Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [be] to be " in BNC.

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31 We 've always been forest Romanies , but if Wychwood is to be chopped down Boz and the rest of us will have to take to the road . ’
32 That vision could not be put into practice if Highland were to be governed by an authority the size of Belgium .
33 The London borough of Kensington and Chelsea is to be the first local authority in the UK to introduce a kerbside collection service for separated waste .
34 It was odd , Lucinda thought , that men should be doing a job more suited to women , but this was a real ship , was n't it , on which , if Molly was to be believed , women had yet to establish themselves .
35 If Bede is to be believed , Oswine proved an attractive ruler who gained the admiration of Aidan , which suggests that Oswiu faced a dangerous rival in this Deiran king whom he eventually out-manoeuvred and slew by treachery the ninth year of the latter 's reign ( HE 111 , 14 ) .
36 Bristol and Plymouth were to be secured by local sympathisers and then James was to arrive somewhere on the south coast , to lead a march to London .
37 Later in the will he provides that if no children are born or if they die within puberty then Mucius and Maevius are to be heirs .
38 If McKinsey were to be taken literally , this structure would have to be taken apart and new structures created around the business units .
39 The country 's draft National Forestry Action Plan , drawn up with the help of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation , concluded that if Indonesia was to be self-sufficient in wood for its burgeoning paper industry , new pulpwood plantations would have to be developed .
40 It would seem that she and Johnny were to be allowed no souvenirs smuggled from that other world ; that place which their lives could touch but which they could not see .
41 It may all come down to Clark if Oakland are to be kept at bay .
42 Classes were allocated and Balbinder was to be in class 1 with a Mrs Allinson and a nursery assistant .
43 They had left school that summer , not wishing to study any more , and Fontanellato was to be their home until the end of the war .
44 If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ?
45 Plaice , then , and two helpings — better make it three if Faustina was to be included — perhaps ‘ portions ’ was the word — and some chips .
46 What was good for catholics was also good for protestants , and Ireland was to be no exception .
47 She had hated Dierdriu on the terrible day that Dierdriu had told her that she and Fergus were to be parted .
48 THE HEADQUARTERS of the new National Environmental Technology Centre being formed from the merger of Warren Spring Laboratory and AEA is to be at Culham .
49 If Fitzormonde is to be believed , we know the reason for the murders : Burghgesh 's death on that unfortunate ship in the Middle Sea so many years ago .
50 If Pinder is to be believed , it was missing at twelve-thirty , ’ said Sergeant Bird , taking a seat as quietly as a man of his bulk could manage .
51 It was , then , peace or truce which threatened their existence , and it was because of the termination of hostilities between England and France which resulted from the treaty of Brétigny in 1360 , followed as this was in 1364 by the ending of the Navarrese challenge to the royal authority in Normandy and the war of Breton succession , that France , Italy and Spain were to be hosts to the Companies in the 1360s .
52 Angela Cartwright , as chairman of the local Party , explained the procedure for calling a Special General Meeting if Grunte was to be de-selected , and the meeting adjourned after Carole Swan said she would take soundings among members of the Party after the conference .
53 Barnett will however know in his own mind that he has to replace the 2,000 runs scored by the departed Azharuddin if Derbyshire are to be effective challengers .
54 Anyway — Fjortoft put in a nice little goal for Norway last night — so if Frank is to be in contention ( ? ) he will have to beat Dino or Wallace for a place during this winter — which is not — that — probable .
55 The work of Hume , Kant and Lessing was to be of especial significance for theology ; for while they undermined the earlier kind of rationalism by restricting the claims and powers of reason and pointing to the sheer variety and diversity of history , they raised equally sharp questions for theologians .
56 Information on living standards in the FES and GHS is to be linked at the aggregate level of a given household type and income level .
57 Anglian , North West , Northumbrian , and South West all face charges , and Yorkshire is to be prosecuted on five cunts .
58 So if Zurich is to be the centre of your Swiss exploration , be sure to book a hotel well in advance .
59 From the outside it looked like a bank ( and with good reason , if Wayne was to be believed : ‘ That guy , ’ Wayne said , ‘ he 's raking it in ’ ) .
60 Seventy years ago , if Eddington is to be believed , only two people understood the general theory of relativity .
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