Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a special event or a victory like the Nile , Trafalgar or Waterloo was to be announced , the Mail Coach and horses were decorated with laurels and a red flag floated from the roof of the coach . |
| 2 | Details of conditions of service applicable to staff of the National Library Or Scotland are to be found in the Civil Service Pay and Conditions of Service Code , a copy of which may be consulted in the Department of Administration . |
| 3 | Nowadays ‘ Traditional English ’ can mean anything from the roasts and bread-and-butter puddings of old establishments like Rules or Simpson 's to the nouvelle Britannique cuisine of some of the newer , trendier restaurants . |
| 4 | If the KPMG header is to be used or KPMG is to be referred to in the advertisement either as the contact address or in some other form , then the procedure to be followed is that set out under ‘ Placing of the Business Opportunity Advertisement by KPMG ’ below . |
| 5 | Just a month later however , this great work was threatened by an advertisement in the Mercury which stated that another plan of Manchester & Salford was to be on the market and carried out by J. Oldham . |
| 6 | He was only too thankful that Sarah was to be removed from his home . |
| 7 | After one or two early passages of arms , when Wheeler had first come into the post , in which it became apparent that Wheeler was prepared to be a good deal nastier to Ian than Ian was to him , Ian had settled for a civil service manner in which he made no attempt to contribute to the department 's thinking . |
| 8 | Since it was revealed that Middlesbrough was to be given environment city status the borough council has organised a number of initiatives to help improve the town . |
| 9 | The Declaration envisaged the abolition of all tariffs within the zone , although Ecuador was to be permitted to dismantle its strongly protectionist system in two stages — 50 per cent of its tariffs would be lifted by the end of 1991 , and the remainder by June 30 , 1992 . |
| 10 | Although the two men rode together to Granada , Rodrigo made the mistake of pitching his tents closer than Alfonso 's to the walls of the city . |
| 11 | She said , ‘ Oliver loves his tortoises , Like I love Mo , only they 're more real to him than Mo is to me . |
| 12 | The English , with no hope now of consummating the Rough Wooing , finally withdrew ; but the French were proving almost equally unwelcome , provoking fears among committed Protestant reformers that Scotland was to be swallowed up by yet another powerful nation , and this one Papist . |
| 13 | For the southern maps , of course , everything is reversed with respect to the northern hemisphere , and in Orion we find that Rigel is to the top left of the main pattern and Betelgeux to the lower right . |
| 14 | My alternative account , a minimal one , seeks among other things to give fewer hostages than Brentano 's to philosophical fortune , or anyway to philosophical doubt . |
| 15 | An agreement was later made with the administrations of Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland that Lusaka was to be the centre for broadcasting to Africans in the three territories . |
| 16 | But the truth is that HMI is to be privatised by the back door because the half of HMI who will not be employed by it will have to go and set up as private consultants . |
| 17 | ‘ But as Colin is to me , so Maurice was to you . |
| 18 | Parliament ordered his arrest in February 1644 after he clashed at Paul 's Cross with the Presbyterian Cornelius Burges [ q.v. ] , and he was soon in trouble again for preaching , allegedly , that Christ was to be found even ‘ in hogs , and dogs , or sheep ’ . |
| 19 | ( 42 ) If he was small enough to sell his Lord for so little , how account for the remorse which led him to suicide when he realized that Christ was to be slain ? |
| 20 | ( The Iraqis had themselves declared on Sept. 24 that Bush was to be put on trial in mid-October for war crimes against Palestinians through US co-operation with the " Zionist entity " and for killings in Panama and Grenada . ) |
| 21 | It is not only the sects that are guilty of fortress mentalities : we have come to believe that God is to be found only in our prayer groups , fellowships and denominational congregations . |
| 22 | But at another level we come to learn that God is to be compared to a good father ( not a mother ) who divides his property between two sons ( not daughters ) . |
| 23 | Thus for example in the quotation which I gave from Anselm , it is to be noted that God is to be seen as a Father in authority and teaching , as a Mother in kindness and mercy . |
| 24 | Most people ignored this commandment , although I have heard it said that Pike was to be seen with a compass on a number of occasions , trying to align himself correctly . |
| 25 | Perhaps you can assist me too by pointing out to your companion that Ana is to be left alone and not inveigled into — friendship . |
| 26 | When he saw that Mass was to be in the Lady Chapel he moved across and sat in the back row . |
| 27 | Sadly for Britain they have already made the decision that Britain is to be a loser country , ’ he said dramatically . |
| 28 | Military sources announced on June 4 that France was to " reduce the level of alert of strategic nuclear forces " . |
| 29 | I am delighted to be able to say that I have just received notice from the Department of the Environment that Chorley is to be allocated an additional amount for doing up old housing — nearly £0.25 million . |
| 30 | Although McGregor was to be paid £50 000 , the same as the man he replaced , the British government had to pay Lazard Freres $4.1m. over five years to compensate them for losing McGregor . |