Example sentences of "[pron] be [to-vb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
2 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
3 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
4 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
5 | Later I was to see this body investigating a syllabus elsewhere . |
6 | Later I was to find this sort of coincidence recurring . |
7 | An RAF station which is to close this year has said farewell to its last jet fighter . |
8 | So wrote Betty Friedan , who was a suburban housewife in the act of writing the book which was to shatter this image . |
9 | I still remember my headmaster 's damning indictment : ‘ Jeannette could be a Cambridge scholar if she were to stop this nonsense of falling in love . ’ |
10 | For Lukács it was the proletariat who were to achieve this praxis . |
11 | If you were to press this thing |
12 | But who is to provide this training and of what should it consist ? |
13 | They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . |
14 | She was to marry this mountebank , this hypocritical toad of a Sir Thomas . |
15 | If we are to take this speech as accurate reportage within the conventions of deathbed narratives , is there not something a little remarkable in Leapor 's assuring her friend and patron that she has always loved her father , though never so much as now , when she is dying ? |
16 | We are to christen this child Pilade , being the name of Ferdinando 's maternal grandfather whom he wishes to honour . |
17 | If we are to overcome this sort of problem in future we must put even greater resources into British Rail to safeguard trains , crews and passengers . |
18 | CPRW believes such an investigation is desperately needed if we are to stem this slide into anarchy and social dissension . |
19 | If we are to avoid this foundationalist conclusion we shall have to show that the regress argument is fallacious . |
20 | ‘ If we are to maintain this type of lead , we need realistic support similar to our competitors ’ , he says . |
21 | If we 're to take this motion seriously erm the tories are suggesting that council housing should be restricted to those in mo most in need . |
22 | If we 're to do this work effectively , er , then it has to be in conjunction with you . |
23 | How would it be , Richard , if we were to continue this discussion over a very large pink gin ? " |
24 | If we were to extend this line of reasoning , we would also have to consider the materiality of services such as hairdressing , advertising and repairs which , arguably , take a tangible form and benefit their customers for a period of time after production . |
25 | I was gon na be happy to move the recommendation sir and anyone who 's aware of the traffic problem in London Road Brandon will , will support that and also sir the figures that in the questionnaire that was sent out support route A , emphatically because you 'll notice that double the people er double the number who returned the questionnaire supported route A as opposed to any of the other alternatives , so , so I think the , the recommendation that we were to accept this morning 's various adequately worded and , and accepted . |
26 | No one is to leave this office before a quarter to five . |
27 | ‘ No one is to enter this church until I say . ’ |
28 | There is a growing body of professional opinion that senior managers in secondary schools face and increasing need to work in close collaboration if they are to meet this challenge effectively . |
29 | We have also made it absolutely clear that we will ensure that our deterrent is effective and absolutely credible , and that it puts real fear into any potential aggressor about the damage that he could suffer if he were to attack this country . |
30 | ‘ The only people who are are the politicians whose job it is to sort this crisis out . ’ |