Example sentences of "as [be] to [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , geniuses inspired in all the arts , who draw from things only such elements of them as are to be shown to the mind ! |
| 2 | The question of the ‘ Lanfranc forgeries ’ — that is , of the additions made to nine papal letters addressed to archbishops of Canterbury in order to provide clear papal authority for Canterbury 's primacy — hangs like a cloud over the primatial disputes of the years from 1072 to 1123 ; and it is important to seek such certainty as is to be obtained on this question . |
| 3 | The black hooves are hard and the legs sound , as is to be expected in upland cattle . |
| 4 | There is no necessary connection between community activism and progressive or radical politics : indeed , quite the reverse may well be the case , as is to be expected in a predominantly conservative society ( cf. working-class racism ) . |
| 5 | As is to be expected from the work of such notable craftsman . |
| 6 | Such sky as was to be seen between them was as grey as a school sweater . |
| 7 | It was indeed precisely the combination of as much ‘ national ’ pride as was to be found among the greater kingdoms of Europe , with far less material resources on which to base it , which made Scotland so unusual . |
| 8 | Husbandmen , as was to be expected with the most numerous class — and as the typical countrymen — comprehended a broad spectrum . |
| 9 | As was to be expected in American contracts there was a paragraph prohibiting any act that would shock , insult or offend the community or degrade them in society . |