Example sentences of "be to remain [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So Mr Zhao , it seems , is to remain in political purgatory , from where he will continue to haunt Li Peng 's dreams of stability . |
| 3 | Some of our members have lost their consolidated rate and it 's now become a bit of a running sore on the pay negotiations from last year , it needs to be sorted out , if confidence is to remain in last year 's pay , pay deal . |
| 4 | Our commitment is to remain in this art form because it is positive and real ; and to demand the right to define it . |
| 5 | Representatives from West Berlin were allowed to attend as ‘ observers ’ but Berlin was to remain under four-power occupation , legally separate from the rest of Germany . |
| 6 | The question of the sort of relations between journalists and politicians which could be considered proper was to remain of great importance in determining the changing role of the press . |
| 7 | It had already been decided that Hayling was to remain as chief executive , and everyone who had been doing a specific job for the company was invited to carry on . |
| 8 | Wanted on corruption charges , he was to remain in Brazilian custody until extradition proceedings were completed . |
| 9 | The position on partial demolition , however , remained uncertain after the House of Lords case , and by degrees various church bodies began to put forward proposals for partial demolition , in some cases leaving no more than a facade or church hall , arguing that , as part of the site was to remain in ecclesiastical use , no permission to demolish was required . |