Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [be] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be free in private is to be able to watch pornography or to preach the gospel . |
| 2 | It was to start on the night of 17 November , and L Detachment 's role in this was to be small but potentially crucial . |
| 3 | In addition , further renewal of MFN status in 1992 was to be dependent on China meeting stringent conditions concerned with ( i ) improving human rights ; ( ii ) ending the export of goods produced in prison labour camps ; and ( iii ) controlling the sale of ballistic missiles to the Middle East . |
| 4 | The answer to this is to be patient and realize that you are changing the habits of a lifetime . |
| 5 | On these are to be inscribed words reminiscent of the Ten Commandments , beginning with a new commandment not to make ‘ molten gods ’ ( 34.1–28 ) . |