Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 2 | ‘ But as you say what 's to be found ? |
| 3 | If questions are used to assert superiority ( 'Have you been to Rajastan ? ' ) then you can disarm the questioner by using real or feigned naivety . |
| 4 | She was willing to be used by him and the outrageous request received the obedient , ‘ Let it be to me according to your word ’ ( Luke 1.38 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ If we are to go out of the Cup then let it be to a side packed with international stars . |
| 6 | Cos we need to cos we need to sort of all hands to the pump next week cos we 've got a big change-over Yeah but I know ink well no cos the leaflet he 's got has only just been approved and it 's going out next week yeah well I mean you 're to ha you 're to handle their enquiries er deal with their enquiries and then tell them to phone yeah yeah yeah but you see it 's the mailing that 's gone out and and then he 's got to do some advertising first two weeks in Feb . |
| 7 | I won , which put me in the final contest between all the winners of the ‘ All Winners ’ contest which was to be televised , live , from the London Palladium in July . |
| 8 | As no vocal chords as we know them are to be found in the larynx , the sounds emitted probably come from the lips of the larynx . |
| 9 | However , disappointment set in when we ventured home to find that the packaging contained a guitar , a separate tremolo and guarantee which was to be mailed to the USA . |
| 10 | Spokeswoman Lesley Austin , who lives on Bow Street , said : ‘ We know there is to be a washroom at the rear of the building . |
| 11 | French was a guest in the VIP box at Ellis Park for the South Africa v All Black Test and he know there were to be immediate problems for the Wallaby tour the moment the first chord of Die Stem was struck . |
| 12 | For the briefest second I wonder why my Thomas the Tank Engine mobile has been taken down , but assume it is to be re-positioned to make room for the present . |
| 13 | ‘ I think they know what 's to be done , Mrs Crumwallis , ’ said Hilary Frome , coming in from the sitting-room and taking immediate charge . |
| 14 | Eric , who was going through a religious phase at the time which I suppose I was to some extent copying , thought this was a terrible thing to say ; God was n't like that . |
| 15 | This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level . |
| 16 | You were eight years old and I suppose it is to your mother 's credit that she wanted to spare you any court proceedings . |
| 17 | Schelenberg said ’ I suppose he 's to be trusted , this Vagas ? |
| 18 | If we ask who is to gauge that ( presumably not God ) , he gives the unhelpful and not a little pompous reply that it is ‘ known with clarity and precision only by some few thinking men in every nation and every age ’ ( p. 64 ) . |
| 19 | No matter bow close you are to your home , never lead a suspicious person to it so that he can see you enter an empty house/ flat alone . |
| 20 | But perhaps her greatest achievement with the chimps at Gombe has been to show how astonishingly close they are to humanity — and so to narrow the gap between us and the rest of the animal world . |
| 21 | Though approaching early middle age , on the outbreak of the last world war he at once abandoned his pursuits for active service and very hard service it was to be . |
| 22 | And so , i I mean it was to me it was a total waste of time over there ! |
| 23 | And if you think I 'm to be taken in that easy , Miss Jennifer , then think again ! " and muttering to himself that it was as great a pity to see women weep as geese go barefoot , he took Ann by the arm and went back into his house . |
| 24 | ’ My leftie grandchildren think I 'm to the right of Genghis Khan , but I really believe that you have to show people you ca n't do this sort of thing and get away with it , ’ she says . |
| 25 | The last exchange of messages took place only a few seconds later when the tower asked the height of the aircraft ; on receiving the reply " 1,400 on the QNH " the tower controller observed : " I think you are to the south of the field " . |
| 26 | Also from january first 94 i think there is to be signed an agreement between EC and some other european countries ( Norway , Sweden , Switzerland ++ ) which will make this no problem . |
| 27 | Erm , it is particularly impressive to see so many plus signs on the budget , particularly and I think there 's to be I assume this is a standard thing |
| 28 | I think he is to be pitied because all he does is make enemies for himself . |
| 29 | But I think it 's to be welcomed that a medical panel will be established . |
| 30 | Erm and I think it 's to a couple of colleagues |