Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pers pn] be to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Of course it is to be remembered here that we are concerned with a grave threat to the national economy .
2 The great bulk of population movement occurred independently of Moscow in the years 1917–22 , but after the end of NEP it was to be strictly enforced , and took place on a vast scale again .
3 So the governing body has responsibility for the ethos of the school , for deciding what kind of school it is to be .
4 The option requires information on the media type ( as specified using option 9.5.0 ) , the type of copy it is to be used for , ( Primary or Secondary ) , and the state of the item .
5 In addition he was to be found building amphitheatres in Soissons and Paris to provide shows for the citizens .
6 In addition it was to be hoped that Max could come up with some fairly definite cause of death ; and it was even possible ( if only just ) that the surgeon might throw caution to the wind for once and volunteer a tentative approximation of the time it had actually happened .
7 Although the stanchions are in place it was to be a further 3 years before electrification was completed .
8 Certainly within science they are to be found in a highly concentrated form and used in a far more rigorous and systematic fashion .
9 In design it was to be a narrow flight of steps descending a steep slope , partly below ground , that ended abruptly above the sea at a vertical plate-glass wall .
10 Little did he know when he was called out on stage he was to be the subject of glowing tributes from around the world
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