Example sentences of "this be to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When sites such as this are to be destroyed , it is important that the building above the ground is recorded before it is destroyed . |
| 2 | If this were to be applied unmodified , since the displacement of the stylus varies inversely with frequency , the amplitude of the waveform cut in the disc at low frequencies would be very large . |
| 3 | Two lives are bound together by a cord , and if this were to be broken prematurely , one would die . |
| 4 | However , evidence suggests that non-business travel is also important and can cover 67 per cent of all movement ( Clark and Unwin 1981 ) ; if this were to be substantially reduced by remote linkages by telephone or other means , the consequences for continued viability of still more rural public transport routes could be serious , especially where comparatively minor variations in demand can be critical . |
| 5 | If this were to be so , it would make a mockery of the caution and the concept of the right to silence after a charge has been preferred . |
| 6 | The new organizations catering for this were to be economically more efficient and culturally more bland than the popular movements of the first half of the century . |
| 7 | And if this were to be their last meeting , then should they perhaps not waste it all in talk ? |
| 8 | No decisions would ever be made if this were to be demanded . |
| 9 | If this were to be the case then no deficiency " at all would be noticed in the behaviour of the funnel . |
| 10 | If this were to be the position when goods perish after the risk has passed to the buyer , it would be a contradiction in terms . |
| 11 | With uncertain optimism , the report concludes that ‘ if this were to be achieved , we consider that prosperity , once created , could spread in the same way as blight has done in the past ’ . |
| 12 | " Even if this were to be a case of maternal transmission , it would have no significance for public health " . |
| 13 | To imagine this is to be aware that the aggressive term which I have applied to Amis 's novelistic method , ‘ ventriloquism ’ , has the drawback of suggesting that when an author throws his voice , the character who receives it will necessarily be found to be inanimate , a dummy . |
| 14 | The physical mark of this is to be seen in the indentation between the upper lip and the nose . |
| 15 | When he has tovarisch say , ‘ Nothing I build ’ , this is to be understood not allegorically but literally : working of stone , either architecturally or sculpturally , was for Pound the register of culture — a conviction which he shared in his lifetime with few except the British art-critic whom he knew and esteemed , Adrian Stokes . |
| 16 | Though its accounts of individual poems are as searching as anything in Davie 's earlier books ( we owe Carcanet a debt : this is to be the first in a uniform edition of Davie 's work ) , Under Briggflatts is also a mordant and compelling history of the social climates to which these poems were a response . |
| 17 | This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year . |
| 18 | This is to be the party 's platform for the elections to republican and local soviets early next year . |
| 19 | This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat . |
| 20 | They do n't know at the time , but this is to be the biggest event of the unusually hot British summer . |
| 21 | The client gets help for day-to-day problems , but the price he pays for this is to be the landlord 's follower , to do his bidding and accept his view of the world . |
| 22 | As a result , there is a continued shortage of residential care facilities for the full-time residence of mentally handicapped people which is perpetuating the need for mental handicap hospitals to house them , even though it is recognised by all parties that this is to be avoided at all costs . |
| 23 | All this is to be found even in the lower classes . |
| 24 | Eloquent testimony of this is to be found in John Gay 's magnificent photographs of London terminals , depicting , for instance , the forest of columns , arches , and metallic tracery supporting the roof of Liverpool Street Station and the perfect form and line of Brunel 's ‘ all interior , all roofed-in ’ Paddington , achievements that could leave only the most die-hard curmudgeon unmoved . |
| 25 | Internally , the only significant architectural feature was the two-storey entrance hall , and this is to be retained . |
| 26 | The earliest extant account of this is to be found in the Works and Days of Hesiod ( c.700 BC ) , who sought to account thereby for man 's present condition and , in particular , for his need to work . |
| 27 | How this is to be done , and what ye all have to do , I will leave in the hands of the Bishop Don Hieronymo , and Alvar Fañez , and Pero Bermudez . |
| 28 | If this is to be done , despite the number who are brought up in other religions , it is reasonable to do it largely through the medium of Christianity , simply because Christianity exists as an institution in this country , and is by no means dead . |
| 29 | The flat landing Rather like a belly flop in swimming , this is to be avoided at all costs since the flat impact can break a board in half as well as causing injury to the sailor . |
| 30 | Indeed , it is clear that there will need to be a significant improvement in the conditions associated with part-time work if this is to be seen as a real alternative for older workers . |