Example sentences of "[noun] [ex0] be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explicit in the design of the projects was the attempt to achieve these aims without diverting traffic to other areas — in other words there was to be a genuine experiment in calming existing traffic in situ , not simply exporting the problems to other districts . |
| 2 | Miserably , she backed out of the room , not wanting to desert Mrs Browning and be held responsible for her collapse , if collapse there was to be . |
| 3 | For each of the foundation subjects there are to be ‘ attainment targets ’ , ‘ programmes of study ’ and ‘ assessment arrangements ’ . |
| 4 | What a wedding there was to be . |
| 5 | In both periods there was to be a 5 per cent increase in the Christmas bonus ; the working week would be reduced from 37 to 36 hours . |
| 6 | ‘ Men should not be found in sufficient numbers to do all the work there is to be done , and wages would rise as they should do ! ’ |
| 7 | The existing two-tier system , it recommended , should be replaced by fifty-eight unitary authorities which would cover most of the country , but in three metropolitan areas there was to be a two-tier arrangement with responsibilities divided between a metropolitan county council and large district authorities ( along lines similar to those then operating in Greater London ) . |
| 8 | After the Poema there were to be no more serious attempts to re-tell the life of El Cid with any fidelity to actual events . |
| 9 | Under the plan there were to be changes in public finance policy ; budget deficits were to be limited to 10 per cent of total revenue ; government bonds were to be issued on the Muscat securities market to replace dependence on foreign borrowing ; the state general reserve fund was to be strengthened by a transfer of oil revenues ; a contingency fund was to be created to " cope with any international or domestic variables " ; and privatization of selected assets was to go ahead . |
| 10 | In return there was to be a Commission of Inquiry into hospital workers ' pay . |
| 11 | From Hassan there was to be none of the commitment already expressed — and to be expressed ever more passionately as the Shahs 's journey continued — by Anwar Sadat . |
| 12 | Though what enchantment there was to be found in that love , she failed to see . |
| 13 | On Saturday evening there is to be a special party here : an orchestra , dancing , and several important guests . |
| 14 | Over the next few hundred years there are to be two Emperors , the elected Emperor and the reigning Count of Talabecland . |
| 15 | Whatever knowledge there is to be gleaned from this year 's batch of accidents will not be of an academic nature , but will be used to teach and to train for the future . |
| 16 | And yet , if we look for signs of the biblical revival that the Council wanted to awaken , in many ways and in many parts of the Catholic world the answer is indeed ‘ yes ’ , and all the more so if we remember how much leeway there was to be made up in knowledge and use of the Bible by Catholics . |
| 17 | In that development there was to be found during the twenty years of his chairmanship no place for industrial democracy such as the admission of self-governing producers ' co-operatives would have admitted . |
| 18 | To travel out to foreign countries without having first made himself acquainted with what remarkable things there are to be found at home , he held neither for wisdom or usefulness . |
| 19 | According to the hon. Member for Brightside , under Labour 's proposals there is to be a discount for single retired people , even if they are billionaires . |
| 20 | At officer level there was to be a chief executive ( in place of the former town clerk ) whose role was to advise the Policy and Resources Committee and head a small management team ( consisting mainly of chief departmental officers ) which would prepare plans and programmes as well as co-ordinate policy implementation . |
| 21 | At the local level there were to be branch juvenile exchanges and wherever possible branch care committees , and the duties of both corresponded to those of their London counterparts . |
| 22 | But for the receiving-station there was to be life after death . |
| 23 | It remains something of a surprise that at a time when conserving species diversity is valued so highly , so little priority is given to listing the basics of what species there are to be conserved or lost . |
| 24 | In the autumn there was to be a break in his usual routine . |
| 25 | This familiar story about the wedding feast at Cana of Galilee points to the deeper reality there is to be found in Christ . |
| 26 | On one side of the animal there were to be letters and a number which would identify the revenue district , sub-division and village of the animal . |
| 27 | This year there were to be no festivities , however meagre . |
| 28 | Edward had won over the industrial towns of Flanders in 1340 , and the maintenance of the English position there was to be a basic strategic principle until its decisive failure in 1385 . |
| 29 | According to the agreement there are to be four events a year , each with a minimum 150 participants . |
| 30 | ( c ) If the death takes place after the passing of the Finance Act , 1975 , but within seven years of the advance or determination , then in ascertaining for the purposes of CTT the value of the deceased 's estate immediately before his death there is to be included the value of any property which would have been chargeable with estate duty had Section 2 ( 1 ) ( b ) ( i ) of the Finance Act , 1894 , still been in force ( ie , after the application of any taper relief ) , unless the deceased was the surviving partner of a marriage which had been terminated by the death of the other spouse before 13/11/74 and the exempting provisions of Section 5 ( 2 ) of that Act would have applied had they still been in force ; and the persons accountable for the tax are those who would have been accountable under Section 44 of the Finance Act , 1950 , for any estate duty that would have been chargeable . |