Example sentences of "they [be] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | The cylindrical rooms which are logically formed within the tower at several levels are usually of quite small diameter — indeed , decreasing diameter the nearer they are to the top of the tower . |
| 32 | But perhaps her greatest achievement with the chimps at Gombe has been to show how astonishingly close they are to humanity — and so to narrow the gap between us and the rest of the animal world . |
| 33 | Place a layer of the mixture in the base of the prepared mould , then arrange the melon balls on top , if they are to be set into the mousse . |
| 34 | They even get angry and suggest these are lies put about by foreigners who do not understand how deeply attuned they are to Mother Africa . |
| 35 | For example , different aspects of a picture , a coin and an Egyptian mummy would need to be emphasised if they are to be distinguished from other objects of the same sort . |
| 36 | They are to be regarded as pure miracle , those of the first version as much as those of the second , although it is true that the miracle is heightened in that second account . |
| 37 | All of the references given above come from what is called the Priestly strand ( ‘ P ’ ) and as such they are to be dated to around the time of the Jews ' exile to Babylon in the sixth century BC — that is , according to the still widely accepted dating of this biblical strand within the source-critical school of thought ( though it must also be said that my own arguments as developed in this essay and elsewhere independently point to the exile as the time when these blood concerns and rituals would first have emerged ) . |
| 38 | Overall the cost of a funeral often comes as a big shock to people and the vicar 's fees , peripheral as they are to the main bill , come in for lots of cynical comments like ‘ Even at a time like this , the church is making money . ’ |
| 39 | Priced at 102p , they are to be redeemed in April , 2000 , at 100p — implying a capital loss of rather less than 0.25 p.c. per annum . |
| 40 | They are to be used in West Yorkshire and the Birmingham and Manchester areas to replace ageing diesel and electric rolling stock . |
| 41 | They are to be used in West Yorkshire and the Birmingham and Manchester areas to replace ageing diesel and electric rolling stock . |
| 42 | Self-interest plays a part but the clubs have a strong case when they argue that if they are to be the mentors to the young , society must help to foot the bill . |
| 43 | For we have long since ceased to regard the raising of houses in such an offhand fashion , even when they are to the glory only of the home-owning democracy . |
| 44 | In other words , they are to be accorded ‘ the same courtesy as the family of any other referred child ’ that the Cleveland Report required ( Recommendation 3a ) . |
| 45 | As industrialisation takes work out of the home , women , if they are to be encouraged to join the labour force , must be assisted in child and home care . |
| 46 | It almost goes without saying that any disciplinary strategies adopted by teachers must involve an even-handed approach towards both sexes if they are to be lawful . |
| 47 | If they are to be found , that is . ’ |
| 48 | If they are to be used as efficiency indicators budgets should never be used as a means of containing or reducing expenditure by freezing levels or imposing artificial or arbitrary cuts . |
| 49 | Existing shops and businesses , if they are to be relocated , may be offered accommodation that is smaller , less well placed or more expensive . |
| 50 | The figures from the United Kingdom , acknowledged as they are to be the most accurate , still underestimate the true incidence of infection . |
| 51 | This policy is limited , however , in two crucial ways : first , that such ‘ choice ’ in effect reduces to the ability to pay , and ability to pay has been profoundly affected by other policies which have increased the differences among groups with regard to income and wealth ; and secondly , that many public services must be provided in the local area if they are to be of real value and if other costs , not only financial , are not to be incurred , for instance , in travelling or moving residence in order to receive them . |
| 52 | The word ‘ strategy ’ , or indeed , ‘ management ’ , for example , implies that choices are available ; and choices , if they are to be rationally defensible , must be made by reference to known and accepted principles . |
| 53 | Those who are not teachers , whether they are concerned with the good of society or with the good of certain individual children , will even more certainly look to what happens after school if they are to be satisfied with what goes on in school itself . |
| 54 | They are to be divided into the ‘ easy ’ and the ‘ difficult ’ . |
| 55 | They depend on an appropriate display of responsible behaviour , and the circumstances in which they are to be given must be made explicit . |
| 56 | Information providers should develop some level of personal contact with managers , if they are to be regarded as trusted sources . |
| 57 | These need to be as specific as possible , including a timetable for action if they are to be of any use . |
| 58 | Questions which had no real purpose in the first place are unlikely to be easy to analyse at the answer stage since the researcher is seeking for answers to his hypotheses which will show whether they are to be substantiated or not . |
| 59 | The great danger of cluster sampling is that one must be able to take the clusters together as a total unit if they are to be used for anything more than just cluster comparisons . |
| 60 | It is unclear at this stage if direct comparison can be made with Behrensmeyer 's weathering categories , applied as they are to large mammal weathering in tropical climates , but as a provisional estimate these changes will be attributed to her stage 2 . |