Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But one thing prison 's taught me is to be very strong , and that I am a worthwhile person . |
| 2 | ‘ Then I could show Mother Francis that I 'd be back up in the convent in time for Mass in the chapel , and she 'd get to know I was to be relied on . ’ |
| 3 | " May I know who is to be my husband ? " |
| 4 | He did not know who was to be detained or whether any were to be released . |
| 5 | Cleaving and becoming one is to be in every area of our being — spiritual , psychological/emotional and physical . |
| 6 | But they did not know they were to be presented with tickets to whisk two people off to Claridge 's . |
| 7 | In the first place it is to be accepted that it is made in wide terms though it is not said that they are so imprecise that there is a doubt as to what is covered by the order . |
| 8 | That a subject is capable of noticing whatever is to be perceived can be broken down into two individually necessary and jointly sufficiently conditions : |
| 9 | It can also be used to indicate what is to be presented by the speaker as the topic . |
| 10 | In confirming the wealth of the district the subsidy exposed a scale of poverty that more closely approached what was to be found in the rest of Suffolk . |
| 11 | I would like to know what 's to be in it , when is the trial audit going to be , I suppose it 's in my diary , em . |
| 12 | It is all very well to insist that causes have or are powers or whatever , but we need to know what is to be understood by that . |
| 13 | These people may of course want to keep their knowledge secret so as to avoid any involvement in criminal proceedings , which is not helpful to creditors and to credit managers wanting to know what is to be salvaged from the wreck . |
| 14 | ‘ But as you say what 's to be found ? |
| 15 | He 'll know what 's to be done about Meredith Putt . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't know what 's to be done about my memory . ’ |
| 17 | As the Second World War entered what was to be its final phase , Franco therefore stepped up his efforts to court Allied favour . |
| 18 | When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’ |
| 19 | Wherever the terms require something to be done within a period of time , the drafter should also consider what are to be the consequences of a failure to comply . |
| 20 | She says she 's to be in Leningrad for a day or two — she 's on location at Lake Baikal — to meet Mrs Reagan on her flying visit to the Hermitage . |
| 21 | Sequent says there are to be three versions of NT : the client , an inexpensive four-processor retail iteration of the Advanced Server and a 16-processor OEM-only version of the Advanced Server . |
| 22 | Sequent says there are to be three versions of NT : the client , an inexpensive four-processor retail iteration of the Advanced Server and a 16-processor OEM-only version of the Advanced Server . |
| 23 | Alan Steele signalled there was to be no let-up in the pressure when he rattled in the ninth goal 30 seconds into the second period , and though the visitors replied with two goals they were still chasing shadows . |
| 24 | ‘ It 'd be a very odd individual who , when telephoned by his girlfriend and advised he was to be a father , failed to follow up on it , ’ Vitor growled , starting to walk again . |
| 25 | I did — with admiration , though I never assumed he was to be taken without criticism . |
| 26 | The Cold War had effectively decided what was to be done with Germany . |
| 27 | But their understanding of revelation is that God has revealed what is to be the case , or what is truth , in very exact terms . |
| 28 | They can not risk their freedom by authorizing a standard of value to define what is to be maximized by a teleological principle of justice . |
| 29 | It should then be possible to add to this minimal definition more closely to define what is to be done . |
| 30 | Starting with the Key Purpose which will state the aim of the job , a number of Key Roles will then identify what is to be achieved ( objectives ) , and a number of Units will provide the methods of deciding how each Role can be implemented . |