Example sentences of "and [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 Rosita and I are to be punished , stuck there with long faces , alongside our fellow wrong-doers , representations of swarthy people , black as tea taken without milk .
2 Sir Robert Brackenbury , constable of the Tower , informed me this morning that my brother and I are to be moved . ’
3 You know Victor and I are to be married .
4 ‘ For your information , Lucy and I are to be married — as soon as possible . ’
5 ‘ Lucy and I are to be married . ’
6 My name is Howard DeVore and I 'm to be your host for the next eight hours . ’
7 I am going to be away Thurs–Sun this week ( Roland , my brother , is getting married and I 'm to be bridesmaid ) but perhaps you would n't mind giving me a ring sometime ?
8 George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up .
9 Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor .
10 It was an affliction rather than a gift , and I was to be healed of it two years later by what I believe was the power of Christ .
11 They informed me that my Mom had been taken into hospital and I was to be taken into care until she recovered .
12 Mother and Father had been married for six years and I was to be their only child .
13 And this is the model , the pattern , which must be seen to run through theology : it is in this fashion that the relation between God and ourselves is to be seen .
14 Some States may have interests arising out of a treaty to which they are parties , and which is to be interpreted or applied by the Court .
15 As a first example , suppose we test the effect of some treatment , X , on pairs of identical twins , randomly allocating which is to receive X and which is to be the control .
16 To specify modules which are part of a package and which are to be transferred from LIFESPAN to the user 's account , the following relationships must be used :
17 To specify modules which are part of a package and which are to be transferred from LIFESPAN to the user 's account , the following relationships must be used :
18 ( 3 ) Third , and most important , understand which of the assets used by the vendor are required by the purchaser and which are to be excluded and retained by the vendor .
19 1.4 " Works " means the works [ of alteration and refurbishment ] which are being carried out on and to the Site by the Landlord and which are to be completed by the Landlord in accordance with clause 2 of this agreement The ( landlord 's ) works can be the alteration and refurbishment of an existing building or can be the actual building of new premises or an entire development such as a shopping centre .
20 One of the concepts which gained new prominence in the mid-1980s , and which was to be of concern to Labour traditionalists , was that of ‘ heterosexism ’ .
21 Parliament listed a number of goods , known as the ‘ enumerated articles ’ , which the colonies were not allowed to send anywhere outside the empire , and which were to be carried out only in ships from England or from the country of origin .
22 And you 're to be allowed the freedom of the outer ward , to take air and exercise with me sometimes .
23 And surely , it can be argued , the understanding of what is to be ordered and who is to be disciplined has long been defined and subject to the practical mastery of the controllers .
24 Again , this is hardly surprising , since in organisational terms the authority and responsibility distribution will determine how the final decision is to be taken , and who is to be involved .
25 Ursula figures as ‘ some sort of Hungarian countess ’ whose parents were estranged and who was to be estranged from her ominous father .
26 There was a Being who had made all things and who was to be feared .
27 MAUDE Alice Rand is 107 today and she is to be wished many happy returns by the Queen , the Queen Mother and the Archbishop of Canterbury .
28 She had long legs and a mane of blonde hair ; as she laboured at her typewriter on classified memoranda she drew into North 's office a little stream of besotted admirers , and she was to be spotted after the scandal broke driving round Washington in her red sports car ( FAWN 1 ) , blowing smoke out of the windows .
29 Only three spare rooms were to be provided on the second floor of the Foreign Office , and none were to be provided in the War Department .
30 They think the game is over and we are to be whipped off like hounds , back to Uncle . ’
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