Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman for the health authority said the family was owed a sincere apology , and Virginia Bottomley ( without reference to the case ) said she was pleased that Rhys was to receive treatment at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children and hoped it would be successful . |
| 2 | Greaves was to become part of the Kitchen Sink School and his early realist paintings , with their vibrant outlines and taut modelling , acknowledge a debt to Minton . |
| 3 | ‘ I was n't convinced until I saw how anxious Merlyn was to get hold of the box once I 'd mentioned it . ’ |
| 4 | In what was widely interpreted as a bid for electoral advantage — securing Florida 's 25 electoral college votes was seen as essential if Bush was to win re-election to the White House — the President also announced that the government would provide 100 per cent federal reimbursement to local authorities for recovery operations , rather than the 75 per cent customary in such cases . |
| 5 | Later Miss Francis of Maidstone was to give evidence to the jury . |
| 6 | If Clinton is to keep faith with the electors , he will invest in jobs for the 10 million on the dole , provide for wide-ranging health care for all and implement drastic tax reforms . |
| 7 | The war in Europe was to take priority over the war in the Pacific , which was to be essentially a " holding operation " . |
| 8 | In late 1989 Ian Lang , then Minister for Education in the Scottish Office , announced that SCOTVEC was to take responsibility for the accreditation of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 9 | It would be a marvellous feat if the 22-year-old swimming pool attendant from Wakefield was to supercede Hare at the first attempt . |
| 10 | Customer Smythe was to accept liability for the Queen 's Royalty of one-fifteenth part ; to pay the company a one-ninth part of the production ; and a money rent of £433 : 6s. 6d. , providing thereby funds to be distributed as a dividend . |
| 11 | Second was Ernest Obeng , who a year later in Rome was to finish second in the World Cup 100 metres behind Allan Wells . |
| 12 | Germany was to raise support within the European Communities ( EC ) for the project . |
| 13 | The Rev. Basil Martin 's son Kingsley was to become editor of The New Statesman . |
| 14 | LORD Walker , Lord Williams and Lord Donoughue are to give evidence about the Maxwell scandal to a Commons inquiry . |