Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [ex0] be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left with this huge deficit the museum has resorted to trenchant measures : the coming centenary exhibition of Piet Mondrian in 1994 has been postponed ; vacancies at the museum have been frozen and there are to be no new acquisitions . |
| 2 | Who could this be ? she wondered rather crossly , not having realised that there was to be another woman there . |
| 3 | It was stipulated that there was to be 23 hundred pounds to the " Tunn " and five score and twelve pounds to the hundred … " the bank to be made clear of ore Twice every year at least a week before ye 29th Sept and ye 1st day of May … " |
| 4 | Which left him wondering why Alexei had agreed to the proposal at all — for if he knew or even suspected that there was to be no marriage , it was difficult to see where he perceived his advantage to lie . |
| 5 | International agreements must be made if there is to be a steady reduction of all major contributing compounds . |
| 6 | Those in Norfolk , Northamptonshire and Suffolk were to remain but the tutors in Bedfordshire and the Cambridgeshire area were to be withdrawn and there was to be no replacement for the one in Essex who had resigned in the previous year . |
| 7 | It is axiomatic that all the sites that are infected should be treated if there is to be any hope of cure . |
| 8 | I am told that there is to be a meeting between the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Transport and General Workers union as soon as it is practicable . |
| 9 | If it is agreed that there is to be no magic , the teacher and the children must stick by their decision . |
| 10 | These have now arrived and there is to be a bulb planting session on Saturday next 19th October starting at 10 a.m . |
| 11 | It has been announced that there are to be steam runs over the Central Wales line this year , the first one on the 16th May . |
| 12 | It is quite another matter to be told what taxes to pay and how much unemployment is to be suffered and then as an afterthought to be informed that there is to be no democratic redress . |