Example sentences of "[pron] are to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know Victor and I are to be married . |
| 2 | ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’ |
| 4 | Equally with a sensation , saying ‘ by ‘ pain ’ I mean that ’ will only achieve the desired effect if we have some means of separating characteristics which are to be relevant from those which are not . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , expectations are rising that Sun will soon announce its awaited 45MHz Model 52 and 54 , which are to be dual and quad processor machines , along with perhaps an unanticipated 45MHz uniprocessor ( the Model 51 ? ) and a 50MHz single , dual or quad configuration ( the Model 61 ? ) . |
| 6 | Section I of this Act clearly sets out how education is to be administered and identifies the bodies which are to be responsible for the implementation of educational policies . |
| 7 | 3 Make sure that personnel who are to be present from sections other than the PR department are fully briefed on their role and on what can and can not be said . |
| 8 | What redress is there to be for independent bankers who are to be immune from dismissal and are to have , as Pöhl so quaintly put it , ‘ adequate financial arrangements during and after their term in office ’ ? |
| 9 | Draft rules regarding the persons who are to be entitled to use the canteen must be submitted to the licensing board along with the application : subs . |
| 10 | Making miniatures from pressed flowers could really be an entire book in itself , as you need different and very particular skills if you are to be successful . |
| 11 | ‘ What a bloodthirsty little creature you are to be sure ! ’ said Biff , with a hint of admiration . |
| 12 | ‘ Then what an unfeeling little brute you are to be sure . |
| 13 | In the next chapter you will find details of exercises in breathing , relaxation , basic meditation and visualisation — all of which are vital If you are to be healthy in a truly holistic way . |
| 14 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You had best come up on deck if you are to be sick . |
| 16 | This first kite has to work if you are to be satisfied , so our first tip is for you to be conservative , and select one of the tried and tested shapes that give least trouble . |
| 17 | ‘ We both saw her put in the taxi , if we are to be accurate . ’ |
| 18 | The motivation must be right if we are to be effective in the Lord 's service . |
| 19 | I need that from Bobby and the rest of the side if we are to be successful , ’ says newly-appointed Larder . |
| 20 | If we are to be successful , we must have Europeanwide agreement . |
| 21 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 22 | We are to be responsible stewards of what God has given us . |
| 23 | Then we are to be formal , are we ! |
| 24 | Now when we open the scriptures we find clear commands , that th that there are , when we come to Jesus and accept him as our saviour then we are to obey him and we are to be baptized ! |
| 25 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 26 | It will be needed , above all , if we are to be able to read the historical record . |
| 27 | The more distant one of those later groups is , the more likely we are to be able to construct a counter-example ; as is revealed in our own example where = you are a brain in a vat ; |
| 28 | The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms . |
| 29 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 30 | For evidently we need both reflexive and non-reflexive polyadic predicates , as well as monadic predicates , if we are to be able to describe at all adequately the world around us . |