Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 2 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 3 | It is light which is to be feared . |
| 4 | There are some which is to be distributed by a carrier . |
| 5 | The Cabinet heard a report from Gillian Shephard , the Employment Secretary , about measures to help the unemployed which are to be announced to coincide with the Budget on 16 March . |
| 6 | I think that whether as er Mr submits and is a guideline case and to be adapted to changing conditions or whether it is a case which lays down a bounding rate , that it is a case which I should follow and that the reasoning leading to the adoption of two percent as the appropriate percentage to be applied still applies today , thus the calculation is one hundred and thirty five thousand pounds times two percent , is two thousand , seven hundred pounds times seventeen , is forty five thousand , nine hundred pounds , to this there is to be added a cost of conversion , thirty two thousand , four hundred and seventy two pounds less the enhancement in value thereby created of twelve thousand , five hundred pounds that is a figure of nineteen thousand , nine hundred and seventy two . |
| 7 | Despite this it was to be less than two years before the Party adopted the idea of the " People 's Front " in its entirety , including the help of Liberals and even of Conservatives who were opposed to the National Government . |
| 8 | In this he was to be sadly mistaken , and the collapse of his position in the face of what was initially little more than a putsch organized by the queen shows how shallowly based his authority was , resting on fear and coercion rather than genuine loyalty . |
| 9 | In this he was to be disappointed . |
| 10 | Again we see how much easier it is to be absolute in allegiance to a doctrine rather than to enquire into the beliefs upon which it is founded . |
| 11 | Cool and fresh it 's to be for the fish , more studied and solid for the main course ; for the dessert , fragile and delicate . |
| 12 | Apart from the appointment of Edward Kirk to the post of Principal at Leeds in 1881 it was to be almost 100 years before deaf people once again became acceptable as teachers of deaf children . |
| 13 | Some teachers have objected to the scheme because , they say , it will not be clear what is to be included on the certificate . |
| 14 | That which hath been is now ; and that which is to be hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past . |
| 15 | To explain , requires the use of terms less abstruse than that which is to be explained , and such terms can not always be found ; for as nothing can be proved but by supposing something intuitively known , and evident without Proof , so nothing can be defined but by the use of words too plain to admit a definition . |
| 16 | ‘ Argument ’ is not the best specification of that which is to be avoided but , as in the last example , consensus agreement is possible . |
| 17 | Happily , however , there are exceptions to the rule and it would be difficult to find a greater breadth of overall flying experience than that which is to be found in the dozen or so Inspectors ( Operations ) in AIB . |
| 18 | The average knowledge of an educated modern man about India is not superior to that which is to be found in Greek and Roman writers . |
| 19 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 20 | All of the references given above come from what is called the Priestly strand ( ‘ P ’ ) and as such they are to be dated to around the time of the Jews ' exile to Babylon in the sixth century BC — that is , according to the still widely accepted dating of this biblical strand within the source-critical school of thought ( though it must also be said that my own arguments as developed in this essay and elsewhere independently point to the exile as the time when these blood concerns and rituals would first have emerged ) . |
| 21 | ‘ How dreadfully uncomfortable it is to be ill when one lives alone . |
| 22 | I was wondering what kind of problems I 'd come up against , having heard how impossible he was to be directed . |
| 23 | How easy it is to be expert in theory ! |
| 24 | Let us consider watercress as a typical example of how easy it is to be deceived . |
| 25 | Consider how easy it is to be misled by the persuasive power of apparent proof . |
| 26 | In a week 's time you will find how easy it is to be perfectly objective with your child and at the same time kindly . |
| 27 | First , the episode shows how easy it is to be led astray by one 's own rhetoric . |
| 28 | By the end of two hours … the children have rescued a man from a burning building , , , , handled a gas leak … learnt about electricity … and dsicvoeverd just how easy it is to be tricked into going with strangers . |
| 29 | She was surprised to find how easy it was to be passive . |
| 30 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |