Example sentences of "[conj] god [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Christian priesthood is called to be fully human if God is to be known as fully God . |
| 5 | On 29 June 1559 , Henri wrote to the pope , that notorious bombast Paul IV , about ‘ the incredible disaster which has since befallen the realm of Scotland to our extreme regret , disgust and displeasure ’ ; the letter stated his ‘ confidence in God who is so signally offended at this wretched plague of ruffians ’ , but God was to be given worldly assistance in the shape of ‘ a large and sufficient force of French soldiers , infantry and cavalry ’ . |
| 6 | The suggestion that though God is to be conceived as male , humanity is to be understood as female in relation to God , I shall leave until the next chapter . |