Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he learns to his anger and dismay that she is to be married . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |
| 3 | Wardle , Appleyard , Close , Lowson , Trueman and Illingworth entered cricket in Yardley 's reign and all had great respect for his tactical ingenuity and his benevolent , Gower-style leadership although they were to be critical later . |
| 4 | When the press gets wind of it , the cronyism gives way to abuse of power , as people whose worst offence is to have arranged expensive air trips are smeared with the rumour that they are to be subject to criminal investigation . |
| 5 | As originally conceived in the White Paper , the main characteristics of the polytechnics were that they were to be large , comprehensive , have an applied philosophy , be primarily teaching institutions with a brief to develop courses in new areas , and their courses were to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 6 | He had warned many Champenois that they were to be ready to follow when so commanded and , he wrote , ‘ they willingly agreed ’ . |
| 7 | Secondly , the gift must be made upon the condition that it is to be absolute and perfected only on the donor 's death , being revocable until that event occurs and ineffective if it does not . |
| 8 | This may be done by including in the grant of the option a proviso that it is to be void if it is not registered as an estate contract within , say , three months from the date of the lease . |
| 9 | that intrigued me because it did n't seem to me that it was to be eligible |
| 10 | Over a five-year period Kiselev transformed the administration of the lands between the Pruth and the Danube to such an extent that it was to be hard , thereafter , for the sultan or outsiders to prevent the eventual emergence of an independent Romania . |
| 11 | You know , it 's much , it 's much easier to be nasty about something than it is to be nice about something . |
| 12 | Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it . |
| 13 | He has in writing that he is to be used — only — as an offensive midfielder both in games and — in training — . |
| 14 | As regards contracts of employment , it is provided that he is to be liable on any contract of employment adopted by him but nothing he does or omits to do in the first 14 days of his appointment is to be taken as adoption of the contract . |
| 15 | ‘ So it 's to be Vortai Kha-Khan , is it ? |
| 16 | You know Victor and I are to be married . |
| 17 | ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If I am to be disappointed , I should like to get it over . ’ |
| 20 | If I am to be autonomous , God must go . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
| 22 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 23 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
| 24 | Many people have found its traditional keystrokes to be somewhat less than mnemonic , an opinion I tend to subscribe to , if I 'm to be honest . |
| 25 | Ursula figures as ‘ some sort of Hungarian countess ’ whose parents were estranged and who was to be estranged from her ominous father . |
| 26 | Making miniatures from pressed flowers could really be an entire book in itself , as you need different and very particular skills if you are to be successful . |
| 27 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 28 | In the next chapter you will find details of exercises in breathing , relaxation , basic meditation and visualisation — all of which are vital If you are to be healthy in a truly holistic way . |
| 29 | This first kite has to work if you are to be satisfied , so our first tip is for you to be conservative , and select one of the tried and tested shapes that give least trouble . |
| 30 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |