Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1982 ) have shown that about three-quarters of the change has been to woodland , as shown in Figure 8.4 , and that this pattern is fairly geographically even , except for Dartmoor as shown in Table 8.4 . |
| 2 | Their response has been to greatly enlarge the present building but they still feel they must plan to plant churches . |
| 3 | The last thing the retailer wants is to be left with a lot of stock that does n't sell . |
| 4 | What the district around Takrit was to Saddam , Oltenia has been to the Ceauşescus . |
| 5 | The ‘ Fury and the Spitfire has been to an airshow the previous day at Yeovilton , they had then flown to Humberside for another airshow and were on their way home . |
| 6 | Taylor has been to Rome to talk to Gascoigne , whose last serious outing saw him carried off in the 1991 FA Cup final against Nottingham Forest with knee ligament damage . |
| 7 | But if you think things are bad now , just wait till the case has been to court . |
| 8 | Local Management of Schools has been to many of our schools . |
| 9 | He would have been very satisfied to know what a comfort Steven has been to our family , how understanding , how supportive a friend in time of need , a valuable help to us in everything from fixing the car , taking over day to day decisions affecting the business/work/ Annabelle 's job , to just being there when we wanted advice and assistance . |
| 10 | Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable . |
| 11 | We do n't , we , I do n't even know where Penny want 's to be buried . |
| 12 | The final series of the Hudson and Halls show is to be screened by the BBC later this year . |
| 13 | The head stressed that what Balbinder needed was to be in a small group , not in a class of twenty-three . |
| 14 | Copyright-cleared background music recordings can be obtained by mail order , and the addresses to contact are to be found in the relevant hobby magazines . |
| 15 | What was read aid preached was to me airy nothing . |
| 16 | When we last spoke , you told me that you were reading in bed until eleven-thirty , when you went to sleep , and your last sortie from the bedroom had been to the kitchen for milk at approximately ten-forty . |
| 17 | One former member of the Royal Corps of Signals had been to Hong Kong preventing the ‘ illegal entry of persons ’ , which would have come in handy for protecting intruders at Goldfinger 's headquarters . |
| 18 | Magistrates were told that the defendant had been to Mr. White 's bank and had offered to pay the money stolen from them . |
| 19 | Veronica had been to the flat : was n't it possible she might have left something behind which Loretta could claim to have found ? |
| 20 | Police said David had been to a pal 's engagement party at a nearby pub but how he was killed remained a mystery . |
| 21 | The evidence that this fear existed is to be found in a letter which Pope Alexander II sent to Lanfranc not long after his arrival in England . |
| 22 | The Western movie had been to America , the new promised land , what the Old Testament and its heroes — Abraham , Moses , Samson , Saul and David — had been in Biblical times . |
| 23 | And she knew how urgent and fervent their kisses had been , how close Lucy had been to abandoning whatever it was that held her back , made her withhold her beautiful body . |
| 24 | Although the original intention had been to formally assess the new curriculum before deciding to extend it to the rest of the school , various forces came into play to ensure that by 1987 the entire 160 strong intake was studying the new pathway course . |
| 25 | My one ambition had been to be a pro , and I got to ten handicap . |
| 26 | Mr Trelawney had been to sea before and knew enough to be useful , and one of the men , Israel Hands , was a careful and experienced seaman who was able to help with almost anything . |
| 27 | Angus had been to the town and he made his way back to his cottage along the shore . |
| 28 | He had been as anonymous to Aldhelm as Aldhelm had been to him . |
| 29 | An ancestor had been to the crusades , another had captured Harry Hotspur at the Battle of Otterburn in 1388 , and a Count Montgomerie had accidentally killed King Henry II of France in a jousting contest . |
| 30 | Recent trips have been to Arran , Bute , Aberfoyle and along various cycle tracks in Ayrshire . |