Example sentences of "he is to be " in BNC.

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1 The substance of his approach to the application before him is to be found in the following passages from his judgment :
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 Are we to assume that he is to be honoured for his illustrious career as US Secretary of State for Defence ?
5 He is to be afforded shelter from bombardment ‘ to the same extent as the local civilian population . ’
6 It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning .
7 The enemy is wily and therefore the more unlikely a person looks , the more likely he is to be the secret enemy .
8 And do not let him think he is to be parted from you forever Ellen for this would not be the truth .
9 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 .
10 He is to be replaced by non-executive director John Smale , former chairman and chief executive of Procter & Gamble .
11 He is to be succeeded by another ex-ambassador to Mexico , Sir Michael Simpson-Orlebar .
12 He is to be replaced as Attorney-General by Sir Nicholas Lyell .
13 He is to be congratulated on this singularly structured approach .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 ‘ 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 .
17 Give a child a piece of paper to hold and say that he is to be sure not to let anyone interfere with it .
18 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 ’ .
19 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 .
20 I think he is to be pitied because all he does is make enemies for himself .
21 A DOCTOR convicted of attempted murder after giving a dying patient an overdose will know within days if he is to be struck off .
22 Bowe , 6ft 5in and 235lb , and with an 81-inch reach , represents the man mountain that Holyfield must scale if he is to be accepted as someone other than a caretaker holding the keys to the division until another genuine champion arrives .
23 calling for his immediate release , and if he is to be charged , given a fair and prompt trial ;
24 Gazza should now be encouraged , not discouraged , and then disillusioned to find out that he is to be overlooked until next February .
25 But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie !
26 Lascube has served his suspension , as did Moscato , but the latter will have to show that his discipline has improved before he is to be considered for selection again .
27 The standard has been set by Penny 's monumental work , and he is to be heartily congratulated for his achievement .
28 The member of parliament did not give up his efforts to find a place for the young officer , but the close connection between parliamentary politics and placement was made abundantly clear by Scott 's insistence to his correspondent that the young man 's father , a Dundee councillor , would first have to make clear ‘ whether he is to be friendly ’ to the politician .
29 In his final commentary , however , he is to be found mourning the loss of faith :
30 Within his own country , he is not so much a Leviathan as a Gulliver figure hemmed in and tied down by a complex network of restraints that must be thrown off if he is to be more than a helpless giant in the White House .
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