Example sentences of "and [subord] [noun sg] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like so many others , Baron de Tracy knew which way the wind blew and where gain was to be had . |
| 2 | But it is extremely unreasonable to suppose that all ( perhaps any ) human beings act from that motivation , either , and if morality is to be a generally human phenomenon , it is simply a mistake to equate it from the beginning with such exigently Kantian formulations , and it is a mistake even from the point of view of the human sciences . |
| 3 | Individuals are therefore not subjects , and if history is to be a process without a subject there must be no subjects short of the ensemble of practices itself . |
| 4 | Pessimistic in the sense that is says people are basically nasty , and if society is to be possible , then nastiness has to be controlled in some way or other , and since human nature is anti-social , social order comes about against the grain of human nature as a rule , has to be imposed on human nature . |
| 5 | Japan 's money policy had to tighten sharply , if the yen were not to collapse and if inflation was to be kept under control . |
| 6 | Their habits have probably always been similar , and if survival is to be taken as a measure of success , their conservative way of life has ensured them of a leading place in the evolutionary marathon . |