Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [to-vb] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are we to conclude that electromagnetic theory has made no advance in the course of a century ? |
| 2 | Are we to assume that old people 's needs , joys and sorrows are the same as our own ? |
| 3 | Are we to believe that false confessions were made purely out love of the police ? |
| 4 | Nor is it to deny that defective dependants will often , and quite understandably , attract far fiercer loyalties by that very fact . |
| 5 | What is it to know that human beings vary ? |
| 6 | How was I to know that stupid woman would call the police ? ’ |
| 7 | How was I to know that old Ian had n't trekked across South Africa with a couple of elephants and demanded ‘ an audience with Nelson or I 'll smash you with a stump , . |