Example sentences of "be to [be] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning to the final point of the 1952 directive , it is noteworthy that ministers are to be given only the information MI5 decides they need . |
| 2 | If paintings or prints are to be hung on the walls it is important to work out beforehand where they are going to go , and to make sure that battens are fixed in these particular areas . |
| 3 | If the rabbits are to be shot then the man required to do the shooting must be freed from all other responsibilities . |
| 4 | Boulton realised that if Watt 's engines were to be exploited commercially the patent would have to be extended . |
| 5 | If pornography were to be restricted legally the mechanisms would likely to be similar to those which already affect rape reporting , so their use is relevant to both issues . |
| 6 | But as I quickly discovered , if any real progress is to be made even the most reactionary views need to be listened to and respected . |
| 7 | Mention is made of how in the viewing of the mountains " … it is to be seen how the very naturall working of those flood falling from the height in winter stormes have broken down & worn such rifts & slitts in the rocks as hereby the dead leaders or mettall finnes or vaine have appeared unto us above ground which before were hid by the earth & stones formerly covring the rocks some 2 or 3 fathomes deep … " |
| 8 | A scheme is to be implemented whereby the blooms will be held offshore by a series of floating barriers . |
| 9 | Many women say cleaning is boring : you do it one day and there it is to be done again the next . |
| 10 | The account from which LIFESPAN RDBI is to be run i.e. the LIFESPAN process account , has sufficient quotas as specified in the LIFESPAN RDBI installation notes ( reference 11 ) . |
| 11 | If populations are to remain in the disadvantaged areas , and if the economy is to be diversified then the relationship between part-time farming and other complementary economic activities must be recognised in policy and fiscal terms . |
| 12 | When the first of the pair is to be used alone the tails of the notes should all be turned upwards , and rests for the second player placed below . |
| 13 | After listening to Mr Lightman 's allegations , Lord Donaldson said that if Mr Oliver 's affidavit was to be believed then The Mail on Sunday had acted in ‘ a wholly hypocritical way . ’ |
| 14 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 15 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |