Example sentences of "[adv] [ex0] [be] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Soon there were to be further strains on the Anglo-Turkish relationship in Egypt .
2 If moreover there were to be a case of parthenogenesis , the resulting foetus would be female , for there would be no ‘ Y ’ chromosome present !
3 In procedural terms also there was to be no shortage of room for ambiguity .
4 This has been implied er in Mr 's analysis of road , rail and bus and clearly there is to be integration between all three systems but particularly er with regard to the bus er method of tran public transport as this is most likely to be accessible .
5 Originally there were to be two of these , one for the preparation of a general statute and one to deal with local variations , but the arrangement proved unworkable and by the end of April 1859 there were four , each with responsibility for both the general and the particular aspects of its field .
6 Now there is to be the universal democracy of the microwave .
7 Now there is to be twinning between the two regions , to be followed by exchanges of students and younger architects .
8 Now there 's to be a schools painting competition about the bulldozers that can huff and puff and pull the house down .
9 Unfortunately there was to be no 200 metres event , but there were some invitation events scheduled including a 60 metres , and having won that event at the Cosford Games I thought that I would be selected .
10 And everywhere there are to be seminars on Mozartian themes and exhibitions , the most ambitious in Salzburg and Vienna .
11 But I believe from the written evidence that there is equally no dispute that the boundary which has existed for ten years , the tight boundary , is also capable of being a suitable greenbelt boundary if indeed there is to be an inset .
12 Were we not concerned with a historical religion we could settle such matters as to who might be the ministers in the religion ( if indeed there were to be any ) on a priori ethical grounds .
13 Instead there was to be a 25 per cent reduction in the state 's operational budget , some tax increases , the sale of some 3,000 government-owned vehicles , and strict control of the civil service payroll .
14 For Kylie , however there was to be no looking back .
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