Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Squadron was to be divided into six parties , to attack targets all along the coast between Tobruk and the immediate area to the rear of the enemy front line . |
| 2 | However , Smith effectively confirmed Muhlfeit 's assertions that a case is to be brought against an electronic bulletin board service company , which is reported to have been distributing software for free as part of its service to its subscribers . |
| 3 | Clear prejudgment of a case is to be disapproved of , but the success of a piece of legislation may well be dependent upon the administrators enforcing the institution 's policies with some rigour ; indifference to the end in view , even if it were possible , might well be undesirable . |
| 4 | By contrast , if a decision is to be made about whether a pupil is to pass or fail an examination then a boundary would have to be set . |
| 5 | For to understand a sentence is to be able to pick out situations which justify us in believing that sentence to be true . |
| 6 | His interests lie , not with these general features of the communicative event , but with those particular co-ordinates which constitute ‘ a package of relevant factors , an index ’ ( 1972 : 173 ) and which characterise the context against which the truth of a sentence is to be judged . |
| 7 | As Halliday ( 1964 : 37 ) says , ‘ if a text is to be described at all , then it should be described properly ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ One of the reasons we want to become a university is to be on a level playing field in terms of recruiting students . |
| 9 | If such a measure were to be carried ( and a similar one is likely to be introduced in the Senate ) , Mr Bush could use force only at the risk of a domestic , and indeed a constitutional , crisis . |
| 10 | It can be seen that the physician or doctor will have to bear both factors in mind when deciding if the time when a drug is to be taken is important ( see also Chapter 14 ) . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) Where there is an equality of votes requiring that the election of a chairman is to be determined by lot , the meeting is entitled to determine the form of lot to be used . |
| 12 | Often a contract is to be performed in the future , i.e. delivery of the goods is to be in the future , either at a fixed date or within a reasonable length of time . |
| 13 | If a contract is to be negotiated Lyn will probably demand between GBP 500 000–600 000 ’ |
| 14 | Henceforth to be a Christian is to be united to the risen Christ through the adoption of the Spirit . |
| 15 | Scarcely a churchyard was to be found but a number of those poor inocent birds were thus barberously treated . |
| 16 | But it has happened and where the park committee wishes to press its objection , the Secretary of State for Agriculture ( or Wales ) must then decide whether a grant is to be paid ( the farmer is of course free to proceed without any grant aid if he wishes ) . |
| 17 | Clearly , therefore , there are dangers in the selection of extreme groups for special treatment since a change is to be expected even if the treatment is completely useless . |
| 18 | A stepping motor system has a pullout rate of 500 steps per second and a microprocessor is to be used for its open-loop control . |
| 19 | Next day not a horse was to be seen . |
| 20 | If a movie were to be made of her American tour , one would see pages fly from calendars , clock hands spin and headlines slapped one on top of the next . |
| 21 | ASDA 's superstore in Rawtenstall , Lancashire is to become the first of the supermarket chain 's English stores to get Cashline , and , following lengthy negotiations , a terminal is to be installed in the Royal Victoria Shopping Centre in Tunbridge Wells . |
| 22 | The second point being that erm if a figure was to be identified for Greater York , we 'd feel that this would er unduly interfere with our duties and responsibilities as a District Council to allocate land in our district , cos in effect what it would do is direct us to making a housing allocation in one particular settlement , Shipton , we feel that 's our responsibility not the County Council . |
| 23 | Tony Davis , for example has said that " the real effectivity of " literature " as a practice is to be found in the humdrum activity of English teaching . |
| 24 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that since it was the business of estate agents to act for numerous principals , several of whom might be competing and whose interests would conflict , a term was to be implied in the contract with such an agent that he was entitled to act for other principals selling similar properties and to keep confidential information obtained from each principal and that the agent 's fiduciary duty was determined by the contract of agency ; that since the plaintiff knew that the defendants would be acting for other vendors of comparable properties and would receive confidential information from them , the agency contract could not have included terms requiring them to disclose that confidential information to him , or precluding them from acting for rival vendors , or from trying to earn commission on the sale of another vendor 's property ; and that , accordingly , although the purchaser 's interest in acquiring both properties was material information which could have affected negotiations for the sale price of the plaintiff 's house , the defendants were not in breach of their duty in failing to inform the plaintiff of the agreement to buy the adjacent house , which was confidential to the owner thereof , and the defendants ' financial interest in that sale did not give rise to a breach of fiduciary duty ( post , pp. 941A–B , G–H , 942A–B , G — 943B ) . |
| 25 | And even if a break were to be found , the five naos and the 277 men would have to sail — how far ? |
| 26 | A study 's to be carried out to see whether it 's feasible for trains to travel along the Great Western line at a hundred and fifty miles an hour . |
| 27 | In mid-May Qatar and Iran were reported to have signed six agreements on areas of co-operation including air traffic , customs and the exchange of news ; a study was to be made of the feasibility of Iran supplying Qatar with fresh water through a pipe across the Gulf . |
| 28 | Not So Much a Programme was to be broadcast on Friday , Saturday and Sunday nights . |
| 29 | New rules and a programme were to be approved at the Komsomol 's 22nd congress scheduled for early 1990 . |
| 30 | Classic feature films such as the ‘ Titfield Thunderbolt ’ and Hitchcock 's ‘ Strangers on a Train' are to be shown , as are important documentaries , including a new one about steam enthusiasts themselves , called ‘ The Emotive Locomotive ’ . |