Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] it [be] [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Lancashire County Council announced it was to send representatives to the Netherlands in a bid to rescue the Leyland truck plant and the Chorley parts warehouse , where together more than 900 jobs were lost on Friday . |
| 2 | Yesterday the Department of the Environment announced it was to begin consultation for the Lisburn Area Plan 1993 to 2008 . |
| 3 | For southern observers , a good way to find it is to join Canopus to Rigel by an imaginary line ; this will cross Columba and Lepus . |
| 4 | It lies at the extreme edge of the constellation , and I have found that the best way to locate it is to use Beta Comæ , which is of magnitude 4.3 and lies rather off a line joining Cor Caroli to Arcturus ; though dim , Beta Comæ is rather isolated , and not difficult to identify . |
| 5 | Probably the best way to locate it is to use Epsilon Crucis , the ‘ intruder ’ into the Southern Cross , and Lambda Centauri as direction-finders ; Theta Carinæ lies at an almost equal distance on the far side of Lambda Centauri . |