Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their energies and enthusiasm are greatly to be admired . |
| 2 | I 've always been of the opinion that opposition are there to be hated and abused . |
| 3 | Extensive lead mining was done on Grassington Moor , north-east of this Wharfedale village , from at least as early as the Tudor period , and some remains of the industry are still to be seen , mainly dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 4 | More importantly the larger molecules manufactured inside the cell were later to be called the dna . |
| 5 | Even if that figure were now to be drastically reduced orthodox interpretations of the fossil evidence together with orthodox evolutionary theory would require that the last generalized man/ape , the " missing link " of the early Darwinian imagination , must have died out an exceedingly long time ago . |
| 6 | If a deal is eventually to be wrung out of a reluctant Kremlin to break the deadlock over the Baltic republics , much will depend on how much support Mr Yeltsin can muster . |
| 7 | The main effect of wind is probably to be seen in undercutting and fluting at the base of upstanding rock masses , while such things as wooden telegraph poles and stone monuments may be undercut at the base and even worn through . |
| 8 | This latter result is only to be expected : the Tories have assiduously cultivated the image of the defender of the ‘ national interest ’ as opposed to the supposed trade union ‘ sectionalism ’ of the Labour Party , and militant ‘ class conscious ’ organisations within the middle classes have never made much headway ( John Gorst 's ‘ Middle Class Association ’ for instance ) . |
| 9 | The crease is there to be used , but he does not use it . |
| 10 | It was not wholly superseded until the publication of Richard Westfall 's Never at Rest in 1980 ( a condensed , updated version of this biography is soon to be published by Cambridge University Press as The Life of Isaac Newton ) . |
| 11 | The ‘ Here I Am ’ programme is officially to be used in the diocese as the structure within which the faith is to be presented . |
| 12 | An immediate appeal to the BBC 's board of governors asking them to ban the programme is also to be made . |
| 13 | Football 's there to be enjoyed . |
| 14 | It is true that the great width is only to be found in the first part of the new route but that is enough . |
| 15 | A priest is there to be for us a specific and bodily reminder of the man Jesus at the Last Supper . |
| 16 | If the instrument is only to be an indicator of magnetic activity then calibration is not really necessary . |
| 17 | Research is now to be undertaken to determine an appropriate communications strategy for the Fund and this research will take place in 1993 . |
| 18 | The final BT chapter is yet to be conceived . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's not much there , and the way it will happen in practice is still to be found out , ’ he says . |
| 20 | A term is always to be regarded as not individually negotiated where it has been drafted in advance and the consumer has therefore not been able to influence the substance of the term , particularly in the context of a pre-formulated standard contract . |
| 21 | This figure is now to be index-linked . |
| 22 | The giant Agglestone Rock is also to be found here , looking somewhat out of place on the rolling heathland . |
| 23 | In the final analysis , religion was thus to be seen as the emotionally charged product of intense social interaction ( 'collective effervescence' ) — esprit de corps elevated to the metaphysical plane . |
| 24 | Religion was also to be given a broad interpretation . |
| 25 | That shooting was later to be investigated by John Stalker . |
| 26 | The President was henceforth to be elected by direct , universal , secret suffrage for a five-year term , for a maximum of only two consecutive terms . |
| 27 | Though Masonry was always to be an element in the liberal forces — particularly in later non-socialist brands of Republicanism — it was never again , as it was from 1815 to 1820 , its chief framework ; even then it was not so much a system of belief as the only clandestine organization available for conspiracy . |
| 28 | It was only a few lines , it was tucked away , all very low key , but the word murder was there to be seen and read . |
| 29 | Every morning he went down the three flights of stairs the mail was there to be shuffled and dealt . |
| 30 | In the event , he was accepted at Birmingham University , but just before he arrived he was informed that the geography department had been closed down because of austerity measures brought in during World War N. He therefore decided to read geology instead , but shortly afterwards he received notification that this department was also to be closed . |