Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing men had said or written was to be trusted . |
| 2 | Similarly if the property recovered or preserved is to be used as a home for the assisted person or her dependants enforcement of the charge can also be postponed . |
| 3 | Suddenly the only thing that mattered was to be home , safe , away from all this noise , this heat , the perpetual anguish . |
| 4 | If centring is to be used for main headings , then sub-headings may be either centred or blocked . |
| 5 | it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions . |
| 6 | Variable speed is almost essential if drilling is to be accurate . |
| 7 | If labouring was to be perceived as a ‘ moral ’ activity , then young workers had to be persuaded to see ‘ meaning ’ in wage-earning . |
| 8 | Line and Sandison conclude , ‘ Variations between individual titles , of serials as well as monographs , are likely to be so great that substantial data must be collected for each individual title , perhaps in each library ( certainly in each type of library ) if weeding is to be done on a rational basis ’ . |
| 9 | If taking were to be kept as the basis of the offence , it would be necessary to create a separate offence of dishonest retention or disposal in order to deal with these cases . |
| 10 | So it is definitely possible to distinguish between faith , doubt and unbelief in theory ( to believe is to be in one mind , to disbelieve is to be in another and to doubt is to be in two minds ) . |