Example sentences of "[noun sg] be to [be] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In addition , there may well be a requirement that any sub-letting is to be at not less than the rent in the lease , and that any sub-lease is to contain similar rent reviews to those in the lease .
2 But ‘ all these things are a matter of judgement , ’ thinks David Livermore , IBM 's director in charge of the environment , ‘ and our intention is to be in the forefront . ’
3 No one says that YOU have to , and if your main reason for wanting a close friendship is to be like everyone else then it wo n't be much of a friendship anyway !
4 It has been the sometimes unspoken assumption of these two parallel debates — whose spokespersons are often one and the same — that to be on the side of modernity and modernism is to be on the side of critical theory , and that to be a postmodernist is at the same time to be in sympathy with poststructuralism .
5 From them I learned that the coronation was to be on the day after next , and not in three weeks .
6 Such a confirmation was to be of great propaganda value to the papacy in addition to its immediate political and financial value ; Charles had confirmed that a friendly relationship existed between the great kingdom of the Franks and Rome , and that a pope could make demands upon the Frankish king in full expectation of support and response — perhaps even of obedience .
7 This decision was criticized by ecology groups , including the environmental organization Greenpeace , because research was to be into developing the traditional pressurized water reactor , rather than into what were considered safer forms .
8 ( The second vote was to be of significance only if a majority expressed a desire for change in the first . )
9 Her highest ambition was to be by the end of the day simply acceptable , to have done no rushing or crashing , committed no vehemence .
10 She had waited all day for Naylor to send for her — by the sound of it , the confrontation was to be on her property , not his .
11 The intended use of the eventual instrument was to be in a standard growth cabinet or growth room .
12 When many of these are taken by one person it is still useful for him or her to ensure that the separate responsibilities are kept in balance — and essential if the work is to be of use to other teachers .
13 If the determination is to be by an expert , the court has no jurisdiction to consider questions of law arising out of the matters referred to the expert .
14 As Marianne , a programmer , said ‘ My only reason for doing this at home is to be with the children , and the worst thing about it is never getting away from the children . ’
15 But it meant that an important part of Belinda 's work was to be on the alert for this kind of upset and do everything she could to minimise its effect .
16 In this paper the focus is to be on the not so conscious aspects of the relatedness between those who are designated managers and those who are called workers .
17 Along with alterations to the lineout , the amendment is to be for an experimental twelve months only .
18 He should be told that the specimen of breath which he has given containing the lower proportion of alcohol exceeds the statutory limit but does not exceed 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath ; that in these circumstances he is entitled to claim to have this specimen replaced by a specimen of blood or urine if he wishes ; but that , if he does so , it will be for the constable to decide whether the replacement specimen is to be of blood or urine and that if the constable requires a specimen of blood it will be taken by a doctor unless the doctor considers that there are medical reasons for not taking blood , when urine may be given instead .
19 In a case where the driver 's option is to be explained to him under section 8(2) , the driver should be told that if he exercises the right to have a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) , it will be for the constable to decide whether that specimen is to be of blood or urine and , if the constable intends to require a specimen of blood to be taken by a medical practitioner , the driver should be told that his only right to object to giving blood and to give urine instead will be for medical reasons to be determined by the medical practitioner .
20 an Article 85-type prohibition of anticompetitive agreements , including an illustrative , but not exhaustive , list of banned practices such as price fixing , collusive tendering , resale price maintenance ( RPM ) , market sharing , and collective boycotts : the focus of the prohibition is to be on the effects of agreements rather than the specific form that they take ;
21 The assumption here is that the more quality names you have in the race , the more likely the product is to be of high calibre .
22 As they reached the door she added , ‘ We had a certificate from the coroner ; the funeral is to be on Wednesday . ’
23 305U with side letter on reverse Side letter to be signed to ensure that there is no doubt that charge is to be in support of the guarantee liability .
24 And if our drama is to be at all dramatic we 'll need to put those people in a difficult situation , one which confronts them with choices .
25 Thus the principal focus was to be on examining ways in which higher levels of discipline might be achieved rather than analysing the causes of indiscipline .
26 The best thing at the moment was to be with someone who admired her and was kind .
27 Each wing was to be of two storeys and providing two wards of twelve beds each with one of the ground floor wards to be reserved for mental cases and to have a padded room .
28 Rendezvous point was to be over the island of Euboea .
29 The last thing she wanted at this juncture was to be under an obligation to Wilcox .
30 Held , allowing the appeal , that where a driver was required to provide a specimen of blood or urine for one of the reasons set out in section 7(3) of the Act of 1988 , or claimed the right to provide such a specimen under section 8(2) , the constable was required by section 7(4) to inform him that the specimen was to be of blood or urine and that it was for the constable to decide which ; but that there was no requirement to invite the driver to express his preference for giving blood or urine ; that if the constable intended to require a specimen of blood , the driver was to be given the right to object on medical grounds to be determined by a medical practitioner or , if the requirement had been made under section 7(3) , for some other reason affording a ‘ reasonable excuse ’ within section 7(6) of the Act ; and that , accordingly , the requirement for the defendant to provide a specimen of blood had complied with section 7(4) ( post , pp. 885G–H , 890D–G , 891A–D , 895B–E , H — 896A ) .
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