Example sentences of "is to [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complete essence or form of a triangle is to be a three-sided plane figure . |
| 2 | The coffee morning is to be a regular feature and will be held at Harewood House every second Saturday in the month . |
| 3 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 4 | the organisational objectives as gauged by an individual need to be compatible with personal objectives of the individual if he is to be a well-integrated member of the organisation . |
| 5 | Again , if there is to be a specific charge on shares in subsidiary companies ( which may be a necessary precaution ) trustees are needed in order that someone independent of the holding company shall be able to exercise the voting rights attached to the shares . |
| 6 | If there is to be a sit-down meal , you will then have a much better opportunity to get some good shots , hopefully without missing out on too much of the turkey yourself . |
| 7 | But this is artificially to restrict the sense of what it is to be a rational institution . |
| 8 | It is soon to appear in paperback ( and will doubtless go ‘ quadruple platinum ’ , or whatever ) and is to be a major TV series . |
| 9 | Where there is to be a major change in the nature or conduct of the trade , this , in combination with Target 's change of ownership , can mean Target 's carried-forward losses being disallowed under s768 , and can also disallow carry-forward or carry-back of Target 's unutilised ACT ( see s245 TA 1988 and s81 Finance Act 1993 ) . |
| 10 | If there is to be a major publicity launch of some kind , or you 're going to have , if you 've got an advert in some magazine , journal , newspaper or whatever , and you 're asking for people to call in , please let the switchboard know who to put the calls through to , and what it 's likely to be about . |
| 11 | Section 4 provides that a contravention of section 3 is to be a criminal offence , and the penalties for contravention are made substantial . |
| 12 | There is to be a separate board for each district or islands area or division of such an area ( subs . |
| 13 | Where there is to be a separate exchange and completion , which can be for a multitude of reasons , or where there are conditions which need to be satisfied before completion of the subscription can take place , then the subscription and shareholders ' agreement will set out the various conditions precedent and how they are to be satisfied . |
| 14 | Third , a labour division of the High Court would contribute to the process of constitutional reform in Britain which surely is to be a key political issue in the 1990s . |
| 15 | Indeed , we will need something like this if travel to other stars , let alone to other galaxies , is to be a practical proposition in the future . |
| 16 | The funeral is to be a private ceremony at St Wilfred 's Church , Grappenhall , Warrington , on Friday . |
| 17 | The same is true where harmonic colour is to be a prominent feature of the music . |
| 18 | 4 There is to be a twenty-year ban on novels set in Oxford or Cambridge , and a ten-year ban on other university fiction . |
| 19 | During the week , I work in a music shop , and my ambition is to be a professional guitarist . |
| 20 | But because there is some uncertainty about what it is to be a professional librarian and how to respond professionally to many situations , there can be rather tao many difficult decisions to be made ; and the dilemma is not helped by the weakness of the profession , both inherent and externally perceived , on the issue of censorship . |
| 21 | If the IRB has any qualms in answering these questions come April 1992 , they should think very carefully if South Africa is to be a serious contender in what would probably be the first genuine and major international event ever held in the country . |
| 22 | History knows a cynical law : that in all lands politicians dislike ecclesiastics who interfere and therefore , when influencing who is to be a new bishop , prefer not to have bishops too practical and too effective ; and a respectable way of having ineffective bishops , the only respectable way , is to have otherworldly bishops , who live to God and spend much time in prayer and are not well informed on matters of this world . |
| 23 | In 1988 there is to be a new system of personal pensions , explained on page 76 . |
| 24 | UNFINISHED Canary Wharf , at 50 stories the tallest office block in London , is to be a new tourist attraction with a £3 charge to view from the top . |
| 25 | The final stage of the implementation is to be a new system , the Enterprise-Router-Switch , built as part of the company 's alliance with Northern Telecom Ltd . |
| 26 | But if there is to be a new morality — new values for the new situation resulting from technological and political change in the closing years of the twentieth century — then the creation of that new morality must in the end be a joint enterprise of both women and men . |
| 27 | There is to be a new security system , based on the Arab world in one form or another . |
| 28 | There is to be a new register on which the general election could be fought . |
| 29 | We therefore feel it is absolutely vital that if there is to be a new settlement , it should come forward through the structure plan . |
| 30 | Er and I again I have to say that we have not come to any conclusions about the new settlement , but certainly if there is to be a new settlement , then generally people would like more certainty . |