Example sentences of "be to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I went anywhere it would be to Florida and Las Vegas for gambling . ’ |
| 2 | ZIMBABWE 'S debut Test tour as a first-class cricket nation will be to India , it was announced yesterday . |
| 3 | After the wedding , they were taken for breakfast to the house of the officiating priest which by curious coincidence happened to be to Kensington Church Walk , where Ezra Pound had lived many years before . |
| 4 | Do n't be to Jacob , I 'll slap your lips off ! |
| 5 | Entry should be to Chris Ebrey on a standard entry card with division marked and a note to indicate whether available to assist for Friday 's practice runs . |
| 6 | It was to be to Grieg 's ‘ Holberg ’ Suite : ‘ It is all most un-Grieg . |
| 7 | This kind of gossip and these misunderstandings only served to bring home to him how grateful he should be to Theo , who was now a believer and supported him willingly . |
| 8 | Malcolm Storry 's bullet-headed Aufidius is not simply a rude barbarian but an acute analyst of Coriolanus 's character : Mr Storry has the priceless gift of making the language tangible so that when he says ‘ I think he 'll be to Rome as is the osprey to the fish ’ the image comes resonantly alive . |
| 9 | A nice half-day excursion would be to Monte and Terreiro da Luta , still within the city of Funchal but a bus or a taxi ride up the hillside at the back of the city . |
| 10 | A recent jumble sale made £200 for the Le Court Cheshire Home , Greatham , and it was announced that the outing this year will be to Sissinghurst , when husbands and friends will be invited to join in . |
| 11 | The August outing is now to be to Westcliff , cost two pounds sixty , seventh of August leaving at nine thirty A M payments to be made at the July meeting . |
| 12 | Cheapest flights will be to New York , Newark , Washington and Boston . |
| 13 | It might be to Jeddah , or to Karachi , or to Budapest . |
| 14 | He could well be to South Africa what Willie-O now is to the World Champions . |
| 15 | The new President 's first state visits next week will be to East and West Germany to meet acting President Manfred Gerlach in East Berlin and President Richard von Weizsacker — and Chancellor Helmut Kohl — in Munich . |
| 16 | The next question 's got to be to Kim , if only six pounds of his premium is buying units in , if he has an escalating plan in his first four years , what 's the other twenty four pounds going towards ? |
| 17 | ‘ I was not sure what the general public 's reaction would be to Swan Lake . |
| 18 | William Brautigan outlined the good progress being made by the church book stall , Peter Fitzmaurice reported on social events and Muriel Brautigan gave details as to the use of a £1,500 charitable donation and outlined arrangements for the next Deanery Pilgrimage , which will be to Bath on May 27th . |
| 19 | As a result the deictic/non-deictic ambiguity is very general , and plagues the recipients of expressions like : ( 80 ) Bob is the man to the left of Mark where Bob may be to Mark 's own left ( non-deictic ) , or to the left from the speaker 's point of view ( deictic ) . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , if Sister 's sanctioned it , it ca n't be to Melrose , where that dishy registrar 's often to be seen . ’ |
| 21 | Gerry Wills , the Frampton Rovers manager , gave me a ring to say that he had a proposition that may well be to Athletico 's advantage . |
| 22 | ‘ The first toast shall be to Hari Morgan , shoemaker extraordinaire . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 'll have to be to Mr Rosen , Frank . |
| 24 | well would it be to Mr ? |
| 25 | Day 1 was planned to be to Biarritz via Jersey and La Rochelle , with Day 2 to Santiago via Asturias on the north coast of Spain . |
| 26 | But a new thought struck him — another murder might lead his superior to assume that Surere was , after all , still hiding out in the Southern Capital , and that , too , would hardly be to Merymose 's credit . |
| 27 | He was magnificent , but she must n't let the surge of unexpected excitement running through her blind her to the danger he could be to Dana . |
| 28 | Thanks be to God for being what He is , for showing Himself to me … |
| 29 | ‘ Not a thing in the wide world , thanks be to God . ’ |
| 30 | Thanks be to God for His gracious help ! |