Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [is] to be " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If the right to be heard is to be a real right which is worth anything , it must carry with it a right in the accused man to know the case which is made against him . ’
2 To be governed is to be subjected to the regular pressure of an authority operating according to fixed rules .
3 To be unmasked is to be unspirited as well as undone .
4 And to be feared is to be somebody .
5 To be Wymanised is to be overcome by a feeling of nausea when an excess of Wyman is forced upon you .
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