they are to banish Stockport County from the Cup this afternoon — stop Kevin Francis . |
| 7 | They are to promote competition , to bring private sector bus operators into the market and put them in charge of what are now public sector subsidiaries . |
| 8 | The study , produced for the Standing Conference on Drug Abuse and Alcohol Concern , indicates SSDs must catch up if they are to assess misusers and stump up the cash for community care . |
| 9 | If they are to guide others they too must know the resource of guidance . |
| 10 | Over the next ten years they are to fund expeditions abroad , publicising Swindon 's virtues . |
| 11 | They have read it was proposed and seconded by the Reverends erm Mike and Gethwyn and if there any questions I am sure that they are to answer questions rather than ask them to speak to us . |
| 12 | Some retailers require a degree of exclusivity if they are to take space in a development like the Cornmill . ’ |
| 13 | However , it is a dilemma that they will have to address if they are to take advantage of the clearer remit introduced by the reforms . |
| 14 | They are to take granddad 's this afternoon . |
| 15 | Her ladyship is gone with your spouse to Tunbridge and there they are to take lodgings or a house . |
| 16 | They are to do battle in one of the most sensational libel cases ever seen in an Irish court . |
| 17 | They are to lose control of polytechnics and institutes of higher education . |
| 18 | The return of Potter will give the Paisley men a significant lift , for they clearly have their work cut out if they are to remain championship contenders . |
| 19 | We like our horses to be friendly , and usually they are born friendly , but whether they are to remain friendly is determined very much by our handling of them . |
| 20 | If regulation is involved , those charged with performing the surveillance should be seen as responsive to consumer as well as producer interests , if they are to reflect societies ' preferences . |
| 21 | ] Markets need to be competitive if they are to allocate resources efficiently . |
| 22 | Moreover people need an informed understanding if they are to evaluate claims about language use which are widely made ( in the correspondence columns of newspapers , for example ) . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) The dodecahedron and icosahedron alternate , one encasing the other , but the spheres must grow in size if they are to close pack . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Aberdeen boss Willie Miller knows his side must clamp down on Ally McCoist and Mark Hateley if they are to overcome Rangers at Pittodrie tonight . |
| 25 | They are to investigate crimes , prevent them from being carried out , discover the guilty parties and take any further steps necessary to uphold the law . |
| 26 | Similarly the status of commas in the speech of the T(eacher) is not made explicit — presumably they are to indicate pauses in the stream of speech , but it may be that they simply indicate a complex of rhythmic and intonational cues which the analyst is responding to . |
| 27 | They need either to win by more than 50 points or rely on Darlington RA beating Bishop Auckland if they are to pip Bishops for the third promotion place from Durham and Northumberland Division One . |
| 28 | Recently carriers such as MCI Communications Corp have announced that they are to adopt SNMP for management and agents . |
| 29 | THE number of fat people is rising and Britons must radically change their diet if they are to meet Government health standards by the end of the century , a nutritionist said yesterday . |
| 30 | If they are to study evidence they must know the right questions to ask . |