Example sentences of "of which to [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr ‘ Spike ’ Milligan , the manic depressive , is a man of many parts — the latest of which to be revealed is that of philanderer . |
2 | In 1874 the widow of the latter , carrying out her husband 's wishes , left £1650 , the annual interest of which to be applied to augment the minister 's stipend . |
3 | I says how come you deputation , you gave us a time of which to be here , now we said , we turned up a quarter hour beforehand and I says we get a phone call er a an intermission from Councillor that you could n't make it because that your car broke down . |
4 | The movement that began with Greek sculpture rapidly added other new areas of study to the familiar territories of language and literature , issuing in a serious concern not simply with " the classics " , but with ancient civilization in all its aspects : aspects that might well centre on the " facts " of ancient life , its physical relics , its customs and institutions : all of which to be summed up in the German word Realien . |
5 | The Government have a great deal of which to be proud in their record since 1979 . |
6 | As Past President , , has said to me on more than one occasion , there is no finer Institute of which to be a member than the British Institute of Embalmers . |
7 | Now I have to tell you that last year we raised a hundred and thirteen million pounds and of that over ninety per cent , that 's a hundred and four million pounds were actually spent on projects for children and I 'm very proud of that ratio indeed and I think it ought to give you , the raisers of money , a great deal of comfort because for a fund with two headquarters buildings which operates all over the world this is a distribution of funds of which to be proud . |
8 | The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud . |