Example sentences of "[pron] [be] to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 2 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Then I 'm to be a spectator , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Now I was to be a sales assistant . |
| 5 | : I did the only thing I could think of , and retired to bed ; if I was to be a blade of grass doomed to be trampled flat , then I might as well accept it and lie down . |
| 6 | It was a number of weeks ago I had cause to sit on it to do some paperwork ; I then found out I was to be a father again . |
| 7 | I was to be an avenging angel : Justice , putting right what could not be done through the courts . |
| 8 | She 's trying to protect you from your destiny , which is to be a half-caste in England . |
| 9 | Here we encounter that fear of the many , the multitude , which is to be a recurring motif in the re-emergence of democracy in the modern era . |
| 10 | His passionate ambition was to lead a crusade against the Turks , and in so doing to unite Christendom — a vision which anticipated that of Charles V , and a policy which was to be a major preoccupation of both Charles and Philip II throughout the sixteenth century . |
| 11 | Suddenly Louis was heir to a vast realm that excluded only Italy , which was to be a vassal kingdom tor Pepin 's son Bernard . |
| 12 | On 22 January 1946 he agreed to the formation of the Central Intelligence Group ( CIG ) , which was to be a small organisation simply collating all forms of foreign intelligence and reporting back to the president through the National Intelligence Authority ( NIA ) . |
| 13 | It was here that he made his name , carrying out the first really ambitious operation of its kind in the country , which was to be a blueprint for his ‘ Great Design ’ for the Fens . |
| 14 | The citizens of Pisa by then had recently taken over its government from the archbishop — they had formed the commune of consuls in the early 1080s which was to be a model for innumerable cities in Tuscany and Lombardy and Umbria to follow in the next two generations , the characteristic Italian commune . |
| 15 | At least I do n't think so , ’ I told her , but she just smiled and told me she had no further use for me that day and to call the next day which was to be a school holiday . |
| 16 | On his shoulder he carried a holy Torah which was to be a gift to his place of worship . |
| 17 | One of the most devoted of the pupils of Cyril and Methodius , Clement ( Sveti Kliment ) of Ohrid , built a monastery on the shores of Lake Ohrid , which was to be a centre of Christian learning for the last thirty years of his long life ( he died in 916 ) . |
| 18 | The city had been devastated by German bombing during the Second World War and its newly built cathedral , which was to be a symbol of its phoenix-like rise from the ashes , was still awaiting the final touches before its opening . |
| 19 | That article , which was to be a preview of the 1923 show , essentially elaborated Rosenfeld 's remarks about O'Keeffe in ‘ American painting ’ . |
| 20 | The Chairman for the evening — Mr R. Mulford — welcomed all present to an evening which was to be an informal discussion centred on Members ' reminiscences of the BCR in its working days . |
| 21 | He had concluded that there was no likelihood of a breach of the peace , largely , it would seem , because the protesters had emphasised that theirs was to be a peaceful event . |
| 22 | You must make your own if you are to be a Lapp . |
| 23 | I think it is essential to feel that if you are to be a successful athlete . |
| 24 | This is very difficult when you are accustomed to your precise and meaningful jargon , but it is a skill you must acquire if you are to be a successful communicator . |
| 25 | A new little contraption we want to try out , so you 're to be a guinea pig . |
| 26 | More junior staff came , who were to be a great help to us . |
| 27 | History knows a cynical law : that in all lands politicians dislike ecclesiastics who interfere and therefore , when influencing who is to be a new bishop , prefer not to have bishops too practical and too effective ; and a respectable way of having ineffective bishops , the only respectable way , is to have otherworldly bishops , who live to God and spend much time in prayer and are not well informed on matters of this world . |
| 28 | Article 5(1) contains further definitions as follows : " a group of connected individuals " , in relation to the party disposing of shares in the company , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a director or manager of the company and , in relation to the party acquiring the shares , means persons each of whom is , or is a close relative of , a person who is to be a director or manager of the company ; " close relation " means a person 's spouse , his children ( including , in Northern Ireland , his adopted children ) and step-children , his parents and step-parents , his brothers and sisters , and his step-brothers and step-sisters and includes a person acting in the capacity of trustee or personal representative of any such relative ; and " single individual " includes two or more persons acting in their capacity as the personal representatives of a single individual . |
| 29 | She was to be a Spirit Warrior . |
| 30 | In any event , and no matter what reforms were contemplated , the issue that was posed by Marius Moutet , pre-war Minister for the Colonies in the Popular Front and shortly to become Minister for Overseas France , was whether or not France really considered herself to be a nation of 100 m. and whether or not she was to be a great power . |