Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Say , ’ he said , ‘ you 'd better tell me more precisely about what I am to wear to this ball . |
| 2 | I apprehend however that it would be disappointing to you — I ca n't think why — if I were to stop at this point . |
| 3 | Her auntie was in , but I was to go at any time for the telephone … |
| 4 | If you are to live in rented accommodation or a hotel while finding somewhere more permanent to live in your new domicile , your employer may be willing to be responsible for those costs . |
| 5 | No er allegations of erm concerning the correctness of his driving er are made by the pr prosecution er as a result of the incident but er as a result of the officer 's enquiries er it came to light that Mr was er in breach of some of the er other regulations regarding road users and er so the summonses which you are to deal with this morning have er have been issued against him . |
| 6 | I have to tell you that you must also fulfil the other obligations you have to your people if you are to remain in this kingdom . |
| 7 | ‘ If you are to go into this business in a big way , you want to think of buying in ready-made uppers for men 's boots , that would cut down the work a lot , mind . ’ |
| 8 | To summarise , then , concentration is a skill you must develop if you are to work at high efficiency . |
| 9 | If you are to suffer from amphibian poisoning , it is you who must do the biting . |
| 10 | If you were to work in this sector , you would be using your knowledge of company law to contribute to the success of your employer 's business . |
| 11 | Berenice 's blood-pressure is far too high and the doctors are insistent she must n't have worries of any kind if she 's to go to full term . ’ |
| 12 | They lost touch for some time with Flora , their first presiding deity , but even she was to reappear in another context , another life . |
| 13 | There is , then , no shortage of social science research which is claimed to be necessary if we are to cope with environmental change . |
| 14 | If we are to move beyond this state of affairs , the cultural task for disabled artists and culture workers is threefold . |
| 15 | If we are to move towards freer trade , all those export subsidies must go , yet in the negotiations we are compromising . |
| 16 | Such was the magnificent ineffability of the Resident , who functioned , if we are to judge by this account , in an atmosphere better described as one of brilliant improvization than of the sober pragmatism for which Indirect Rule was supposedly renowned . |
| 17 | ‘ If we were to go for full indexation , ’ said Jacek Kuron , the Labour Minister , ‘ there would be a mountain of money on the market leading to enormous price increases , with all the dangers that implies , especially for the poor . ’ |
| 18 | If we were to fail in one area it would begin to be assumed elsewhere that perhaps the anti-British propaganda of our enemies had some basis to it , and that the Government were no longer willing or able to help their friends . |
| 19 | On the Friday morning we heard that by popular demand we were to stay on another week . |
| 20 | The first of these conditions is that the rules must contain in some form restrictions on the free use of violence , theft , and deception to which human beings are tempted but which they must , in general , repress , if they are to coexist in close proximity to each other … |
| 21 | Some garden produce , however , is deliberately grown for storage , and crops can be preserved for use during the winter months must be fully ripened if they are to last without rapid deterioration . |
| 22 | And despite the valid excuses , Rangers still must find an extra dimension if they are to prosper in this competition . |
| 23 | Clerical subventions to Edward I did not end here , but in future they were to issue from papal taxation . |
| 24 | Juries saw no problem deciding whom they were to despatch from this world : let similar bodies decide who is to come into it . |
| 25 | Huy would need Merymose 's help if he were to proceed in that direction . |
| 26 | Oh , she knew well enough that if he were to walk through that door now , she would not entertain him ; her pride would not let her . |
| 27 | It 's to do with red meat it 's blood is n't it ? |
| 28 | Erm the third one is we 've got a small amount of money out of , think again it 's out of TEED and , but it 's N Y T E C have got hold of it and it 's to do with further development of the Careers Service Tech Partnership , but it 's only a few thousand , it 's a very small n amount compared , I mean the bid that we 've put in for this Standards and Indicators is more like sort of thirty thousand . |
| 29 | It is easier to define the first of these terms and lay out the implications of its consideration , than it is to deal with civil society per se or its relation to the state . |
| 30 | One group says it is to do with social deprivation , and the other blames people 's lifestyle , saying they eat badly and smoke and drink too much . |