Example sentences of "to be replace [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Derby had again become Prime Minister in 1866 to be replaced for a short period by Benjamin Disraeli , but by the end of 1868 Mr. W. E. Gladstone took control of Parliament , and was to remain in control for over five years . |
| 2 | The fifty-year-old display area is now to be replaced with a new space of suitably high artistic merit . |
| 3 | The driver 's frown disappeared , to be replaced with a roguish , knowing grin . |
| 4 | The current system of a rotating Community Presidency would likewise have to be replaced with a central Presidency of Europe . |
| 5 | The era of local management of schools means that the traditional spending function associated with capitation has to be replaced with a whole school budgetary process and plan . |
| 6 | Shiona held her for a moment , her anger instantly vanishing to be replaced by a warm , maternal well of love . |
| 7 | The traditional red stripe , common to all ambulance fleets , is to be replaced by a striking green and yellow design . |
| 8 | The growth in the level of state intervention witnessed in the second half of the twentieth century , particularly in relation to the management of the economy , has led some social scientists to argue that a pluralist model of the capitalist state needs to be replaced by a corporatist one . |
| 9 | But the smile disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown when she had to go into dinner herself — and sit next to her husband . |
| 10 | After Brunnhilde throws herself on to the pyre Valhalla comes to an end , to be replaced by a new era of human love . |
| 11 | He , and others like him , were answered by Rousseau , who argues that the social contract which established private property was really the origin of exploitation and had to be replaced by a new social contract . |
| 12 | The CEN Technical Committees 116 and 117 which have been working on the creation of European Standards for bituminous sheeting and single-ply membranes have recently been disbanded to be replaced by a new Technical Committee , CEN TC 254 , which will prepare European Standards on waterproofing sheeting used in building and civil engineering works . |
| 13 | The answer is that they will become superfluous , to be replaced by a new prototype that looks remarkably like a rugby league player . |
| 14 | It will allow the sense of frustration many of us have felt for a number of years to be replaced by a new sense of purpose . |
| 15 | The former People 's National Security Service was to be replaced by a new State Information and Security Service , whose duties would be confined to intelligence and counter-intelligence . |
| 16 | OLD soldier Dominic Lavery has refused to give his beloved wellies the boot despite rumours they 're soon to be replaced by a new American alternative . |
| 17 | ‘ The borders might be going down but only to be replaced by a vast amount of new paperwork . |
| 18 | A shiver of fear ran through her , to be replaced by a strange tingling of masochistic pleasure . |
| 19 | If , for example , the poll tax were to be replaced by a proportional income tax , this would in general change the tax burden on the median person , and hence — assuming that he remains decisive change the voting outcome . |
| 20 | Tropical timber producers have been pressing for the ITTA , which expires next year , to be replaced by a comprehensive agreement that also covers wood from temperate forests . |
| 21 | Subsequently , in 1971 , the circular ring started to be replaced by a D-shaped ring , since it was found that the former was being extensively used in parking meters ! |
| 22 | The Society has for over a year objected strongly to the plan under which the current arrangements for remunerating solicitors on the basis of work actually done are to be replaced by a standard fee scheme from April . |
| 23 | Mr Dienstbier said the new Prime Minister , Mr Marian Calfa , did not yet appear to be a ‘ strong and flexible politician ’ , and indicated he would be acceptable in the post only on condition that President Gustav Husak step down , to be replaced by a non-Communist head of state . |
| 24 | The Lights are a shimmering green waterfall that grows in intensity , then dies slowly to be replaced by a separate show in another part of the sky . |
| 25 | In the name of these principles the Cortes produced on paper ( for neither the constitution nor its legislative consequences were ever effective ) a Spain that would have delighted the monarchical bureaucrats : a clumsy taxational system , with endless provincial divergencies , was to be replaced by a uniform income tax ; the machinery of the ancien régime with its characteristic confusion of administrative and judicial function was dismantled . |
| 26 | The old Soviet parliament was to be replaced by a two-chamber Supreme Soviet , and in due course a new Soviet Constitution would be presented for approval leading to presidential and perhaps more general multiparty elections the following year . |
| 27 | The Labour government lost office in 1951 , however , to be replaced by a Conservative one , and with this change came a different approach to economic policy which included the revival of monetary methods of control — in particular the manipulation of bank rate and associated interest rates . |
| 28 | The pain in Corbett 's head subsided only to be replaced by a growing sense of nausea as the ship rocked and rolled on the water . |
| 29 | Supplementary Benefit was to give way to Income Support and the much-abused system of single payment was to be replaced by a Social Fund ; Housing Benefit was to be reformed so that it did not discriminate against the low-paid in work ; and the whole social security system was to be simplified . |
| 30 | The grade two listed buildings on the Mappin and Webb site opposite the Mansion House are to be replaced by a single new building comprising offices , shops , a restaurant and a pub . |