Example sentences of "[noun prp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's something of a shock after the deserts of Utah and Arizona to be greeted by Canadian-style pine forests and snow showers in early June . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , after the first six or seven freebies things got a little hazy and I understand that I told everyone that Singh and his brothers ( no relation ) were indeed going to build a superstore on ‘ The Tip ’ , but that they were also going to spend £2,000,000 on a new stadium for Athletico to be built on top of Mitchley cemetery . |
| 3 | The Yorkshire Electricity Board donated a fifty-seven foot redundant pylon and took it to Morley to be treated which , it was hoped , would prolong its life for forty years . |
| 4 | It was then that the club 's management co-operative gave Mr Stringer so much support , and the relationship is now reciprocated with Mr Stringer only too happy for the role of coaches Dave Williams and Mike Walker to be appreciated . |
| 5 | A world of gently impending walls and grades of French & Brigand d'Amour and Symphonie du Nouveau Monde are said by my partner Johny Adams to be excellent 7as , but there are more than a dozen others ( up to 8b ) to try . |
| 6 | Taylor expects Arsenal captain Tony Adams to be able to battle through the two matches , although he has confirmed that he will miss the US Cup matches which follow , like team-mate David Seaman , to undergo a summer hernia operation . |
| 7 | A spokesman for PPL said that many hoteliers and restaurateurs believe that they only need a licence from the PRS to be fully covered . |
| 8 | I think it was cos it was so hot in there Jean to be honest . |
| 9 | The next morning the Prior brought a letter for Corbett ; a simple note which said that Benstede had been attacked by unknown assailants the previous morning , that he was safe but advised Corbett to be most cautious . |
| 10 | It was unusual for Dennis to be late . |
| 11 | ‘ Ought Faustina to be licking out that bowl ? ’ asked Mark . |
| 12 | We were n't prepared for Texas to be quite so — er , Texan . |
| 13 | At least one set of potential buyers , from Holland , has been helicoptered on to Eigg to be shown around the island . |
| 14 | Newcastle United must beat Brian Little 's promotion-pushing Leicester City side at Filbert Street on Saturday to be sure of Second Division safety . |
| 15 | Elder Grove , Haxby to be precise . |
| 16 | Elder Grove , Haxby to be precise . |
| 17 | He wanted Creed to be amused , impressed even . |
| 18 | I can t wait for Marie to be finished here so we can walk down the street in our new clothes . |
| 19 | One scene from the film had remained in her mind : it had seemed to Marie to be more or less her own experience of life . |
| 20 | The college 's vote is sent under special seal to Capitol Hill to be formally announced by the new Congress on January 4 . |
| 21 | He said to me , ‘ I have appointed Charlie Hill to be the chairman of the BBC . ’ |
| 22 | Det Sgt Hardy Jones of Darlington CID said police would be stepping up their surveillance of the area and advised women walking around Harrowgate Hill to be on their guard . |
| 23 | On the one hand opinion polls showed Chirac to be the right-winger most likely to be ahead on the first ballot of a presidential election , making the RPR anxious to win agreement on primaries . |
| 24 | Or under nothing at all , for girls who Lycra to be different . |
| 25 | After successive allegations by Sierra Leone in late March and early April that Taylor 's forces had raided Sierra Leonean villages , killing numbers of civilians , Sierra Leonean forces were reported by mid-April to be operating inside Liberian territory held by the NPFL , while NPFL troops with heavy weapons were said to be advancing into Sierra Leone , both sides claiming successes . |
| 26 | After all , the postal map of London S.W.1 had been drawn with a special excrescence to enable Harrods to be included in it and thus avoid the ignominy of falling within the outer darkness of S.W.3 or 7 . |
| 27 | Assuming Mecdi to be right , that Molla Arab was Fahreddin Acemi 's at the Darulhadis , one would need to show further , of course , that Fahreddin Acemi was Mufti at the time of the association . |
| 28 | Friends such as Edward Clodd , who expected Hardy to be relieved by her death in 1912 , found instead that he was overcome with remorse for neglecting one whom he had once loved so well . |
| 29 | ‘ Hummingbird , will you take this man Buffalo to be your husband for one year , in the name of Earth and the animals ? ’ |
| 30 | Partnerships had enabled the use of community schools at Liphook and Bordon to be run so as to offer their facilities to the public throughout the year , and the new methods had reduced the inevitable deficit of the sports centre to well below the national average . |