Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [be] to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A writer must face the terrifying complexity of contemporary life if her fictions or poems are to be relevant to the world today .
2 The deadline set for this was 1990 , a simple majority vote of the borough council being sufficient to ensure separation ; neither parents nor governors were to be involved in the decision .
3 for example , the Act says that governors are to be responsible for disciplinary procedures for staff , and a collective agreement which gave this function to the LEA could therefore not apply .
4 If signs are to be effective for user orientation , they must be carefully planned with regard to position , content and presentation .
5 According to Dr Moore , that is unrealistic if computers are to be able to recognise thousands of words .
6 It also suggests that this is vital if traders are to be convinced that trading across frontiers is no more strange than doing business with the shopkeeper next door .
7 It is therefore essential , if costs are to be meaningful , that site and surveying staff accurately monitor the flow of materials to each cost centre .
8 If returners are to be able to comply with the desired outcomes as defined by the UKCC 's guidelines then the course offered would have to satisfy requirements set out in Table 4.2 .
9 If local communities in towns and villages are to be involved in tree planting and management , governing institutions need to summon their interest by ensuring that individuals will know how they will benefit from involvement .
10 If children are to be able to seek out opportunities for collaboration themselves , they need to understand the purposes which collaboration can serve .
11 Certainly , in so far as the problems and needs of the disadvantaged areas are concerned , a more task orientated approach is required if measures are to be successful .
12 if societies are to be viable , a number of basic conditions have to be achieved — a number of ‘ functional prerequisites ’ must be effectively satisfied ( e.g. reproduction of the species , socialisation of the young , etc . ) .
13 ‘ It is the community who should , in the main , determine whether police are to be involved in resolving community conflicts . ’
14 In Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 an agreement provided that shares in a private company had to be sold back to the plaintiff 's uncle on the plaintiff leaving the business ; the price of the shares was to be the fair value as determined by the company 's auditors , whose valuation acting as experts and not as arbitrators was to be final and binding on all parties .
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