Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Freedberg , the aim of Kosuth 's installation was to ‘ engender self-reflexiveness in each viewer 's judgment about the relations between art , morality and censorship ’ . |
| 2 | The instructor 's award is to be subdivided into those able to instruct on cliffs of less than 40 metres and 40 metres plus , and groups of less than 50 abseilers ( one coachload ? ) , and more than 50 people ( multiple coach loads ) . |
| 3 | But Tony Franjieh 's rise was to be short-lived . |
| 4 | Bobby Simpson 's judgement was to be proved right … |
| 5 | If God 's tent is to be a place of beauty and splendour , his priest must also be fittingly robed . |
| 6 | Of these identifications of a new underclass as the victim of affluence in the two-thirds ( affluent and Tory ) versus one-third ( not ) society , Bauman 's formulation is to be preferred to Saunder 's because it sets up issues which are subject to empirical review and it continues to use a conception of reproduction : |
| 7 | Mr. Ashworth and Mr. McGregor none the less submit either that , so far as the English common law is concerned , Walker 's case is to be preferred to any inconsistent later decision in any other jurisdiction , or that , as an action by a child for damages for pre-natal injuries had not been recognised as valid in the English courts before 1976 — the enactment of the Act of 1976 — such an action could not now be allowed to develop and the English common law should be taken as being what the latest United Kingdom cases available might have indicated before 1976 . |
| 8 | Appeal from the Tribunal 's finding is to the Court of Appeal . |
| 9 | Mason J. went on to explain the reasons why , in that case , the minister 's function was to be exercised by him personally . |
| 10 | She stressed that middle-class ladies needed to unite with their poorer sisters if men 's immorality was to be effectively challenged . |
| 11 | London Lighthouse 's grant is to be cut from £300,000 to £150,000 . |
| 12 | His mother , now Mrs Bonnie , knew young Vernon 's vocation was to be a religious leader . |
| 13 | One wonders how close the cost of Edward 's internment was to the £15 3s. 4½d. paid to Hugh Brice in 1471 for the cerecloth and spices used to embalm his predecessor , Henry VI . |
| 14 | Binyon 's volume does however bear out quite touchingly one point that Mrs Lowndes makes : that Hewlett 's ambition was to be known as a poet rather than novelist , though it was his historical romances in Wardour Street prose that brought him fame and money . |
| 15 | It was on the northern borders of France and the Empire , moreover , that the last act in the drama of John 's defeat was to be played out — at Bouvines on 27 July 1214 , when the coalition between the Plantagenets , Flanders and the German Empire was routed by philip Augustus 's army . |
| 16 | Orton 's intention was to outrage . |
| 17 | In F v West Berkshire Health Authority [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 545 , Lord Goff stated : where the state of affairs is permanent or semi-permanent , as … in the case of a mentally disordered person … there is no point in waiting to obtain the patient 's consent … the doctor must act in the best interests of his patient , just as if he had received his patient 's consent so to do … the lawfulness of the doctor 's action is to be found in the principle of necessity … the doctor must act in accordance with a responsible and competent body of relevant professional opinion … it may be good practice to consult relatives and others who are concerned with the care of the patient . |
| 18 | The further problem then arises as to whether the Commission 's confirmation is to be obtained before or after the entry into force of the national measures . |
| 19 | But the damage had been done , and Wilson 's elevation of Eliot at Pound 's expense was to be Echoed time and again for at least thirty years , and indeed is still to be heard even today . |
| 20 | Thanks were extended to Surrey for providing refreshments and October 's tea is to be organised by N. London , Hounslow , Hants. , and Sussex with Adrienne Ring as co-ordinator . |
| 21 | Moreover , useful as the clergy 's and particularly Winchelsey 's aid was to the magnates in the summer of 1297 , the laity had been encouraged to think that the clergy , especially because they did not fight , should bear a significant share of the financial costs of defence . |
| 22 | Hahnemann 's recommendation is to always start with the lowest degrees ( §246 ) . |
| 23 | Ryle 's positive point , in his Royal Institute of philosophy lecture , that Le Penseur 's thinking is to be understood in terms of that of the tennis player , is different from Wittgenstein 's positive point , in 88 to 136 or thereabouts , but particularly in 100–103 , which might now be expressed by saying that ‘ I thought … ’ is like ‘ I meant … ’ ( see above ) , though this way of putting it is really no more than a hint as to his meaning . |
| 24 | The building 's future is to be discussed by Darlington councillors tomorrow . |
| 25 | Alan 's by-line was to be seen as a foreign correspondent for a number of national papers including the Daily Express , Daily Sketch , Sunday Times and he also wrote for Mail on Sunday . |
| 26 | She lived to regret what she regarded as her weakness , for the child 's fate was to be so terrible that his existence had to be denied in her own mind . |
| 27 | Orton 's philosophy was to be ‘ a fly on the wall ’ . |
| 28 | Martin Tweedle , head of Heckmondwike Grammar , Kirklees , is under no illusions : ‘ If Labour 's manifesto is to be believed , we do n't really have a future . |
| 29 | Every child 's dream is to be a pilot . |
| 30 | As Virgin 's accountant , Jack Claydon , observed , Branson 's attitude was to be looking ahead all the time . |