Example sentences of "be to take [pron] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | The clay tile and its descendant , the plastic pipe , were to take their place alongside the plough and the axe as among the major agents in the settlement of England . |
2 | Rory turned her attention to the road ahead , gripped by two almost equally powerful temptations — the first being to take her hands off the wheel and shake Candy by the shoulders for being so infuriating . |
3 | DIESEL fuel needs a new PR agent to clean up its image in the minds of the public if it is to take its place as the efficient , environmental fuel of the future that many would like it to be . |
4 | Now Mr Vafa 's only legal recourse to set the record straight is to take his case to the Nobile Officium of the Court of Session . |
5 | It too , however , would soon make way to allow the changes necessary if the brewery was to take its place in the modern world . |
6 | One of his earliest escapades there was to take his students to the Leaning Tower and drop weights from it , thereby disproving one of Aristotle 's dicta on motion . |