Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The open days free to unwaged people ; £2.50 to others are to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the opening of Durham Street , which was the first community recording studio in the country . |
| 2 | ‘ I am to give the first reading . |
| 3 | He is the incumbent for Peterborough , the seat which , arithmetically , need to fall to Labour if they are to form the next government with an overall majority . |
| 4 | The delay had been to give the second team time to gain position . |
| 5 | If the above chord were required f or ff a good arrangement would be to replace the 1st trombone by a trumpet , and to lay out the chord thus : |
| 6 | One way of solving the puzzle would be to use the second law . |
| 7 | If the Tories were to form the next government then Chris Patten would be found a seat , if necessary . |
| 8 | I know that he would not like to do any injustice to the report , but if he were to read the second paragraph , which contains its judgment on the Bill , he might come to a different conclusion . |
| 9 | And if I think you were to read the first two pages of his autobiography , there 's a dedicatory verse on another page , I ca n't help feeling that you will agree with me that , in a , there 's something embarrassing about them . |
| 10 | In August it was announced that all first-year Beijing University students would undergo a year of military and political training , while two other top universities were to devote the first five weeks of the new term to the study of documents issued by the central authorities on the " truth " about the " counter-revolutionary rebellion " . |
| 11 | Erm and so I , I believe that er the resolution in fact on the order paper will stand er and if we were to remove the first two lines er of Mr 's erm resolution that the County Council he represents if necessary that in a full , a full public enquiry into the fifth terminial at Heathrow , if we get that and graft on the rest of his words er to the resolution er on the Chairman er that will do two things er it reads er the quality of our Officers are suggesting and it picks up again a very important comments er that he makes er regarding post , er , er something that is public erm , er and that it , it meets media and the other improve that 's something for the district office report . |
| 12 | With the spring clean now over , the new Government Chemist 's principal task is to spearhead the third phase of the business programme started by his predecessor Alex Williams . |
| 13 | The château , together with its gardens , terraces and belvedere , recently restored by the State on the basis of eighteenth-century documents , will provide the setting for the first part of the itinerary , while a new basement building is to accommodate the second stage . |
| 14 | Either you consider that the County Farms are playing a role set down by law and supported over the years of an , which no other authority and no other body in the country can provide , and which is a socially valuable role , and that is to provide the first step in farming , and clearly they do . |
| 15 | Its aim is to provide the first comprehensive study of childhood injuries in the district and form the basis of an accident prevention drive . |
| 16 | On the IBM 370 range it is possible to specify that the execute is to modify the second byte of the executed instruction . |
| 17 | The tendency within more recent authority is to pitch the second part of the hurdle at varying levels depending upon the nature of the decision-maker in question . |
| 18 | A mnemonic for this phenomenon is to set the first and second fingers and thumb of the left hand at right angles to one another . |
| 19 | THE Ulster People 's College is to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Irish women obtaining the right to vote . |
| 20 | JOHNNY Morris , the zoo man , is to open the 68th Dolmetsch Festival in Haslemere on Friday , July 10th . |
| 21 | His Graduation Fanfare is to open the next Alumni Foundation Concert which will feature works by Back , Torelli , Handel , and Purcell . |
| 22 | A simple proof is to cross the first fingers of your two hands , one at 30 inch range , the other at 15 inches . |
| 23 | ‘ The idea is to inspire the next generation of comedians to think of radio first and launch their careers with us , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 24 | As a Conservative I naturally want the Government to survive and to win the next election , but plainly if the Deputy Prime Minister resigns that is something which gives cause for readjustment and rethinking if the Government is to win the next election . |
| 25 | Sun Alliance sold the majority of its 14.24% stake in Commercial Union for £280m and merged its Australian non-life operation with Royal Insurance 's to form the fourth largest general insurer in Australia . |
| 26 | A sensible compromise is to use the first method for longer photo-stories and to add a sticky label to the photograph giving outline details and the source and to use the second method for short captions . |
| 27 | The new car is to mark the 30th anniversary of the MGB . |
| 28 | His advice is to study the first four pages of the explanatory booklet carefully , particularly paragraph six — action to take now . |
| 29 | Charlie 's send-off : Comedian Charlie Williams is to start the 33rd traditional Easter Monday walk between Scalby and Cloughton , near Scarborough . |
| 30 | The unprimed will not necessarily be diagonal as it should be if it is to satisfy the first part of eqn ( 6.16 ) . |