Example sentences of "[be] [noun] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that we need worms to be giants to be seduced by them . |
| 2 | ‘ It must be torture to be betrayed by your sister , ’ he said quietly . |
| 3 | The point now , however , is that there will no more be passports to be shown between London and Edinburgh than London and Paris or Edinburgh and Paris . |
| 4 | Argentina and Bolivia have shown that presidents do not have to be dictators to be reformers . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps there would be guests to be welcomed — travellers , or merchants from the East who would display their wares of silk or gold or ivory , ’ said Oisin . |
| 6 | Ct. ) 2 that the latter could be sail to be an " occupant " . |
| 7 | ‘ There may be questions to be asked and problems to be solved concerning the implementation of this programme . |
| 8 | For some countries , like Greece , Portugal and Ireland , no doubt there will continue to be largesse to be gained from her , though for the time being even this is likely to be hard to come by , as Germany piles money into her eastern territory and focuses much of the rest of her financial attentions on her former Communist neighbours . |
| 9 | There must be lessons to be learned in all of that . |
| 10 | It must be hell to be her , with her crazy parents who were always on the scrounge , though she did n't seem even to be aware of her situation . |
| 11 | Mussels : mussels keep longer in cold weather , so there may be bargains to be had . |
| 12 | As Street on Torts puts it , the basis of this authority and the defence it affords to torts such as false imprisonment ‘ is the need to maintain order in the particular organisation responsible for the training of the child ’ ; parental wishes would merely be factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a punishment was reasonable . |
| 13 | ‘ It may be time to be a little flexible , ’ said her brother languidly . |
| 14 | Just how effective this will be remains to be seen . |
| 15 | It is clear that further legislative changes will be needed before TAURUS is introduced but precisely what these will be remains to be worked out . |
| 16 | How real a limitation on the scope of the offence this will prove to be remains to be seen . |