Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She was to be fisted . |
| 32 | ‘ We both saw her put in the taxi , if we are to be accurate . ’ |
| 33 | The motivation must be right if we are to be effective in the Lord 's service . |
| 34 | I need that from Bobby and the rest of the side if we are to be successful , ’ says newly-appointed Larder . |
| 35 | If we are to be successful , we must have Europeanwide agreement . |
| 36 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 37 | We are to be responsible stewards of what God has given us . |
| 38 | Then we are to be formal , are we ! |
| 39 | Now when we open the scriptures we find clear commands , that th that there are , when we come to Jesus and accept him as our saviour then we are to obey him and we are to be baptized ! |
| 40 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 41 | It will be needed , above all , if we are to be able to read the historical record . |
| 42 | The more distant one of those later groups is , the more likely we are to be able to construct a counter-example ; as is revealed in our own example where = you are a brain in a vat ; |
| 43 | The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms . |
| 44 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 45 | For evidently we need both reflexive and non-reflexive polyadic predicates , as well as monadic predicates , if we are to be able to describe at all adequately the world around us . |
| 46 | But , as we saw , this will not work ; for if we are to be able to make significant identifying references to qualities , we need a distinction between qualities and their existentially unique instances , and this raises the problem of determining the precise ontological status of such instances : i.e. what such instances are , and how they can be identified and distinguished from each other . |
| 47 | If we are to be able to select the most appropriate selling opportunities , the information on our database must be as comprehensive as possible . |
| 48 | We shall now see that in order to account for changes in the modern world this evolutionary background of the ego and superego is by no means irrelevant ; on the contrary , we must take it very seriously if we are to be able to understand what is going on around us . |
| 49 | In turn , if we are to be able to pay for these commodities , we must export . |
| 50 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 51 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 52 | Please sir , Axl 's doctor said we 're to be nice to him because he comes from a broken home and he has to wear a kilt . |
| 53 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 54 | He also warned us that , once we were back in London , we were to be careful where we went , to whom we talked and what we ate and drank . |
| 55 | Very soon we were to be concerned with matters less peaceful than the conduct of our kitchens . |
| 56 | The tuners are Jackson-stamped Gotohs and have proved in the past to be man enough for the job , relegated as they are to being mere anchor points for the strings , taking into account the Floyd Rose licensed tremolo employed here . |
| 57 | The TMI-2 accident now forms an important part of the considerable experience available to us from PWR operations around the world , and this summary shows that the CEGB and NNC must carefully assess and analyse the accident if they are to be certain that all of the relevant lessons from it have been satisfactorily incorporated in the British PWR . |
| 58 | Long-nets have to be set properly if they are to be effective . |
| 59 | All presidents must move carefully and skilfully if they are to be effective leaders . |
| 60 | Nurses working in neonatal units need to be committed to security procedures if they are to be effective , and checking should be carried out diligently according to procedure . |