Example sentences of "we [be] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , put simply , followers of Christ exist for Christ , to please him , as he ‘ looks on ’ ; for whatever we do in word or deed , we are to do for the honour of Jesus Christ the Lord . |
| 2 | This may mean we need younger managers , if we are to capitalize on the correlation of ‘ helicopter ’ ability with managerial performance . |
| 3 | If we are to vote for the family because it is good , warm and loving , what are we to do if it turns cold ? ’ ; it well-nigh accused Labour of giving ‘ a sharp twist to a competitive spiral of wholesome image making ’ ; and it stated that the Tory Government must be defeated by ‘ the issues ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Tax changes are going to have to be carefully considered if we are to continue on the path to recovery . ’ |
| 5 | Yet if we are to pronounce on the desirability or otherwise of individual monopoly situations , or proposed mergers , this is clearly what is required to provide an unambiguous policy recommendation . |
| 6 | Clearly , there are further topics to be placed on the sociologist 's agenda when studying teachers ' work if we are to move beyond the assumption that we all know about teachers and teaching . |
| 7 | ‘ If we are to compete with the world 's best 10 we have to ensure that our productivity matches theirs . |
| 8 | If we are to persist in the assertion of absolute sovereignty for whatever body happens to sit from time to time at Westminster , the answer must be affirmative . |
| 9 | How we are to rise to the challenge is articulated in our plan of action , which follows : |
| 10 | We 're to blame for the way we allow ourselves to be treated , but curiously the solution does not lie in our hands . |
| 11 | They 'd come up to Hampstead to have coffee and we were to go to the Everyman , but the queue was too long . |
| 12 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
| 13 | If we were to refer to the light , we would not associate it with an individual object . |
| 14 | If we were to look at the balance sheets of these other banks , we should find that their customers ' deposits had increased and that this increase was matched on the asset side by an increase in their operational balances at the Bank of England . |
| 15 | If we were to backtrack in the area of supporting composers , commissioning new work and putting it on as public a stage as possible , that would be close to admitting : ‘ Look , a classical commercial station can do the job just as well . |
| 16 | The airport brings major economic benefits to the North West as we were to discover with the help of our guide John Kirby . |
| 17 | It might be best if you and not one of us were to deal with the boy . |