Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the movies were to give their stories a realistic social setting and especially a contemporary setting , and if they were to draw on what had always been some of the major preoccupations of popular fiction , then they would have to define their position carefully with regard to some of the major issues of the day . |
| 2 | Unless he were to pay his godmother a second visit in as many weeks ? |
| 3 | These explanations are crucial for parents and teachers who are trying to understand the thinking which underlies the attainment targets and programmes of study ; a main reason why I have written this book is to give our rationale a wider audience . |
| 4 | He would doubtless provide if a commission was to come his way a superb set of illustrations to Dante Alighieri 's The Divine Comedy . |
| 5 | One of my objectives was to buy my wife a little car . |