Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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31 Whatever the outcome of the Higginson Committee 's inquiry may be , if we are to see a radical improvement in secondary education , we must learn to think not merely of a new form of examination ( and therefore presumably a novel kind of syllabus that will lead to it ) but of a wholly new approach to those studies that we wish to retain in the sixth forms at school , and how these studies are to relate to the pupils ' next step , when they leave school .
32 But the most positive news is that scheduled services to London are to restart in the Spring , following British Midland 's suspension of its Heathrow service in early 1991 .
33 The lead managers of all Heron 's bonds are to meet at the offices of Credit Suisse in Zurich on Monday to plan a concerted response after hearing outline proposals from the company in London last Friday .
34 The Galileo group of end users and system integrators pushing for a common graphical front-end on different types of computers are to meet during the Uniforum show in San Francisco next month : a couple of the Baby Bells and Mitre Corp are said to be latest converts to the cause ( UX Nos 415 , 423 ) .
35 One obvious thing to do would have been to write about the facilities available to homeless people ( or the chronic lack of them in key areas like medical help ) ; however , I have decided against doing that .
36 If we are to persist in the assertion of absolute sovereignty for whatever body happens to sit from time to time at Westminster , the answer must be affirmative .
37 His followers are to trust in the goodness and providence of their heavenly father and abandon their care about the material world .
38 Nevertheless , although it is easy to see why the thrust of the arguments has throughout been to concentrate on the charging of the suspect and ( in the light of Ex parte Saunders ) on the association of a renewed caution with any exercise of the Director 's powers where the person under interrogation has already been charged , I believe that the result has been to set the inquiry off in the wrong direction .
39 The emphasis in such systems has been to concentrate on the representation , organisation and use of linguistic knowledge as encapsulated and expressed by linguistic rules and procedures .
40 Parish councillors are to write to the borough council for permission to fell the tress because of the risk of root damage to nearby houses .
41 Traffic concern : Parish councillors are to write to the borough council and Durham County Council over plans for the new cattle market at Roundhill Road .
42 He was celebrated at court for the eloquence of his sermons , and in 1683 Lord Dartmouth , who commanded the large fleet which was to visit Tangiers and evacuate its garrison , implored him ‘ For God 's sake , and as I am to answer for the preservation of so many souls as he hath put under my care ’ , to join the expedition as his chief chaplain .
43 With the ending of the BBC television 's long-running sailing soap opera , ‘ Howards ' Way ’ ( sighs of relief all round : the last few have been hardly a glowing advertisement for boating or boating business ) comes the announcement that Sadler International are to sell off the moulds and rights to build Barracuda , the prototype of which has been the opening and closing credits ' star of the series .
44 HUNDREDS of Maxwell pensioners are to march to the Commons tomorrow on the eve of the anniversary of the publisher 's death .
45 Further , in the case of such an application , the licensing board are to consult with the fire authority ( subs .
46 And partly this is because the closer you get to concrete ‘ race relations ’ the less likely they are to conform to the models which have informed policy making .
47 ‘ In that case , tell me what you were doing modelling shorts when you should have been rehearsing with the wedding dress you 're to wear at the show . ’
48 God 's anointing remains in you , his spirit teaches you , you 're to remain in the spirit In other words living in Christ .
49 If we 're to go outside the windows
50 ‘ 'You 're to go at the beginning of January , but I shall have to wait till all this house business is finished .
51 The next generation will have to cross many obstacles if they 're to return to the River Windrush .
52 They 're to take during the day .
53 We 're to blame for the way we allow ourselves to be treated , but curiously the solution does not lie in our hands .
54 However , all too often when two-spit digging is recommended , the point that is not made clear is that we should be thinking primarily about the needs of the plants that are to grow in the dug soil .
55 If politics is regarded as conflict over whose preferences are to prevail in the determination of policy , then the budget records the outcomes of this struggle .
56 IRELAND are to resign from the Cricket Council , in order to seek associate membership of ICC .
57 But that must change on Wednesday if England are to win by the sort of margin that will enhance their hopes of World Cup qualification .
58 The priority has been to buy off the ex-brigadiers of Hampshire .
59 You are to leave within the hour .
60 The mandate , it seems , extends to discussing directly with Andrea Corcoran , the engaging lawyer whose unfortunate task it has been to negotiate on the CFTC 's behalf , a solution to the intricate questions of extra-territoriality and segregation of clients ' funds on the London Metal Exchange .
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