Example sentences of "[adv] a [noun] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not So Much a Programme was to be broadcast on Friday , Saturday and Sunday nights . |
| 2 | Only a handful are to be found in this collection . |
| 3 | Scarcely a churchyard was to be found but a number of those poor inocent birds were thus barberously treated . |
| 4 | Obviously , a publisher must bargain hard , and may have special cause to do so if the property in question has a strong and valuable branding , but , if ever a deal is to be made , the publisher needs to be sensitive to the real commercial worth of his material in the broader context of multimedia development . |
| 5 | The whole is tied together by the notion of control although later a distinction was to be made between the authority of office and the authority of expertise . |
| 6 | Often a contract is to be performed in the future , i.e. delivery of the goods is to be in the future , either at a fixed date or within a reasonable length of time . |
| 7 | In general , the dirtier the receiving watercourse the less likely a discharge is to be defined as polluting , since the pollutant is less likely to have any measurable impact on the stream , less likely to be visible in already dirty water , and less likely to produce any noticeable ill-effects upon already scarce fish , plant , or animal life . |