Example sentences of "[be] to have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're to have a liberal allowance of liquor . |
| 2 | ‘ Fact of the matter is , ’ her father told Artemis when he took her aside before lunch on Boxing Day , ‘ you 're to have a new mother . |
| 3 | They make rotten toilet paper , and I do n't know what else to do with them , and , oh Nick ’ — she suddenly sat heavily beside me on the bed — ‘ you 're a good man and sometimes I think how nice it would be to have a good man in my life again . ’ |
| 4 | The borrowed cat was a wonderful balancer , and Mildred felt rather disloyal as she found herself thinking how nice it would be to have a well-behaved sleek black cat which she could feel proud of . |
| 5 | The ideal seems to be to have a down load on the tow bar of 10–15 kg ( 20–301b ) . |
| 6 | ‘ And now I 'm to have a new mama , and I do n't really like her one bit . ’ |
| 7 | They are not as swift as cheetah and have to get considerably closer , usually to within twenty yards of their target , if they are to have a reasonable chance of overtaking it when the race begins . |
| 8 | So if we are to have a consistent regional planning framework , that should be weighed in the balance as to whether they 're taken into account in North Yorkshire . |
| 9 | If we are to have a serious debate , we can do without the barracking that passes as comment from the hon. Member for Dunfermline , West . |
| 10 | Will he encourage his right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer to understand that the company car is not a tax-avoidance weapon but an essential tool of British industry and that , if we are to have a strong home-based industry , we do not need taxes so high that Jaguar and Rolls-Royce lose money ? |
| 11 | FOR the first time in many years , anglers in the north west of the province are to have a strong and united voice to convey their views to the authorities on a wide range of matters . |
| 12 | I have already pointed out that the third property is necessary if we are to have a complete theory without parameters . |
| 13 | The more these systems are developed in concert and in a logical sequence , the more likely you are to have a successful implementation , and therefore reap the considerable benefits possible . |
| 14 | Coffee contains volatile gases which must not be lost after roasting if the beans are to have a good nose . |
| 15 | Those practices must be brought to an end , and I know that my hon. Friends will strongly support the Government when we say that enough is enough and that if we are to have a compulsory competitive tendering regime , it must be one under which the private and public sectors are able to compete with absolute equality . |
| 16 | That that 's how it it started , that 's why they were n't part of the force , is , police were part of a co community , and therefore to have respect for the police , seems to me quite vital if we are to have a real sense of of of justice and and fairness . |
| 17 | If district councils in Northern Ireland are to have a meaningful role in promoting tourism and job creation within their areas , can the Secretary of State give us an assurance that he will ask the planners to deal more sympathetically with applications that have district council approval for facilities to cater for the tourists who are coming now and the many more that we expect in the future ? |
| 18 | We need to motivate young people , whatever their aptitude or ability , to acquire further qualifications if we are to have a competitive and well-motivated work force in the 1990s and the next century . |
| 19 | If we are to have a national common curriculum , a balance between its practical and theoretical elements must be aimed at , and the balance observed equally in all areas of learning . |
| 20 | If graduated tests are to have a large measurement component then it seems that , as things stand at present , a significant number of girls will be disadvantaged . |
| 21 | It is essential if you are to have a clear mind about each particular job and interview that you keep your applications and all the information relevant to them methodically filed and easily accessible . |
| 22 | We know at least that we are to have a common centrally determined curriculum for maintained secondary schools . |
| 23 | If we are to have a true two-stage sample , i.e. a sampling scheme for the secondaries within the sampled primaries , we have to face the fact that the primary sampling units can contain very different numbers of secondary sampling units . |
| 24 | And Jonathan would never have recognised her as the girl to whom he had become engaged , the easygoing girl whose only concern had been to have a good time , however much money it took . |
| 25 | The second point er chairman is that one particular solution adopted by a couple of County Councils the one in particular has been to have a local act requiring registration of car boot sales which gives enforcement officers a chance to know they 're going to happen and it also requires display of names and addresses not suggesting it is not entirely suggest that is here but late last night we simply felt we want to talk about the possibility of a framework enabling this legislation which will allow that to happen on national basis oh , as a way of controlling this , this sort of activity . |
| 26 | They were to have a full-time , living-in servant , who would share Ruth 's bedroom , a prospect which did not please her . |
| 27 | Their demands were to have a radical effect on British livestock on a national basis and a massive trade developed in which cattle were reared in the more remote northern and western regions , sent in droves to fatten on grass and turnips in the Midlands , Norfolk , Essex , Hertfordshire , Middlesex and Surrey , and thence to London 's slaughterhouses in due course . |
| 28 | A number of commentators in the late 1970s argued that the scope of work design techniques should be widened , to involve more significant organizational design and culture changes , if these approaches were to have a real impact on organizational performance ( Buchanan , 1979 ; Weir , 1976 ; Wild , 1975 ) . |
| 29 | Now whether we would find in our strate if we were to have a strategic sites policy erm whether there 's an issue there that it might let in as it were too much of that kind of land use and not enough of the manufacturing or proper office kind I think is worth kicking around the table . |
| 30 | If you were to have a new one delivered tomorrow , how would you like to learn how it works ? |