Example sentences of "he be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the evidence of the Aristotle File he seemed — potentially , at least — a curse , yet if the reports on him were to be believed , he might yet prove the greatest asset the Seven possessed . |
| 2 | This is done here , partly directly , as in the injunction to be like the serpent , and partly indirectly , in her perversion of such words as ‘ milk ’ or ‘ nature ’ , Her parting injunction to him is to ‘ look up clear ’ ( 71 ) , ‘ clear ’ meaning ‘ innocent , spotless ’ : the stress must fall on the verb , ‘ look ’ or ‘ seem , . |
| 3 | The substance of his approach to the application before him is to be found in the following passages from his judgment : |
| 4 | The law requires that an adult patient who is mentally and physically capable of exercising a choice must consent if medical treatment of him is to be lawful , although the consent need not be in writing and may sometimes be inferred from the patient 's conduct in the context of the surrounding circumstances . |
| 5 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 6 | My advice to him is to not pay too much attention to it , be tough and carry on . |
| 7 | Has he been to . |
| 8 | Has he been to the show yet ? |
| 9 | It would be the most terrible calamity if he were to be killed not knowing ! |
| 10 | Pastiche or not , ‘ Disco Dancer ’ lived in the kind of predictability that Morrissey , if he were to be truly distanced from The Smiths , would denounce fervently . |
| 11 | She had not decided whether or not to tell Dick , but if he were to be told it would be by her , not by the Longhills . |
| 12 | What if he were to be punished for his vengeance by a plunge into the nerve-glove ? |
| 13 | If he were to be an ‘ S. ’ also , a Stephen or a Sam , then how was she to know which of them had given her orders ? |
| 14 | ‘ If he were to institute proceedings for infringement before the patent for the invention was sealed , the procedural requirement of the proviso would not be satisfied but a statement of claim could not be struck out as disclosing no cause of action although it might be liable to be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 15 | You ca n't seriously be suggesting that I … that I should become his mistress if he were to … to want me as such ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If , for example , he were to be engaged in the reconnaissance of the Unknown Lands , ’ Alexei supplied . |
| 17 | I think I said how it would please me if one day he were to be elected to the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 18 | ‘ He is remarkably well handicapped on 10st four , and if he were to be handicapped again he would go up another stone . |
| 19 | ‘ It would be unfortunate , ’ said Paul , ‘ if he were to be derailed at this point . ’ |
| 20 | In these lines , Brutus is saying that the only way to stop Caesar becoming emperor is to kill him , and although he has no personal grievances against Caesar ( Caesar is kind to him and favours him ) , it would be bad for the people of Rome ( ‘ the general ’ ) if he were to be crowned . |
| 21 | He is a schoolteacher , 29 years old — the age of Christ at Calvary , whose name is often in his mouth , averse though he is to ‘ deities ’ , and perhaps of Hamlet , whose words enter the novel . |
| 22 | It can accurately tell him where he is to the nearest ten metres or so . |
| 23 | Are we to assume that he is to be honoured for his illustrious career as US Secretary of State for Defence ? |
| 24 | He is to be afforded shelter from bombardment ‘ to the same extent as the local civilian population . ’ |
| 25 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
| 26 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 27 | There is not a suggestion that one of these missiles were returned ; there is not one suggestion which can be made by anybody , no matter how evilly disposed he is to the organizer of the procession or to the purpose of the procession , that any violence was offered by a member of that procession . |
| 28 | And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth . |
| 29 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 30 | He is to be replaced by non-executive director John Smale , former chairman and chief executive of Procter & Gamble . |