Example sentences of "[pers pn] is to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he learns to his anger and dismay that she is to be married . |
| 2 | In February , by contrast , she is to be one of Mr Wroe 's Virgins in BBC2 's serialisation of the Jane Rogers novel about a 19th-century religious sect . |
| 3 | The law requires that an adult patient who is mentally and physically capable of exercising a choice must consent if medical treatment of him is to be lawful , although the consent need not be in writing and may sometimes be inferred from the patient 's conduct in the context of the surrounding circumstances . |
| 4 | To survive , a butterfly must get away from it — at least 25cm away if it is to be certain of living until morning . |
| 5 | And there 's the question of how much of it is to be real life , for those in it , and how much will have to be some kind of fiction , or simulation , where the risks are too great or the technologies not yet available . |
| 6 | The more complicated and far-reaching that the clause is , the more likely it is to be ineffective . |
| 7 | All I can say to you is that if it is to be good news , it would give me more pleasure than I can say ; and if it is to be bad — I have gone through it , and Anne , and many others , and one does survive and go on , though you think you never will … |
| 8 | It is we , the spectators , who are expected to again experience what it is to be one nation , all pulling together . |
| 9 | If it is to be profitable on the Hong Kong to Macau route , a craft has to operate in darkness as well as during the day . |
| 10 | Study , if it is to be effective , must be active and critical and not passive . |
| 11 | The exemption is a recognition of the desirability of spontaneity in certain circumstances ; where there are sudden events such as the ‘ release of pollutants , a traffic accident , a shipment of nuclear waste or a visit by a political leader , ’ the response to such events must be immediate if it is to be effective , and the giving of notice is in such circumstances not reasonably practicable . |
| 12 | And grand it is to be sure . |
| 13 | How can the Secretary of State conceivably claim that Her Majesty 's inspectorate is to be strengthened when its numbers are to be cut by two thirds and it is to be subject to clear and specific direction from the Secretary of State ? |
| 14 | And I 've forgotten what it is to be impulsive . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Secondly , the gift must be made upon the condition that it is to be absolute and perfected only on the donor 's death , being revocable until that event occurs and ineffective if it does not . |
| 17 | Bad as it is to be poor in Indian it 's worse to be as destitute as the street-children . |
| 18 | Any attempt to inject market disciplines must take account of this essential feature of social care ( social work ) if it is to be constructive rather than destructive . |
| 19 | It is to be subjective about an objective situation . |
| 20 | Negotiation should be a planned activity if it is to be efficient . |
| 21 | In the twilight groves and dusty caves there is no sign of what it is to be alive : nothing of love , valour or artistry . |
| 22 | We may find the latter is the more elusive and the more central question , which opens out into what it is to like and to love , what it is to be content , and what it is to be happy . |
| 23 | Ivan Klima could be called a lyric author , and the notion of what it is to be such an author is examined in My First Loves , whose gentle and deliberate stories read as if they have been grown and stored before being made public . |
| 24 | … It is to be competent where those who control can not be competent , yet it is not to control . |
| 25 | The culmination of its activity is at the kill , whereas a retriever needs to wait and relate closely to its owner , if it is to be successful at its task . |
| 26 | If it is to be successful in this objective it needs to articulate much more clearly the rival communitarian philosophy which one senses underpins its practical proposals . |
| 27 | People also need to like advertising if it is to be successful and , again , the results show that people did find the ads funny and enjoyed watching them . |
| 28 | This relationship , if it is to be helpful , must be informed , on our part , by an appropriate purpose , knowledge , self-awareness and clear , consistent boundaries . |
| 29 | But we are convinced that the housegroup group , if it is to be powerful in building people up for the fight , is the place for this . |
| 30 | This example illustrates a general point , namely that the more heavily regulated by statute a government activity is , the more likely it is to be amenable to judicial review . |