Example sentences of "[adv] be [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For how long are we to be deprived of the company of the lovely new bride ? ’ a voice spoke silkily behind them . |
| 2 | A seemingly exasperated Jesus says , Oh faithless and perverse generation , how long am I to be with you ? |
| 3 | So is he to be he does n't know whether to just carry on or to put a stop to it now or what the hell to do |
| 4 | The existing system for doing so is there to be used , alternative systems are not . |
| 5 | No longer are they to be considered as Princess Diana 's or the Duchess of York 's children . |
| 6 | No longer is it to be seen as an age of poverty , disease and false hopes . |
| 7 | No longer was he to be a free agent in the matter of policy . |
| 8 | No longer was it to be a question of careful , rational long-term planning of public expenditure . |
| 9 | As to his feelings for Madeleine , nurtured since he 'd been a little boy , even were they to be revived , it seemed unlikely Madeleine would respond to him . |
| 10 | Even were it to be filled with the rinse water from a nappy wash , as long as it was hot it would be shared round with glee and noises of appreciation . |
| 11 | ‘ I tell you there 's nothing to be seen ! ’ |
| 12 | As marriage partners view themselves with regard to the prospect of being loved there is something to be said for considering the phileo model . |
| 13 | With superb collections of biblical archaeology and ancient artefacts on view at the Israel Museum and the oldest biblical manuscripts on show at the Shrine of the Book , a visitor might well ask : what then is there to be seen at the Bible Lands Museum ? |
| 14 | Sunderland has n't yet achieved the fame it deserves for being Britain 's newest city nowhere is it to be seen on York station 's platform timetables . |
| 15 | Never again was it to be so easy for blunt common sense , which knew in any case that the triumphant world of liberal capitalist progress was the best of all possible worlds , to mobilise the universe on behalf of its prejudices . |
| 16 | Never was it to be regarded as ‘ underground ’ , but it was the straw in the wind . |