Example sentences of "he be [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the evidence of the Aristotle File he seemed — potentially , at least — a curse , yet if the reports on him were to be believed , he might yet prove the greatest asset the Seven possessed . |
| 2 | The substance of his approach to the application before him is to be found in the following passages from his judgment : |
| 3 | The law requires that an adult patient who is mentally and physically capable of exercising a choice must consent if medical treatment of him is to be lawful , although the consent need not be in writing and may sometimes be inferred from the patient 's conduct in the context of the surrounding circumstances . |
| 4 | This agrees extremely well with the fact that ( 20 ) is closely equivalent to ( 22 ) : ( 22 ) that is precisely the one It also provides us with a very satisfying explanation of the subtle difference between ( 23 ) and ( 24 ) ; ( 23 ) , with its non-restrictive relative seems at least somewhat odd , whereas ( 24 ) with its restrictive relative is quite acceptable , and so is ( 25 ) which has a non-restrictive relative but lacks the word very : ( 23 ) the very axe , which killed him , is to be sold ( 24 ) the very axe which killed him is to be sold ( 25 ) the axe , which killed him , is to be sold The reason is that the definite article indicates that some means of recognition is available to the audience . |
| 5 | It would be the most terrible calamity if he were to be killed not knowing ! |
| 6 | Pastiche or not , ‘ Disco Dancer ’ lived in the kind of predictability that Morrissey , if he were to be truly distanced from The Smiths , would denounce fervently . |
| 7 | She had not decided whether or not to tell Dick , but if he were to be told it would be by her , not by the Longhills . |
| 8 | What if he were to be punished for his vengeance by a plunge into the nerve-glove ? |
| 9 | If he were to be an ‘ S. ’ also , a Stephen or a Sam , then how was she to know which of them had given her orders ? |
| 10 | ‘ If , for example , he were to be engaged in the reconnaissance of the Unknown Lands , ’ Alexei supplied . |
| 11 | I think I said how it would please me if one day he were to be elected to the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 12 | ‘ He is remarkably well handicapped on 10st four , and if he were to be handicapped again he would go up another stone . |
| 13 | ‘ It would be unfortunate , ’ said Paul , ‘ if he were to be derailed at this point . ’ |
| 14 | In these lines , Brutus is saying that the only way to stop Caesar becoming emperor is to kill him , and although he has no personal grievances against Caesar ( Caesar is kind to him and favours him ) , it would be bad for the people of Rome ( ‘ the general ’ ) if he were to be crowned . |
| 15 | Are we to assume that he is to be honoured for his illustrious career as US Secretary of State for Defence ? |
| 16 | He is to be afforded shelter from bombardment ‘ to the same extent as the local civilian population . ’ |
| 17 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
| 18 | The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy . |
| 19 | And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth . |
| 20 | But I do not think it is this threat alone which explains the sick feeling of dread — rather like the feeling of a man who knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight — which clouds the prospect of a Labour victory . |
| 21 | He is to be replaced by non-executive director John Smale , former chairman and chief executive of Procter & Gamble . |
| 22 | He is to be succeeded by another ex-ambassador to Mexico , Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar . |
| 23 | He is to be replaced as Attorney-General by Sir Nicholas Lyell . |
| 24 | He is to be congratulated on this singularly structured approach . |
| 25 | In houses where only the ground floor is centrally heated , the patient may not feel comfortable in the upstairs area , so if this is where he is to be , for other practical reasons , he will need heaters in his room , or the central heating system should be extended . |
| 26 | There is therefore reference in the case of each candidate to his own positive ability , not to the whole class of other candidates with whom he is to be compared . |
| 27 | ‘ With his business training and keen sense of duty , he makes an admirable country gentleman ; on all Boards , on all Committees , on all Councils , in politics , and generally in affairs , he is to be counted on and depended upon ; he brings an admirable sense of rectitude and a very kindly heart to bear on public business . |
| 28 | Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it . |
| 29 | He classified his poems on Hartleian principles , e.g. Imagination , Affection , Sentiment and Reflection , and in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads he explained that one of the functions of poetry is to show how ‘ we associate ideas in a state of excitement ’ ; Wordsworth did not expect his poems to ‘ gratify certain known habits of association ’ — he will provide new associations and ‘ create the taste by which he is to be enjoyed ’ . |
| 30 | Might I congratulate you on the birth of Henry , or Harry as I notice he is to be called from the announcement in the papers . |