Example sentences of "be [to-vb] to [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And naturally his only means of getting in touch would be to write to her at the one address he knew : Elise 's cottage . |
| 2 | After some thought he said ; ‘ Well , I have a daughter your age , and if she were to come to me with the same question I would advise her to terminate . ’ |
| 3 | Waggoner eventually concluded that the only way to see a whole tournament is to go to it for the entire week . |
| 4 | Her instinct is to relate to everyone in the same way . |
| 5 | Quite obviously the playwright has largely pre-empted negotiation of this kind ; also , a theatrical performance can hardly be said to be a social interaction in a normal sense as the actor 's concern is to describe to someone outside the interaction on stage — to the spectator . |
| 6 | Its prince was to be elected by the Bulgarians , confirmed by Turkey with the assent of the powers , and was to belong to none of the great reigning houses of Europe . |