Example sentences of "[conj] [n mass] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If £20 were to be the standard fee , which I support , then OAPs and the unemployed could get a £10 discount . |
| 2 | Some part of the pond should be at least two feet deep to allow oxygenating plants , essential if fish are to be kept in the pond , to flourish . |
| 3 | Senescent Eskimos , for example , might be thought to have had a raw deal if the stories of the banishment from the familial hearth of those unfit to hunt and fish are to be believed . |
| 4 | They add : " In any case , there is always a degree of uncertainty about outcomes at the beginnings of a new initiative , when alternatives are imprecisely mapped out and staff are to be engaged in a process of critical reflection . |
| 5 | New employees will need to start work as soon as the move has taken place and training plans must be initiated straight away if staff are to be effective quickly . |
| 6 | Costs include : buying or leasing the new property ; building and refurbishment ; staff costs ( including redundancy/severance payments , retention payments if staff are to be encouraged to stay until the move goes ahead , recruitment and training costs for new staff and relocation and removal allowances for those moving ) ; communication costs ( including the installation of telephone and telex facilities and changes to stationery ) ; occupancy costs ( including rent , rates , lighting , heating and security ) and other costs ( such as new machinery and the cost of removal of goods from the old to the new site ) . |
| 7 | Expectations have to be met if people are to be satisfied with their experience of a meeting . |
| 8 | If people are to be punished because they deserve it , it is natural to say that they should also be punished as severely as they deserve — that they should get their just deserts . |
| 9 | These products excel where text and graphics are to be mixed on a single page . |
| 10 | The second project is not yet operational but staff are to be interviewed shortly . |
| 11 | This means that the programs could be written in Cobol ( the host language ) and when data is to be retrieved from the database , the special DSL ALPHA commands will apply . |