Example sentences of "[pron] be [to-vb] as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We drank tea , and very often I would arrive some five to ten minutes earlier than the appointed time , so the maid would tell me that I was to wait as madame was still resting . |
| 2 | The bell continued to hang there , the rope passing through apertures in the ceilings of the top , first and ground floors into a poky cell which was to double as cloakroom and bellringer 's room . |
| 3 | If you are to succeed as Chairman you must be well versed in what the committee 's task is supposed to be . |
| 4 | In his will he left £12 to be given to twelve old maids who were to act as pall bearers . |
| 5 | Mr. Belville is after to come to town to settle matters and then to go down to her where they are to live as man and wife . |
| 6 | The circuit 's owners , the exclusive British Racing Drivers ' Club , whose members include Nigel Mansell , Stirling Moss , James Hunt and Jackie Stewart , admit that they need to spend £15-20 million on the track if it is to continue as home of the British Grand Prix . |
| 7 | Though primarily a commentary on Henry II 's government in England , the Policraticus used the terms of Roman law , princeps for ruler and provincia , province , for the area of his rule ; these suggest that John also intended his book to be relevant to France , the land in which he had been educated and to which he was to return as bishop of Chartres . |
| 8 | First , all societies develop their own ideas as to what is to count as rationality . |
| 9 | If the truth of this presupposition were doubted , it could be established by reference to actual practice : to the way in which courts identify what is to count as law , and to the general acceptance of or acquiescence in these identifications … |