Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [noun sg] [be] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that money was to be made honestly at this profession ; even clearer that forgery and other types of fraud were frequently used by moneyers as short-cuts to wealth . |
| 2 | Irrespective of this , theories and assumptions must be stated and analysis be rigorous if progress is to be made . |
| 3 | He was so small and weak that illness was to be expected , but this still came as a shock to Tess . |
| 4 | Secondly , the past and current benefit to the employer must not merely be substantial or even valuable ; it has to be outstanding if compensation is to be awarded . |
| 5 | Whatever the applicant 's interest , the more serious the illegality , the more likely that interest is to be sufficient . |
| 6 | Instead , Edwin Chadwick 's aim of 1834 to give separate specialized care to deserving children , the aged , sick and lunatic was to be implemented . |
| 7 | The demarcation between black and rust is to be clearly defined . |
| 8 | ‘ Scroungers ’ did exist , irresistibly when many were poor and charity was to be had sometimes merely for attending a church service ; and then as now there was a flourishing mythology of great sums inveigled from charity by shrewd layabouts . |
| 9 | In fact such transformations are rare precisely because , if more than lip-service is to be paid to them , the practical implications are considerable ; which is not to deny that lip-service , in the form of campaigning and complaining , has its uses . |
| 10 | Ellsworth Kelly first saw Paris in 1944 at the age of twenty-one after the Normandy landing ; the young marine can not have imagined then how important that city was to be to his artistic career . |
| 11 | Owners naturally forget or feel sorry for the underdog , but experience has shown that dog/owner relations are all important if treatment is to be successful . |
| 12 | Yet understanding where older customers fit in to the scheme of things is very important if discrimination is to be avoided , because it will influence both the products and the marketing approach . |
| 13 | The text provides that they are available if they are permitted under a bilateral convention , or , in the absence of a convention , if the state of destination does not object ; and provides further that the direct consular channel shall always be available where service is to be effected without any compulsion on a national of the state of origin . |
| 14 | A strong pound has been seen as essential if inflation is to be kept low . |
| 15 | ‘ Shared Training is essential if progress is to be made towards achieving the vision ’ , of a seamless service . |
| 16 | The Chancellor said the strategy for sustained growth rested on three principles : that growth comes from the private sector , not Whitehall ; that a continuing commitment to low inflation was vital if competitiveness were to be maintained ; that the only way to increase the country 's long-term growth rate was by improving the supply performance of the economy . |
| 17 | he has for the aforesaid common good and defence of the realm ordained that as clerks ought not to defend themselves by force of arms , the third part of the present year 's temporalities of prelates and clerks and all persons of holy church , religious and other is to be seized . |
| 18 | Such an utterly formal , undefinable and wholly unanalysable concept of ‘ ought ’ is necessary if law is to be regarded as normative and if the positivist proposition that law may have any content is to be sustained . |
| 19 | The key lesson of this case study is that order can not be coercively imposed , and that some form of political consensus is necessary if escalation is to be avoided . |
| 20 | Expert knowledge is necessary if timber is to be preserved safely and effectively . |
| 21 | Proliferation of such schemes will make it essential both to try to avoid consumer confusion , and also to ensure that gaps and overlap are guarded against , but they are all to be welcomed as a recognition that a proper complaints and redress system is necessary if justice is to be done . |
| 22 | Given the width of the ambit of these basic provisions , it would be surprising if Parliament is to be taken to have intended to limit the sections now under consideration as Hambros Jersey contended . |