Example sentences of "[be] to [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How wonderful it must be to be a great artist like Mr Beaumont or a musician like Mr Fergus or even a teacher like half the church . |
| 2 | Comparing the work I have done here to that produced in other areas of England and Wales this seems to be to be a perceptive observation , which is verified by Laura Knight : ‘ But whatever the month , and whatever the time of day , the beauty of the landscape for the painter in the West Midlands would be hard to beat . |
| 3 | Therefore , much as I may myself enjoy theatre-going and much as I may cheer when I see a full theatre , I must contain my own enthusiasm if I am to be a cool observer . |
| 4 | ’ — And if I am to be a great Kha-Khan , I ought to be able to recognise when I am being told the truth . ’ |
| 5 | I am to be the new Archdeacon here . ’ |
| 6 | Left with this huge deficit the museum has resorted to trenchant measures : the coming centenary exhibition of Piet Mondrian in 1994 has been postponed ; vacancies at the museum have been frozen and there are to be no new acquisitions . |
| 7 | And there are to be no special exemptions for disabled drivers . |
| 8 | There are to be no statutory ombudsmen or ombudswomen to represent the consumer , despite the Government 's admission in their document entitled ’ Citizens Charter Implications for the Regulators of Privatised Utilities ’ : ’ The principal advantage of introducing ombudsmen for each of the utilities is that they are seen by the public to be impartial and independent of all parties . ’ |
| 9 | For example , if a supplier has agreed to deliver a computer system and the contract states that the terminals are to be a deep yellow colour but , instead , he delivers a computer with lemon coloured terminals , this will amount to a breach of warranty unless there is some special reason why the deep yellow colour was specified . |
| 10 | If women are to be a good test of male-oriented psychological theories , as egalitarian feminist psychology hopes , they must be assumed to be a largely homogeneous population . |
| 11 | As the Chairman , Pat Retief in his Annual Chairman 's Review says , ‘ we must continue to be a profitable company if we are to be a good employer in the fullest sense , capable of maintaining and enhancing our portfolio of assets and maximising the development of the Group 's human resources . |
| 12 | I think it is essential to feel that if you are to be a successful athlete . |
| 13 | This is very difficult when you are accustomed to your precise and meaningful jargon , but it is a skill you must acquire if you are to be a successful communicator . |
| 14 | Observation and participation in the installation ceremonies are to be the major tools of research and have been made possible by earlier field-work . |
| 15 | Great is the festival hall where you are to be the only guest . |
| 16 | Planning , social inquiry reports and enforcing court orders are to be the future task of probation , with an emphasis on the new task of the management and organisation of time , resources and workloads . |
| 17 | It is not necessarily romantic — that is , restrictive , unreal , exaggerated — to draw on the upper deck for the individual characters whose attitudes and decisions are to be the driving force of a story . |
| 18 | The Bootle coal mountains are to be the focal point of a demonstration against imports and pit closures tomorrow . |
| 19 | The polytechnics of the new binary policy were to be a key group of partners for the CNAA from roughly the beginning of the 1970s : the Assistant Director of Hatfield Polytechnic spoke of the polytechnics and the CNAA as ‘ inseparable … |
| 20 | More junior staff came , who were to be a great help to us . |
| 21 | If there were to be a Labour Government or the unlikely event of a Liberal Democrat Government , it would be open house for local authorities to spend and spend , just like Viv Nicholson . |
| 22 | They were to be a new form of secondary school — ‘ beacons of excellence ’ — funded mainly by industry , and would concentrate on science and technology . |
| 23 | Haplochromis were to be a new challenge . |
| 24 | Then there was Tiare , named after Polynesia 's whitest flower , who had inherited a secret hoard of paintings from her artist father , paintings that were to be a turning point in the history of the island . |
| 25 | Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work ! |
| 26 | He had given some of the more frank and open-minded advice on the future of the industry before nationalisation , and his critical and constructive approach and blend of engineering and commercial experience were to be a valuable input to Central Authority discussions . |
| 27 | The Japanese invasion brought an end to this initial stage of Holy Cross ; the war years were to be a severe testing of the training given . |
| 28 | The grouse were to be a special feature on the menu . |
| 29 | Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ . |
| 30 | There were to be no mechanical or electrical improvements . |