Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But from the moment that the electorate realised it was to be stripped of its Deutschemark , a symbol of nationhood , Germans began to wonder how much else had been given away . |
| 2 | The debate is therefore about whether ‘ gender equality ’ means equal opportunities to study what is to girls a rejecting curriculum , or whether it means changing the curriculum so that boys and girls are equally advantaged ( or disadvantaged ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In retirement Ackerley revised what was to be his masterpiece , a ‘ family memoir ’ begun in the 1930s which was eventually published as My Father and Myself ( 1968 ) . |
| 5 | ’ 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 . |
| 6 | There are of course the court of protection costs which are to be calculated and are not a source of disagreement . |
| 7 | Forced to work at home , he developed techniques for preparing and collecting gases using what was to hand . |
| 8 | As the Second World War entered what was to be its final phase , Franco therefore stepped up his efforts to court Allied favour . |
| 9 | His increasingly independent protégée locked herself away in a London dance studio for three weeks perfecting what was to be one of the most talked about dance routines of the pop year . |
| 10 | Residents were worried that adaptations to the building at the corner of Bow Street and Princes Road meant it was to be used as a morgue . |
| 11 | Whereabouts have you been to on your travels , to take recordings , what sort of places have you been to ? |
| 12 | A decision to leave what is to be done for a particular child … to the school is not itself , in my judgment , a determination of the special educational provision for the child … which would necessitate the making of a statement . |
| 13 | When the King asked what was to be done , ‘ all the said councillors and every of them by himself , adviseth , counselleth and prayeth that not only process but execution of justice be also had … |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Until the court decides who is to be given custody you are not allowed to move your child . |
| 16 | Some believe that it is normative in an absolute sense ; that Christ revealed what is to be believed ( for example about divorce ) for all times . |
| 17 | Your father insists everything is to be done properly , as befits his daughter , of course … ’ |
| 18 | Barely two weeks after the Jarama carnage , Franco launched what was to be the last Nationalist attempt to take Madrid , with an attack to the north-east of the city , in the province of Guadalajara . |
| 19 | Peter was given the authority to declare what was to be allowed and accepted in the Church . |
| 20 | Still as I say , no , th it 's , it 's a fair comment to say it 's to be expected . |
| 21 | Extending the requirement for leave to appeal It was to be hoped that in the context of forthcoming legislation , consideration would be given to extending the requirement for leave to appeal across the board , both because there was no justification for allowing any appeal to proceed if it had no prospect of success and because the present dividing lines between those in which leave was required and those in which it was not , was quite illogical . |
| 22 | And when Sean Connery discovered he was to be filmed with 8ft sharks for Thunderball his reaction was : ‘ You must be joking — not bloody likely . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It is for the Justices to say what is to be done . |
| 24 | At some point , between the end of the prosecution in December and the beginning of the defence in February , Noriega 's lawyers abandoned what was to be a sensational defence : a claim that Noriega was a dupe of CIA-contract pilots running guns to Nicaraguan Contras and returning home via Panama with cocaine . |
| 25 | Boswell quotes Samuel Johnson as saying , " Depend upon it , Sir , when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight it concentrates his mind wonderfully . |
| 26 | Among the gentry residing there was to be found Mr Benedict Beckenham , riding as hard as he could to the devil . |
| 27 | The men do what is to all intents a twenty-four-hour shift seven days a week . |
| 28 | Some companies take this responsibility out of the salesperson 's hands and produce daily worksheets showing who is to be called on and in what order . |
| 29 | Please sir , Axl 's doctor said we 're to be nice to him because he comes from a broken home and he has to wear a kilt . |
| 30 | But something that does tend to confuse people , is how the program decides what is to be colour number 1 , colour 2 , colour 3 and so on . |