Example sentences of "they [be] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Top administrators in many countries are also selected on the basis of educational credentials which are not apparently ‘ relevant ’ for the tasks they are to perform but which serve chiefly to exclude more uncouth potential rivals . |
| 2 | The nearer the foundations , the more likely they are to unsettle or destabilise the whole structure . |
| 3 | The King , who had not forgotten the sermons of Andrewes , told Parliament that ‘ Princes are not bound to give account of their actions but to God alone ’ and that ‘ Parliaments are altogether in my power for their calling , sitting and dissolution ; as I find the fruits of them to be good or evil they are to continue or not to be . ’ |
| 4 | It just depends how difficult they are to weave and that that usually makes them you know , more expensive . |
| 5 | The muddier the bottom the more likely they are to suck and blow the bait to clean it . |
| 6 | They are to serve as long as the war lasts , and a month on top of that , they are to serve in Scotland only ’ — someone cheered — ‘ or so it says , and you can ask Widow McCulloch , or Widow McGregor , if they have heard that anywhere before . |
| 7 | It is therefore to the second alternative — selling goods and services overseas — that countries must look if they are to maintain and improve their living standards and avoid a balance of payments crisis . |
| 8 | However , the increase in legislation and in consumer power have altered the balance so that schools , if they are to survive and be effective , must be sensitive and responsive to the demands of the external environment . |
| 9 | Companies potentially need to acquire information about all the environmental factors shown in the diagram , if they are to survive and prosper . |
| 10 | Hermit crabs must occupy shells of the right general size if they are to survive and breed . |
| 11 | Those who have put their trust in Jesus as Saviour " have been born anew … through the living and abiding word of God ; but , like all new-born babes , they must " long for the pure spiritual milk " of the word if they are to survive and grow ; and once beyond babyhood they need solid food — which is the " meat " of God 's word . |
| 12 | Human children , if they are to survive and become adults , must be cared for by adults at least until adolescence . |
| 13 | Thin them as they grow , and then transplant them ( prick out ) 5 cm ( 2 in ) apart each way into boxes of potting compost , and finally plant them where they are to grow when they have filled the space available . |
| 14 | Whether you then sow the seeds in rows , or in patches , or in " stations " — groups spaced several cm ( in ) apart — is up to you ; in any case , some herbs do better sown in boxes or a seedbed , and then transplanted ; others are better sown where they are to grow and then thinned . |
| 15 | Seedlings should be sown where they are to grow and thinned twice to a final spacing of 20cm ( 8in ) ; good plants occupy a square foot of space . |
| 16 | Once students have identified the discourse type they are to process or produce , the next step is for them to ‘ find their way around ’ inside it . |
| 17 | Choreographers must have been dancers themselves if they are to understand and feel the natural abilities of the body and to allow fur the influence of the techniques in which they have been trained . |
| 18 | have n't just to literally lie back there and the man says what happens , when it happens , and they 're to do as they 're told sort of thing because that obviously develops sexual abuse , women being raped , and attitudes that lead towards these things . |
| 19 | Now they 're to close because the American owners can make more money transferring production to Leeds shedding 330 jobs . |
| 20 | They 're to cover and protect the silage , made of spoiled hay . ’ |
| 21 | The doctor had left instructions as to where they were to go and how they were to get there . |
| 22 | In fact , there is no further mention of the chapel in the Minute Books of their Meetings for nearly three centuries , and much later they were to claim that they did not know about it until it was brought to their attention for the first time in 1846 . |
| 23 | This was at the limit of the effective range of canister but he could afford to wait no longer ; his men were so weak , their movements so sluggish that they would need every extra second if they were to re-load and fire another charge before the enemy reached the ramparts . |
| 24 | For many people this was the last time they were to see or speak to him and they are left with a good memory and a triumphant one . |
| 25 | The large and thriving congregation was stunned by the Jesuits ’ sudden announcement , in March 1989 , that they were to close and sell off the church on the open market — ‘ for any reasonable use ’ , according the sale particulars . |
| 26 | As the Warriors moved on , the section commanders continued to tell their men over the vehicle briefing system what they were to do and what they should expect . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , Tories did remain committed to the principles of passive obedience , non-resistance and indefeasible hereditary right , but they were to argue that none of these had been compromised by the Glorious Revolution . |
| 28 | If she stayed indoors much longer , Murphy would have taken over her tasks and have filled the old beer crates they were to use as laying boxes with straw , and be collecting the scraps from the kitchen , that Dora had reluctantly promised to keep for her . |
| 29 | They were to choose and they were to live with the consequences of their choice . |
| 30 | After that , the possibilities for the disturbed were very much what they were to remain until the introduction of the major tranquillisers — and indeed what they had been from Roman times . |