Example sentences of "is [adv] to be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only acceptable environment for children is thus to be in the care of a heterosexual couple , as this is the only ‘ normal ’ environment which can provide a ‘ natural ’ stable family life . |
| 2 | The result is that the club 's fleet is soon to be in the order of 30 canoes . |
| 3 | This only serves to emphasise the desirability of stating expressly whether time is or is not to be of the essence . |
| 4 | First , the draftsman may insert in the rent review clause an express provision that time is not to be of the essence . |
| 5 | HAPPY Prince Andrew has a ball on the golf course … unaware that he is about to be at the centre of a new royal taping scandal . |