Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | But as Duke he was to be more than just the Count of Poitou . |
| 32 | On this occasion it was to be hoped that humiliation and hurt pride had been assuaged by a new pair of shoes and a many-stranded jet necklace — like early travellers taking presents to the natives , Sophia felt . |
| 33 | ‘ What a bloodthirsty little creature you are to be sure ! ’ said Biff , with a hint of admiration . |
| 34 | The class spent considerable time examining these photographs , attempting to anticipate the kind of personalities they were to be working with . |
| 35 | This month it is to be extended by nearly 1 km . |
| 36 | Does the standing order form say what day of the month it 's to be taken out on ? |
| 37 | In this respect it is to be contrasted with section 6 of the Bail Act 1976 , which does create an offence where a person who has been released on bail fails without reasonable cause to surrender to custody . |
| 38 | In determining what constitutes a reasonable prospect it is to be assumed that the prospect given by the facts and other matters known to the creditor at the time he entered into the transaction resulting in the debt was a reasonable prospect ( s 271(4) ) . |
| 39 | Now , before his first season there is over , the news he 's to be dropped from the Kidlington-based outfit at the end of the world championships . |
| 40 | Then Cantona committed his second And if the masses shoe-horned onto the Vicarage Road terraces had the growing feeling it was to be Watford 's night , Cantona 's second howler of the night when Strachan 's cross found the darling of Elland Road unmarked again and just six yards out . |
| 41 | By devastating his fields , orchards and vineyards you hoped to force him to listen to a case which he was otherwise disposed to ignore ; by military means he was to be compelled to come to terms . |
| 42 | What we have to do is decide what kinds of technologies they are to be provided with , how far into the future they are expected to go , and how the whole experiment is to be organised . |
| 43 | However , if Athletico had hopes of a brief stay away from the Premier they were to be disappointed . |
| 44 | Also , that the churches at home , of whatever church or denomination we are to be they also can own , not just in the World Council of Churches . |
| 45 | Those whose calling it is to be God 's agents of reconciliation are vulnerable to the ordinary wear and tear of any who seek to serve among the wayward and weak , the blocked and blighted among beautiful people unable to realise their potential . |
| 46 | For the remainder of his life he was to be closely associated with the building of Salisbury 's new cathedral . |
| 47 | And if in this new life he was to be alone … well , he had been alone for most of his life . |
| 48 | In whatever sense it is to be recognized as an objective fact that I am now responding in awareness of more factors than before , my reaction will likewise be objectively better than before . |
| 49 | Bunting ( 1978 ) in more general terms disclaims this responsibility and states that with the introduction of high-yielding paddy it was to be expected there were social problems but it was up to the politicians to ‘ do something about it ’ . |
| 50 | In most instances it is to be expected that ‘ NT ’ and ‘ BT ’ statements should be accompanied by their inverse . |
| 51 | Legacies and trusts are the same : if there is any deficiency in the law of legacies it is to be supplied from the law of trusts , and vice versa . |
| 52 | In extension of that consideration in this particular case it is to be noted that the imposition of the condition for supervision on T. 's half-sister 's access was restrictive of a freedom previously enjoyed . |
| 53 | In next year 's Budget it is to be hoped he will take a further opportunity to reduce the differentials between Scotch and wine . ’ |
| 54 | In addition it was to be hoped that Max could come up with some fairly definite cause of death ; and it was even possible ( if only just ) that the surgeon might throw caution to the wind for once and volunteer a tentative approximation of the time it had actually happened . |
| 55 | In addition he was to be found building amphitheatres in Soissons and Paris to provide shows for the citizens . |
| 56 | Of course it is to be remembered here that we are concerned with a grave threat to the national economy . |
| 57 | Riven , remembering the Rime Giant 's attempt on his life in Ralarth Rorim , could not help but wonder how many more times he was to be the focus of a battle . |
| 58 | Exchange controls were also notably relaxed ; in the autumn they were to be abolished altogether . |
| 59 | Certainly within science they are to be found in a highly concentrated form and used in a far more rigorous and systematic fashion . |
| 60 | In this form they are to be conceived of as ad hoc , dispute-resolving mechanisms . |