Example sentences of "is to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Levi 's double life as chemist and writer suggests that if art and work need to be separated , according to a certain sense of what it is to be a Jew , art and work are nevertheless very often the same . |
| 2 | There is to be a period of consultation lasting until the middle of June 1991 when individuals and organisations can put forward their views . |
| 3 | Third , a labour division of the High Court would contribute to the process of constitutional reform in Britain which surely is to be a key political issue in the 1990s . |
| 4 | The outcome of the tests is to be a book of approved equipment , with details of performance , published by WHO and Unicef . |
| 5 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 6 | This contrast between her ‘ conviction politics ’ and Neil Kinnock 's alleged lack-of-conviction politics is to be a recurrent theme of Conservative propaganda . |
| 7 | History knows a cynical law : that in all lands politicians dislike ecclesiastics who interfere and therefore , when influencing who is to be a new bishop , prefer not to have bishops too practical and too effective ; and a respectable way of having ineffective bishops , the only respectable way , is to have otherworldly bishops , who live to God and spend much time in prayer and are not well informed on matters of this world . |
| 8 | The complete essence or form of a triangle is to be a three-sided plane figure . |
| 9 | Justification by faith , similarly , is important only because it goes to the heart of what it is to be a follower of Christ . |
| 10 | Being ‘ sinful ’ and ‘ just ’ is not the equivalent of having your cake and eating it , but an existential awareness of what it is to be a human being in a sinful and fallen world . |
| 11 | They determine whether Britain is to be a winner or loser country . |
| 12 | Sadly for Britain they have already made the decision that Britain is to be a loser country , ’ he said dramatically . |
| 13 | If there is to be a single offence of serious sexual assault , there are arguments for including all cases of obtaining sex by fear or threats within that . |
| 14 | During the week , I work in a music shop , and my ambition is to be a professional guitarist . |
| 15 | There is to be a clamp down on ‘ manufactured fouls ’ with the unintentional ‘ feet ’ in the circle in mind , while in indoor hockey , only the goalkeeper may use his/her hand to stop the ball . |
| 16 | Everything about it exceeded expectation , though one of the things that struck him was that while the fairways are wide , the hitting area is in fact very narrow if there is to be a chance of attacking the flagsticks . |
| 17 | The bronze antenna in the statue , 6ft higher than the twice-lifesize figure , is to be a flagpole on which a real flag will be raised and lowered daily . |
| 18 | The other is to be a stepping stone to a single European currency , and it is becoming clear that Europe is not going to have one of those . |
| 19 | The kick-off after a score is to be a drop kick . |
| 20 | Penfold and Walker ( 1984 ) comment that a girl is trained to consider her primary achievement is to be a wife and mother . |
| 21 | The tests are designed to illustrate those qualities which may be essential if the adventure is to be a success ( p. 207 ) . |
| 22 | I recognize my fault ( if there is a fault ) and my debt ( if there is to be a debt ) but the question now is this : if I 'm not completely broke , I am at least in serious trouble . |
| 23 | Shirley has a seventeen-year-old daughter whose ambition is to be a photographic model , and she is forever thrusting glossy pictures of this well-developed young hussy , crammed into skimpy swimsuits or revealing underwear , under Vic 's nose . |
| 24 | Metaphysics would have been one way out , but he ca n't take that , so the alternative is to be a persecuted prophet . |
| 25 | All that Ormrod J. is in fact saying is that there has to be a woman in a marriage , because someone has to perform the essential role of a woman in the marriage , and this essential role is to be a woman , biologically so determined . |
| 26 | Yet Ormrod J. follows his own logic to conclude that April Ashley , in purely biological terms , is not a woman ; yet biological terms are all that count , because there has to be someone who can perform the essential role of a woman ( remember , the essential role is to be a woman , since marriage is the relationship between a man and a woman ) : therefore , for marriage purposes , April Ashley by law is a man , and there is no marriage.45 No way out of this particular self-made legal thicket is provided , unfortunately , by an amendment to the Nullity of Marriages Act , passed into law as section l(c) . |
| 27 | If there is to be a vote , arrange for it to be taken at the next meeting , not immediately after the discussion . |
| 28 | There is to be a fancy-dress parade , with a bicycle as a prize for the best entry , so see if you can think of a good idea for a character . ’ |
| 29 | If there is to be a straight replacement , is there a policy procedure for completing the exercise ? |
| 30 | But Emily 's great wish from childhood , confided to her small admirer David on his first visit , is to be a lady , and when her beauty and refinement attract David 's glamorous friend Steerforth , she elopes with him in the hope that he will bring her home a lady . |