Example sentences of "he be to " in BNC.
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| 31 | He is to be succeeded by another ex-ambassador to Mexico , Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar . |
| 32 | He is to be replaced as Attorney-General by Sir Nicholas Lyell . |
| 33 | He is to be congratulated on this singularly structured approach . |
| 34 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 35 | In houses where only the ground floor is centrally heated , the patient may not feel comfortable in the upstairs area , so if this is where he is to be , for other practical reasons , he will need heaters in his room , or the central heating system should be extended . |
| 36 | There is therefore reference in the case of each candidate to his own positive ability , not to the whole class of other candidates with whom he is to be compared . |
| 37 | He is to ‘ set an example ’ ( 1 Tim . |
| 38 | ‘ With his business training and keen sense of duty , he makes an admirable country gentleman ; on all Boards , on all Committees , on all Councils , in politics , and generally in affairs , he is to be counted on and depended upon ; he brings an admirable sense of rectitude and a very kindly heart to bear on public business . |
| 39 | I 'm afraid he 's becoming as much a danger to us as he is to everyone else . ’ |
| 40 | Consequently God is more committed to our character than he is to our comfort . |
| 41 | Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it . |
| 42 | ‘ He is to me . |
| 43 | He classified his poems on Hartleian principles , e.g. Imagination , Affection , Sentiment and Reflection , and in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads he explained that one of the functions of poetry is to show how ‘ we associate ideas in a state of excitement ’ ; Wordsworth did not expect his poems to ‘ gratify certain known habits of association ’ — he will provide new associations and ‘ create the taste by which he is to be enjoyed ’ . |
| 44 | And to women , for goodness sake , talk to the man in your life and say how important he is to you . |
| 45 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |
| 46 | I think he is to be pitied because all he does is make enemies for himself . |
| 47 | A DOCTOR convicted of attempted murder after giving a dying patient an overdose will know within days if he is to be struck off . |
| 48 | Bowe , 6ft 5in and 235lb , and with an 81-inch reach , represents the man mountain that Holyfield must scale if he is to be accepted as someone other than a caretaker holding the keys to the division until another genuine champion arrives . |
| 49 | calling for his immediate release , and if he is to be charged , given a fair and prompt trial ; |
| 50 | Gazza should now be encouraged , not discouraged , and then disillusioned to find out that he is to be overlooked until next February . |
| 51 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 52 | Lascube has served his suspension , as did Moscato , but the latter will have to show that his discipline has improved before he is to be considered for selection again . |
| 53 | The standard has been set by Penny 's monumental work , and he is to be heartily congratulated for his achievement . |
| 54 | The member of parliament did not give up his efforts to find a place for the young officer , but the close connection between parliamentary politics and placement was made abundantly clear by Scott 's insistence to his correspondent that the young man 's father , a Dundee councillor , would first have to make clear ‘ whether he is to be friendly ’ to the politician . |
| 55 | BENEFICIAL gets another chance at Goodwood today to demonstrate just what a loss he is to the Derby . |
| 56 | In his final commentary , however , he is to be found mourning the loss of faith : |
| 57 | Within his own country , he is not so much a Leviathan as a Gulliver figure hemmed in and tied down by a complex network of restraints that must be thrown off if he is to be more than a helpless giant in the White House . |
| 58 | He is to me the greatest genius of our century . |
| 59 | He is to be congratulated on his excellent choice of guardian angels . |
| 60 | The reader 's expectation is to be satisfied by the unexpected : he is to be taken away from normal concerns by events of an exaggerated , heightened nature , often taking place in exotic , distant surroundings . |