Example sentences of "[conj] be [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To join or be sent to a concentration camp . |
| 2 | In that case , the electorate might well prefer to be Red and live to fight another day rather than be consigned to a nuclear crematorium . |
| 3 | The Home Support Project was both an action project ( to provide a service for elderly people with dementia which would help those who wished to remain at home rather than be admitted to an institution ) and a research project ( to evaluate the success of the action project ) . |
| 4 | Sometimes when my mother told me how fortunate I was , how lucky to live in a nice house and be engaged to a good man , I felt like a fish in a gilded cage . |
| 5 | Dr Alastair McLeish , the branch secretary of the ULA , said the one-day strike at the school would go ahead tomorrow and be escalated to a three-day strike next week . |
| 6 | Passengers must also be selected at random and be subjected to a complete baggage check . |
| 7 | It may seem at first sight that the plot of land , the fief , as it was called , was a reward for service , something granted in exchange for service , which would fall in when the vassal died and be regranted to a new vassal . |