Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the hobelar , a form of light horseman , came to provide the mobile and versatile force which was to be characteristic of so much war on the Anglo-Scottish border in the early fourteenth century . |
| 2 | For Locke , then , personal identity consists in an identity of consciousness , and not in the identity of some substance whose essence it is to be conscious . |
| 3 | ‘ It fails to meet the central question in Scottish politics which is that any change which is to be meaningful must involve the transfer of political and legislative authority from Westminster to a parliament elected in Scotland by Scots . |
| 4 | I regard it as important in considering the benefit which is to be subject to taxation that the benefit should be identified . |
| 5 | What will her reaction be when she knows that her bright boy , while patting and stroking her and kissing her brow and her blue lips , must have been laughing up his sleeve at her , and thinking what a clever boy he is to be able to live in her fine house and have a big say in her business , while at the same time running a mistress on the side . ’ |
| 6 | In fact his schedule was then changed , and on 24 May Gen McCreery began his tour of 5 Corps area by visiting units of 46 Division who were to be concerned with the repatriation of the Cossacks . |
| 7 | ‘ Then what an unfeeling little brute you are to be sure . |
| 8 | As for Odovacer , he has sometimes been identified with the warleader who was to be responsible for the deposition of the last emperor , Romulus Augustulus , in 476 . |
| 9 | However , the driver/technician who delivers the vehicles spends as long as is needed , normally 1–2 hours , with the teacher/technician who is to be responsible for the duration of the programme , demonstrating the work stations and ensuring that the workings of the vehicle are fully understood . |
| 10 | The literary work is to define the mould which is to be instrumental in shaping the life 's work . |
| 11 | The application by a non-natural person must name the person who is to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises , and the licence granted or transferred as a result of the application must name both the non-natural person and the person who is to run the premises . |
| 12 | ( 2 ) ( b ) 5.11 requires , in the case of an application by a non-natural person , that both the non-natural person and the person who is to be responsible for the day-to-day running of the premises be named in the application . |
| 13 | ‘ What a bloodthirsty little creature you are to be sure ! ’ said Biff , with a hint of admiration . |
| 14 | However , if Athletico had hopes of a brief stay away from the Premier they were to be disappointed . |
| 15 | [ Article 22 concerned ratification of the treaty which was to be valid for 20 years . |
| 16 | And if in this new life he was to be alone … well , he had been alone for most of his life . |
| 17 | If we seek a constitutive relation which is to be characteristic of a material but not dependent on its dimensions then the use of stress and displacement follows , for otherwise the behaviour of two differently sized samples of the same material would be seen to be different . |
| 18 | These were the golden years of the secondary modern school — a school which was to be free , so it was thought , from the cramping effects of competitive examination . |
| 19 | In the final analysis all power relationships depend on resources , be it those obtained from the state , the respective local authority or the private individual who is to be willing to pay for a specific service . |