Example sentences of "we [be] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We both saw her put in the taxi , if we are to be accurate . ’ |
| 2 | The motivation must be right if we are to be effective in the Lord 's service . |
| 3 | I need that from Bobby and the rest of the side if we are to be successful , ’ says newly-appointed Larder . |
| 4 | If we are to be successful , we must have Europeanwide agreement . |
| 5 | ( To be precise , there are four Humean conditions to satisfy , if we are to be sure that c caused e on some occasion , namely : c preceded e ; there was no intermediate event ; events like c are always followed by events like e in those conditions ; and we are in the habit of expecting the sequence . ) |
| 6 | We are to be responsible stewards of what God has given us . |
| 7 | Then we are to be formal , are we ! |
| 8 | Now when we open the scriptures we find clear commands , that th that there are , when we come to Jesus and accept him as our saviour then we are to obey him and we are to be baptized ! |
| 9 | But if we are to be able to talk to our children about this at all , then we must have some understanding of the choices and risks they face . |
| 10 | It will be needed , above all , if we are to be able to read the historical record . |
| 11 | The more distant one of those later groups is , the more likely we are to be able to construct a counter-example ; as is revealed in our own example where = you are a brain in a vat ; |
| 12 | The more highly constrained and ritualised the genre , the more likely we are to be able to identify norms . |
| 13 | With regard to " temporality " ( in the sense in which this concept was used above ) , this can not be regarded as a sufficient condition of particularity so long as it is not shown that temporality alone ( in the indicated sense ) ensures numerical identity of particulars ; and if we are to be able to justifiably claim that it is a necessary condition of particularity , we must first show that there can be no extra-temporal particulars . " |
| 14 | For evidently we need both reflexive and non-reflexive polyadic predicates , as well as monadic predicates , if we are to be able to describe at all adequately the world around us . |
| 15 | But , as we saw , this will not work ; for if we are to be able to make significant identifying references to qualities , we need a distinction between qualities and their existentially unique instances , and this raises the problem of determining the precise ontological status of such instances : i.e. what such instances are , and how they can be identified and distinguished from each other . |
| 16 | If we are to be able to select the most appropriate selling opportunities , the information on our database must be as comprehensive as possible . |
| 17 | We shall now see that in order to account for changes in the modern world this evolutionary background of the ego and superego is by no means irrelevant ; on the contrary , we must take it very seriously if we are to be able to understand what is going on around us . |
| 18 | In turn , if we are to be able to pay for these commodities , we must export . |
| 19 | Yet if we are to be realistic in our starting-point we must accept that the relationships which give rise to nuclear catastrophe are likely to be relationships between sovereign states , each able to possess and deploy armed force for their own interests . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , judging from the size of the village , there may well be room for us if we 're to be content with small animals only , but I 'm afraid we 'll never get any farm work . |
| 21 | Please sir , Axl 's doctor said we 're to be nice to him because he comes from a broken home and he has to wear a kilt . |
| 22 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 23 | He also warned us that , once we were back in London , we were to be careful where we went , to whom we talked and what we ate and drank . |
| 24 | Very soon we were to be concerned with matters less peaceful than the conduct of our kitchens . |