Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps that is to be expected in a market in which ‘ art ’ largely collapsed into ‘ investment ’ , and in which artists were happy to take a slice of the action . |
| 2 | So that was to be her by-name — the Rose ? |
| 3 | So that was to be the landing place , on July 4th . |
| 4 | Perhaps this is to be expected , as Edis was already skilled as a studio photographer . |
| 5 | At that time the navigator and bombardier starting going on missions because evidently they were short so by the time the Gdynia mission came around the bombardier and the , and the er navigator had missions under their belt so this was to be my first mission . |
| 6 | Soon this was to be entered and then only Tibet and Ethiopia would remain for a time unresponsive to European politics , ideas and technology . |
| 7 | Although sheep numbers in Sussex have now risen to nearly pre-war numbers , comparatively few are to be found on permanent downland pasture . |
| 8 | Now this was to be the country in which I should eat and sleep , read books and write letters for the rest of the war . |
| 9 | But as we shall see , even this is to be questioned . |
| 10 | Surely this was to be the winning throw , but , oh disaster , gloom and stress , surely it was n't . |
| 11 | His mood of self-satisfaction was far from justified in terms of social and economic realities , but even these were to be turned into personal triumphs for Franco in the course of the next two decades . |
| 12 | Attention focused chiefly on strengthening the " European pillar " of the military alliance , although members failed to agree on how precisely this was to be achieved . |
| 13 | Sometimes this was to be done with the aid of a department or institution studentship or scholarship . |
| 14 | If ‘ science ’ ( the relativist might well be inclined to use quotation marks ) is highly regarded in our society , then this is to be understood by analysing our society , and not simply by analysing the nature of science . |
| 15 | If the palace was ‘ His ’ pet project , then this was to be the home of ‘ Her ’ hobby . |
| 16 | Morrison had Gooch very similarly at Christchurch , and again this was to be his only success of the innings . |
| 17 | I do not believe it to be excluded a priori that there could be some , and I do not believe that very much is to be achieved by very general assertions or denials of the possibility . |