Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [be] to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she is to be moving house and garden this year , she foresees a ceremonial tree-planting as a follow-up to the presentation . |
| 2 | But , in so far as they are to be seen as sons of the lost primal mother , they clearly represent the manic alternative to the depressive self-punishment of the followers of Cybele or the castrated and killed sons of the Great Mother represented by Attis and Tammuz , by the dead and dismembered Osiris , or the crucified Christ . |
| 3 | In their Narratives of love and loss ( 1987 , pp.1–2 ) they have set out ‘ to understand and … explain the astonishing emotional depth and moving power of works which might at first sight appear deceptively simple to adult readers , written as they are to be read by children ’ . |
| 4 | Close as they are to being sold , electricity and water will be largely unaffected by this week 's change . |
| 5 | Of the two assessors , as they were to be referred to , Samuel Angell ( 1800–66 ) was the better known . |
| 6 | According to the US consul in Saigon , three and a half of these four statements were completely false but , in fact , not only may Under-Secretary of State Dean Acheson have offered the ‘ good offices ’ of the US ( as they were to be offered in Indonesia ) but there was also at the same time in effect a plea from Moffat , then in Singapore , that for various reasons the US should intervene . |
| 7 | The move to Longmore House , as it is to be called , will provide greatly improved public access to Historic Scotland services , expertise and information . |
| 8 | Motorists can expect to see the decoy on any motorway in the region as it is to be moved frequently . |
| 9 | As a matter of fact , although it is an extra extravagance from the point of view of fuel , the chicken will be very much nicer cooked the same day as it is to be eaten , before it has had time to harden up . |
| 10 | The North Atlantic Marine Mammals Commission , as it is to be known , groups together Norway , Iceland , Greenland and the Faroe Islands . |
| 11 | It remained silent , unused as it was to being asked for its opinions . |
| 12 | These repairs had to wait until the time of Haymo of Hythe , or as he was to be known as Haymo of Hythe . |
| 13 | The son of parents ‘ in service ’ in Gloucestershire , Miles — as he was to be known universally within the underground and after — had interests which moved rapidly across from art into poetry . |