Example sentences of "['s] [noun pl] [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the mid-1970s , it was seen by the Labour administration as part of a comprehensive strategy towards regional economic and physical development in that the SDA 's activities were to be mirrored in Wales by the Welsh Development Agency ( WDA ) and in England by the National Enterprise Board ( NEB ) . |
| 2 | Indeed , the House of Lords expressly approved the earlier judgment in Al Saudi Banque and Others v Clark Pixley ( 1989 ) 3 All ER 361 in which it was held that auditors did not owe a duty of care to a number of banks because it could not be established that the auditors knew either that the company 's accounts were to be shown to the banks or that the banks would rely on them in reaching decisions as lenders . |
| 3 | Now the village 's secrets were to be revealed at last . |
| 4 | Rhetoric and promises are all right , but if Labour 's pledges are to be honoured , there is no question but that the ordinary taxpayer will be affected — or that some of those pledges will have to be reneged upon . |
| 5 | [ Ainslie 's maps are to be found in the Scottish Record Office , National Library of Scotland , and the British Museum . ] |
| 6 | Soviets of people 's deputies were to be given the right to distribute land to individuals , to collective and state farms , to institutions and to enterprises . |
| 7 | One of today 's letterbombs was to a farmer with convictions for cruelty to animals , the other to a cat breeder . |
| 8 | That at least was the rationale behind the nepotism , though in practice Nicolae Ceauşescu 's brothers were as little use to him in the final analysis as Napoleon 's brothers were to the beleaguered emperor . |
| 9 | This is a choice between two types of reading , in that one can choose between them on the basis of whether the novel 's contradictions are to be articulated and sustained in the act of reading ( " rhetorically aware " ) or suppressed by the reading ( " aesthetically responsive " ) . |
| 10 | The piano works of Igor Stravinsky are not well represented on CD , so the re-issue of Michel Béroff 's recordings is to be welcomed with open arms . |
| 11 | If there is a contract of employment , the employee 's obligations were to be determined from the contract . |
| 12 | It is commonly accepted that part of a nurse 's functions is to be sensitive to and provide care for the psychological needs of patients , achieved in part through interpersonal relationships . |
| 13 | Between 1941 and 1947 , Rank 's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain . |
| 14 | It is " through faith and patience " that the Bible 's promises are to be obtained . |
| 15 | ‘ I think President Premadasa read the signals correctly , and realised that if people 's needs were to be met , media had to be both liberated and liberalised . |
| 16 | Clearly if Henry 's protests were to be taken seriously he would have to match his words with deeds . |
| 17 | The owner 's initials were to be branded in Sinhala script on the other side . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered . |
| 19 | ‘ You will have noticed , Admiral , ’ Talbot said , ‘ how devoted the Ariadne 's officers are to their duty . |
| 20 | If the purchaser 's and the vendor 's accountants are to be involved , and it is strongly recommended that they are , it is imperative that they should be involved as early as possible in negotiating this part of the sale agreement . |
| 21 | Now the computer 's resources are to be used to help point the finger at the possible killer of James Bulger . |
| 22 | I tell him that the idea of investigating the life of a beautiful French anthropologist , who , in common with seventy thousand other Jews from France , was gassed ( in a crowd , indistinguishable to the SS as the laibon 's cattle are to me ) , was my starting point . |
| 23 | The roots torn up and bleeding on the ground and the woman smashed by life 's storms were to him interchangeable images . |
| 24 | The Company 's objectives are to : Manage effectively its existing reserves portfolio ; find and develop efficiently additional reserves which offer significant potential to add value for shareholders ; build a business which is profitable even at low oil prices ; and provide a strong financial base to support its operations . |
| 25 | But they could not ignore West German and French fears of Anglo-Saxon concessions , nor the possibility that one of Khrushchev 's objectives was to foment divisions within the Western alliance . |
| 26 | There are no structural changes in the villa itself except that the wall between it and the gamekeeper 's quarters is to be demolished to make a bigger kitchen . |
| 27 | The fullest version of Gloucester 's arguments is to be found on the parliament roll of January 1484 and purports to be the petition presented to Gloucester when he was asked to take the throne in June . |
| 28 | The fullest version of Gloucester 's arguments is to be found on the parliament roll of January 1484 and purports to be the petition presented to Gloucester when he was asked to take the throne in June . |
| 29 | After a few questions and answers swap roles , and then discuss how convincing the Christian 's answers were to the non-Christian . |
| 30 | By 1945 that policy had worked , and anyone who still wanted to get lost in mazes like Pound 's Cantos was to be left to pursue his passion like a solitary vice . |