Example sentences of "be to carry [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eschewing strategic analysis in favour of a more polemical approach he argued that these concessions were to be used as ‘ trans-shipping points for American combat units that are to carry out punitive operations against the peoples of the Near and Middle East , as well as in Africa ’ . |
| 2 | Secondly , is it appropriate to regard the state as bringing companies into existence on the understanding that they are to carry out public purposes , and hence similarly justifying a right of intervention ? |
| 3 | The principal object of the formation of a service company will be to carry out administrative functions concerned with the running of the practice — eg the employment of staff , hiring premises , furniture and equipment and general maintenance . |
| 4 | A week after the operation that took us to Southern Ireland , I was told to take Venturous up the east coast to Hull and from there , after a crew change , we were to carry out extended patrols northwards which would eventually involve us in a complete circumnavigation of the British Isles . |
| 5 | Staff at the complex will shortly embark on training in disability awareness and Derry City Council is to carry out extensive renovations to the complex to improve access and comfort for people with disabilities . |