Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [modal v] [be] to " in BNC.
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1 | Work may be done that may be to no avail . |
2 | And his aim in doing that would be to be res , fully restore all that had been his brother 's , for his brother 's family . |
3 | One way to determine this would be to old an ordinary ruler at arms length and note how many millimetres the width of an object appears to occupy . |
4 | The most practical means of achieving this would be to partially construct the wall panels on the ground with the uprights and horizontals pegged together ; the wattling would then be inserted and finally the wall plate . |
5 | I think that 'll be to . |
6 | ‘ The last four home games are all against good footballing sides — Aston Villa , Liverpool , Manchester United and Leeds — and I think that will be to our advantage . ’ |