Example sentences of "[be] [prep] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once proposed , speculative theories are to be rigorously and ruthlessly tested by observation and experiment . |
| 2 | Or rather , they laid down specific principles that were to be more or less taken for granted by subsequent positivists . |
| 3 | The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were to be there and the Queen requested that she should hear some of Gloriana . |
| 4 | If a scenario for action is to be socially and politically acceptable in an area it has to be linked into people 's beliefs about their present positions and purposes . |
| 5 | ‘ To grow older for a woman is to be more and more wrapped in fog . ’ |
| 6 | The Very Model of a Man is at is best when Cain justifies his fratricide with this lethal logic . |
| 7 | It was to be more than two years before I saw Paris again . |
| 8 | It was to be more than five years before they were able to lead a normal married life . |
| 9 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 10 | 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 . |