Example sentences of "that [pron] [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he learns to his anger and dismay that she is to be married . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |
| 3 | When the press gets wind of it , the cronyism gives way to abuse of power , as people whose worst offence is to have arranged expensive air trips are smeared with the rumour that they are to be subject to criminal investigation . |
| 4 | As originally conceived in the White Paper , the main characteristics of the polytechnics were that they were to be large , comprehensive , have an applied philosophy , be primarily teaching institutions with a brief to develop courses in new areas , and their courses were to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 5 | He had warned many Champenois that they were to be ready to follow when so commanded and , he wrote , ‘ they willingly agreed ’ . |
| 6 | Secondly , the gift must be made upon the condition that it is to be absolute and perfected only on the donor 's death , being revocable until that event occurs and ineffective if it does not . |
| 7 | This may be done by including in the grant of the option a proviso that it is to be void if it is not registered as an estate contract within , say , three months from the date of the lease . |
| 8 | that intrigued me because it did n't seem to me that it was to be eligible |
| 9 | Over a five-year period Kiselev transformed the administration of the lands between the Pruth and the Danube to such an extent that it was to be hard , thereafter , for the sultan or outsiders to prevent the eventual emergence of an independent Romania . |
| 10 | Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it . |
| 11 | He has in writing that he is to be used — only — as an offensive midfielder both in games and — in training — . |
| 12 | As regards contracts of employment , it is provided that he is to be liable on any contract of employment adopted by him but nothing he does or omits to do in the first 14 days of his appointment is to be taken as adoption of the contract . |