Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] be [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every choreographer must have a motive if he or she is to give proper thought , impetus and significance to the movements made by the dancers whether : they are telling a story ; describing and/or expressing the thoughts behind a theme ; or interpreting music either by expressing personal feelings about the melody and rhythm or by so framing the dance that it parallels the music and reveals its structure . |
| 2 | He was also closely associated with the work of George Devine and Tony Richardson at the Royal Court Theatre where he was to design 17 productions , starting with Look Back in Anger in 1956 . |
| 3 | I think that he 'd reached a stage in his life where he was to become less community minded and more geared toward the fulfilment of his own career . ’ |
| 4 | Your new orders will also confirm that I am to assume overall charge of the investigation . |
| 5 | The Monday evening they phone me up and said that I was to attend another meeting on Tuesday which I believe were the twenty second to which they said , We 've thought about it and we 've decided not to continue your employment . |
| 6 | Excuse me I have to say Princess Diana yesterday stunned the world announcing that she is to quit public life . |
| 7 | I was gon na be happy to move the recommendation sir and anyone who 's aware of the traffic problem in London Road Brandon will , will support that and also sir the figures that in the questionnaire that was sent out support route A , emphatically because you 'll notice that double the people er double the number who returned the questionnaire supported route A as opposed to any of the other alternatives , so , so I think the , the recommendation that we were to accept this morning 's various adequately worded and , and accepted . |
| 8 | Much as we longed for another child , and overjoyed as we were that we were to have another daughter , we both said that it was the hardest thing we had ever done , to see a lovely young mother say goodbye to her daughter . |
| 9 | The news broke that we were to have another squadron of Pathfinders , but these were going to be crack troops flying Mosquitoes , a much smaller aircraft than the good old faithful Lancaster , and much faster . |
| 10 | It is noticeable that managements are more willing to give responsibility to the project leader than they are to delegate commensurate authority . |
| 11 | Now , it appears that they are to take great pride in the fact that we are spending more on public services , and it is right to acknowledge that . |
| 12 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |
| 13 | The Indian government has announced that it is to refuse further World Bank funding for the highly controversial Narmada Dam project [ see EDs 61 ; 64 ] . |
| 14 | The nationalised industry announced that it is to close 31 pits , which will result in 30,000 job losses . |
| 15 | The American government has recently announced that it is to spend some $18 million to wipe out the pig population of Haiti in an effort to control the virus . |
| 16 | Mr Taylor must ensure a sceptical public understand that it is to obtain these securities for their less fortunate brethren that the highly-paid Premier League players have been asked to express a willingness to strike . |
| 17 | Norway has confirmed that it is to resume scientific whaling in April and commercial whaling in May or June [ see ED 67 ] . |
| 18 | If it is still more important to you to enjoy your fishing , using methods and approaches more akin to your liking , than it is to catch big fish at the cost of a great deal of enjoyment , then there are still a few waters where you can use ‘ classic ’ tactics . |
| 19 | Teacher support groups are increasingly being set up to provide the opportunity for greater honesty , and it can be less threatening for people who feel isolated to join one of these than it is to make individual overtures within their own staffroom . |
| 20 | ‘ We believe it is no more difficult , no more expensive and no more labour intensive to provide healthy , nutritious , tasty , well-presented food than it is to provide unhealthy food . |
| 21 | Mendès-France thereby demonstrated that it was more important to him to keep the French army free from supranational controls than it was to prevent German rearmament . |
| 22 | Castle , who announced earlier this week that he is to quit full-time tennis , was given a stiff examination by the British number two from Southampton . |
| 23 | He was willing to submit these terms to arbitrators to vary as they thought fit , but only on condition that he was to retain full power and jurisdiction . |
| 24 | This was an action that he was to repeat many times before any true subjugation of the Saxons was achieved . |
| 25 | But it was on his return to the West Coast that he was to suffer most discomfiture . |
| 26 | And I were to guess that learning together is also a model of rich and diverse possibilities . |
| 27 | If I am to take four ferrets with me , my preference is for one box with one partition and two ferrets in each compartment . |
| 28 | ‘ But if I am to achieve such merit as wins fame , then my life has not been so unworthy an exchange for hers as I always feared ! ’ |
| 29 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 30 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |