Example sentences of "[be] to form a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence if we are to form a constitutive relation for the material of the rod it must not contain the dimensions . ) |
| 2 | One way would be to form a holding company to which both banks would issue shares in proportion to their shareholders ' funds . |
| 3 | Palmerston tried to ensure that attachés in the missions to the German courts should at least be able to read German script ; and in the 1840s and 1850s there were efforts to send students of oriental languages from Oxford and Cambridge to Constantinople , where they were to form a new class of oriental secretaries and replace the Greek and Levantine dragomans who had for decades acted as translators and interpreters there . |
| 4 | The ill-fated advertisements were to form a preliminary campaign , costing £100,000 , as a prelude to a major campaign in the coming financial year . |
| 5 | The Royal Marsden should be based solely at the Sutton site and should combine with St George 's to form a new Trust . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , my plan 's to form a British chapter of the Monkey Wrench Gang and blow the bugger to pieces . |
| 7 | His intention is to form a complete collection , covering the whole of his working life , so that he will have a real store of memories to look back upon in his old age . |
| 8 | War erupts — it is to form a bloody backdrop for most of the decade . |
| 9 | Degussa ( ceramic colours and special products division ) is to form a joint venture with a leading Japanese manufacturer of printing inks and ceramic glass colours T&K Toka . |
| 10 | Equally the nature of the various styles , high , middle and low , needs more elucidation than it gets in this book ( cf. pp. 70 – 71 ) if it is to form a central plank of the discussion of lexis . |
| 11 | Stand-offs on the forward cross spar provide positive if angular camber to form an aerofoil , but if used to force a batten into such a profile , the effect of further stand-offs from the rear cross-spars on the same batten is to form a gentle reflex , not unlike the wing section of a soaring bird . |
| 12 | The first thing to do is to form a realistic picture of how you want your physical shape to change . |
| 13 | What they have not yet done is to form a united organisation , or political party , to press that demand . |
| 14 | No suppliers need apply , CUE accepts only users and its aim in life is to form a united front of users against the tyranny of the industry : call Rob Briggs +44 273 481859 . |
| 15 | Perhaps the best way to ensure that this happens regularly is to form a Christian group of some sort which meets in your school , maybe at lunch-time . |
| 16 | Within the Russian republic the Communists for Democracy movement , led by Rutskoi and formed at the March-April 1991 Russian Congress of People 's Deputies [ for which see pp. 38130-31 ] , announced on July 10 that it was to form a political party . |
| 17 | The policy of the French was to form a small native élite , known as évolués , who learned their language and culture . |