Example sentences of "if [pron] [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I am to be disappointed , I should like to get it over . ’ |
| 2 | If I am to be autonomous , God must go . |
| 3 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
| 4 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 5 | Some boys if I 'm to be honest , but we have n't yet worked out the right way of gong about it . |
| 6 | Many people have found its traditional keystrokes to be somewhat less than mnemonic , an opinion I tend to subscribe to , if I 'm to be honest . |
| 7 | Making miniatures from pressed flowers could really be an entire book in itself , as you need different and very particular skills if you are to be successful . |
| 8 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 9 | In the next chapter you will find details of exercises in breathing , relaxation , basic meditation and visualisation — all of which are vital If you are to be healthy in a truly holistic way . |
| 10 | This first kite has to work if you are to be satisfied , so our first tip is for you to be conservative , and select one of the tried and tested shapes that give least trouble . |
| 11 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |
| 12 | But this does n't take into account the capital equipment you need if you 're to be self-sufficient . |
| 13 | ‘ We both saw her put in the taxi , if we are to be accurate . ’ |
| 14 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 15 | I need that from Bobby and the rest of the side if we are to be successful , ’ says newly-appointed Larder . |
| 16 | If we are to be successful , we must have Europeanwide agreement . |
| 17 | The motivation must be right if we are to be effective in the Lord 's service . |
| 18 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 19 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 20 | It will be needed , above all , if we are to be able to read the historical record . |
| 21 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 22 | For evidently we need both reflexive and non-reflexive polyadic predicates , as well as monadic predicates , if we are to be able to describe at all adequately the world around us . |
| 23 | But , as we saw , this will not work ; for if we are to be able to make significant identifying references to qualities , we need a distinction between qualities and their existentially unique instances , and this raises the problem of determining the precise ontological status of such instances : i.e. what such instances are , and how they can be identified and distinguished from each other . |
| 24 | If we are to be able to select the most appropriate selling opportunities , the information on our database must be as comprehensive as possible . |
| 25 | We shall now see that in order to account for changes in the modern world this evolutionary background of the ego and superego is by no means irrelevant ; on the contrary , we must take it very seriously if we are to be able to understand what is going on around us . |
| 26 | In turn , if we are to be able to pay for these commodities , we must export . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 28 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , he had a very good record in England but I feel hi is sacrificing skill at the expense of power — or brute force if one is to be honest about it . ’ |
| 30 | If it is your mother-in-law who has come to live with you , even greater efforts will usually be required on both sides if there is to be peaceful co-existence , for this is always a challenging relationship ( there are not too many Ruths and Naomis around ) . |