Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [pron] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will the Prime Minister now tell us whether he accepts that , in addition to the massive number of homes repossessed last year , a further 80,000 families are to lose their homes in the current year ? |
| 2 | Two hundred and ninety people are to lose their jobs with the closure of one of the country 's leading leather manufacturers . |
| 3 | My answer to this criticism was that teachers of English are virtually unanimous in their enthusiasm for literature , but need persuasion if they are to accept our recommendations for the teaching of grammar , Standard English and knowledge about language . |
| 4 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 5 | He says we predict that a reservoir of this size will be essential if we 're to supply our customers with the water the need . |
| 6 | And Cardiff coaching organiser Alex Evans knows his side must win if they are to justify their claims to the All-Whites ' throne . |
| 7 | Was a polite Behaviour joined to that honest Sincerity and social Disposition which is remarkable in the English Sailors , I think they would not only be the most useful Men in the Island , but by much the most agreeable Companions : For this Reason , I would recommend it to Parents who are to breed their Sons to the Sea , to give them an early Taste of Letters , especially the European Tongue , which will be of great Service to their Business as well as polish their Manners " . |
| 8 | The immediate affect on the clubs will be to forfeit their places in the Castlemaine XXXX competition , while Cumbernauld will also have to forego their Dunbartonshire Cup matches and cancel an Easter weekend visit from the French club , Lyon . |
| 9 | The immediate affect on the clubs will be to forfeit their places in the Castlemaine XXXX competition , while Cumbernauld will also have to forego their Dunbartonshire Cup matches and cancel an Easter weekend visit from the French club , Lyon . |
| 10 | In 1338 the northern clergy were to instruct their parishioners about the crucial need for , and inescapable burdens of , defence against the Scots , so that the ‘ pious exhortations ’ of the priests might induce support for a united struggle against the enemies of the realm . |
| 11 | As it was , some 50,000 soldiers were to lose their lives during the next few months in fruitless attacks on Chunuk Bair . |
| 12 | I was too young to remember him , but later at intervals a number of remarkable men , among them Arnold Hodson , Hugh Dodds and Arthur Bentinck , served on my father 's staff and were to remain our friends over the years . |
| 13 | We all met at a pre-luncheon reception and then adjourned to the dining hall to sample the culinary delights which were to space our classes for the next five days ; four classes with dancing after dinner was the order of the day , all meticulously time-tabled . |
| 14 | If the bonnie banks of Scotland were to open their accounts to the world , there would be a run on the pound and some of the country 's most famous clubs would collapse with embarrassment . |
| 15 | In the minds of those who gave positive thought to it , the Commonwealth was to be an organization to which no one who was unwilling need apply , and in which those who had joined were to reach their decisions on the basis of consensus : the goal to be pursued was an uncoerced acknowledgement of Britain as the senior partner in a world-wide enterprise ; the position to be sought was the supremely equivocal but potentially supreme satisfying one of primus inter pares . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The foresters of fee were to bring their rolls before the Council , and were ‘ to be there in person , to propound the King 's claim ’ . |
| 18 | Much also hinges on how willing the police are to push their powers to the limit . |
| 19 | The more feasible alternative is to dismember his plays between the history of his own day and the ideologies of ours . |
| 20 | The trick is to aim your eyes at the sign as soon as it is in your line of vision and then to fix your gaze upon it as you go past . |
| 21 | ‘ Our task is to help our customers in the short term use them more efficiently , and as quickly as possible bring to the market new products which will not have any interaction with the ozone layer . |
| 22 | The normal tendency of such a ‘ preparation ’ ( biologists ' speak for an animal to which they have done something nasty , akin to the use of the term ‘ sacrifice , that I commented on earlier ) is to extend its legs into the liquid bath . |
| 23 | Nolan 's method is to put his hands on the bare flesh at the point of the complaint for a minute or two . |
| 24 | The practice of the Court of Appeal ( Civil Division ) is to confine its judgments to the facts of the instant case . |
| 25 | Having recorded the guide-track , you can use it directly to cue the sections of music into place as you pre-record them onto the sound tape , or you can convert them first to tape-counter references ; another alternative is to mark their positions on the back of the tape with a wax pencil or felt-tip pen . |
| 26 | One task of the counsellor is to determine which members of the family are relevant to the processes which contribute to the problems being experienced — who to include and who to leave out . |
| 27 | An escape from these adverse educational conditions for the more affluent sections of black society is to send their children to the growing number of private schools , mainly in urban and suburban areas . |
| 28 | Were the people of Hong Kong ever consulted on who is to represent their interests during the difficult years to 1997 ? |
| 29 | The response of most analysts to this complex problem is to present their transcriptions of the spoken text using the conventions of the written language . |
| 30 | One way of assessing the government 's radical intent is to examine its policies towards the provision of private health care . |