Example sentences of "be to return [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the 490 handlers , members of the Transport and General Workers Union , were to return to work at 7pm last night . |
| 2 | If the investor were to return to sterling at some time in the future , the rate of exchange might be such that the extra interest earned would be completely eroded away . |
| 3 | And if it 's determined that you are to return to work then your pension would actually will cease . |
| 4 | If the system is to return to profitability , some must merge ( or fail ) . |
| 5 | John Smith , senior vice-president , operations said that while the company 's goal was to return to profitability as soon as possible , ‘ for the remainder of 1992 we remain cautious about both revenues and profits due to the uncertainties in both the industry and worldwide economies . ’ |
| 6 | The only cure for the ‘ silliness of his brain ’ was to return to reading , or to write an article . |
| 7 | For example , Friedan ( 1983 ) believed that it was the ‘ feminine mystique ’ which prevented women from leading successful public lives ; the education system was partly to blame for the ideology of the feminine mystique , but equally the solution for women who were trapped in their roles as wives and mothers was to return to college to obtain an education . |
| 8 | Though primarily a commentary on Henry II 's government in England , the Policraticus used the terms of Roman law , princeps for ruler and provincia , province , for the area of his rule ; these suggest that John also intended his book to be relevant to France , the land in which he had been educated and to which he was to return as bishop of Chartres . |