Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | All four books reveal a steady concern with imitation and interpretation , and to read them together is to be clearer about what it is that the writer intends us to think that he thinks about things . |
| 2 | That 's what I still am to my mother . |
| 3 | And what use would I then be to my father ? |
| 4 | I never been to a restaurant — not on my own like . |
| 5 | I never been to Brighton . |
| 6 | Third , a labour division of the High Court would contribute to the process of constitutional reform in Britain which surely is to be a key political issue in the 1990s . |
| 7 | CURRIE are embarking on a three-year campaign to raise the profile of their sevens tournament which again is to be sponsored by the Caledonian Brewing Company . |
| 8 | Like the Law Society it can use the genuine argument that its members are highly qualified and governed by a strict code of ethics which ultimately is to the benefit of clients . |
| 9 | In this context we may distinguish ( i ) the impartiality which is part and parcel of making moral or legal-judgments on the basis of formulating universal rules permitting or prohibiting certain types of conduct as distinct from making decisions only about particular persons and particular occasions : the impartiality not just of universalisability but of rules which actually are to be universalised ; ( ii ) the impartiality of being a non-involved person which is particularly relevant to the position of the person who is applying legal or moral rules to particular circumstances and which is directly to do with the characteristics of the judge who according to this standard must have no personal interest in the outcome of the case , but which may also be relevant in the process of legislation since legislators may have particular and personal interests in the outcome of the legislation in question ; ( iii ) there is the idea of impartiality as a norm of moral and judicial reasoning which has to do with giving due consideration to all relevant factors , a practice which may further but is not guaranteed by impartiality of the first two types . |
| 10 | Once height at school entry has been measured nothing further is to be gained from such a delay . |
| 11 | She had five managers in mind , who mostly were to be found in the same quarter of London . |
| 12 | Of course she recognized the author to whom I referred as Ivy Compton-Burnett , who was not then ( 1948 ) so extensively known as she soon was to be . |
| 13 | Content as she generally was to be alone , this place had a distinctly solitary feel to it , and she 'd be more secure in Kelly 's extrovert company . |
| 14 | ‘ You already been to the bathroom , ’ Sam says . |
| 15 | ‘ You ever been to sea ? |
| 16 | ‘ Have you ever been to head office ? ’ |
| 17 | Have you ever been to Durham Cathedral ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Have you ever been to any of those raves ? ’ he asked one group . |
| 19 | Have you ever been to Japan ? ’ |
| 20 | Have you ever been to Bellaghy ? = Were you ever in Bellaghy ? |
| 21 | Have you ever been to Milvain Street , which , for all any of us know , may be a perfectly suitable home for yourself and the issue of the marriage ? " |
| 22 | ‘ Lady Isabella , ’ he said softly , ‘ have you ever been to Nightshade House in Piper Alley near Whitefriars ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Have you ever been to the Moulid ? ’ she asked . |
| 24 | Have you ever been to one ? |
| 25 | Now before we come to the matter that the jury in this case , could you tell me had you ever been to the estate ? |
| 26 | I know we used the video but that was for a very specific reason but if you know have you ever been to one of those lectures where there 's there 's overheads going on here and then they go and they write on there and they you have some slides and then you have a video and then you know it 's like being at Wimbledon . |
| 27 | ‘ Have you ever been to Delphi ? ’ |
| 28 | Oh they were , have n't you ever been to Wakes ? |
| 29 | Have you ever been to church at night ? |
| 30 | Have you ever been to that Corby market ? |