Example sentences of "[adv] they [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Buckinghamshire four of the five wealthiest lived in Aylesbury , Amersham and Buckingham , and elsewhere they were to be found at places like Bromsgrove and Kidderminster , Worcs. , and Blakeney , Little Walsingham and Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . |
| 2 | Now they are to be scrapped and sold off as scrap metal . |
| 3 | The league recently relaxed the overseas-player rules for the Crusaders — before they were allowed only five imports , three more than other teams , now they 're to be allowed 10 . |
| 4 | It had taken her three full days and now they were to be carried downstairs and arranged in the hall , after which her sister would take them to the post office . |
| 5 | It had seemed perfectly all right for a working married couple , but now they were to be invaded . |
| 6 | The sheet , pillow-case and towel calculations are fairly simple once you have decided how many to allocate to each conference guest and how often they are to be replaced . |
| 7 | Sometimes they are to be found in close proximity ; and there are certainly empirical connections between them . |
| 8 | Sometimes they were to be found in a corner , solemnly talking to a rather battered doll whose arms and legs were always popping off , waiting to be clipped on by a passing ‘ brother ’ who was inevitably obliging . |
| 9 | If they have both come to terms with their differences and can now work together successfully , then they are to be congratulated . |
| 10 | ‘ If your friends ’ mothers despise me for working in a supermarket , then they are to be pitied . |
| 11 | Then they were to be put in a tin or other suitable container . |
| 12 | Running costs were therefore not to be cut by NETRHA and indeed they were to be substantially increased . |
| 13 | Again they were to be disappointed . |
| 14 | As religious beliefs can not be proved scientifically they are to be doubted , for it is assumed that religion is just a matter of subjective opinion . |