Example sentences of "[be] [prep] be [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So basically for drawing all designs that are to be in a single colour , relying on texture for their effect , I use the Fancy Patterns option . |
| 2 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 3 | ‘ How lucky we are to be in a band and not having to get up every morning to do a crappy job . |
| 4 | These were to be of a loose fit above the knee and slightly tapered below to follow ‘ the shape of the leg from above the calf to the top of the shoe . ’ |
| 5 | It was possible to estimate the approximate vicinity of the conjectural planet if it were to be of a reasonable size and to be responsible for the perturbation of Uranus ' orbit . |
| 6 | The old rule was that requisitions on title were dealt with after contracts had been exchanged , and that prior to that time the questions were to be of a practical nature , as per the form of preliminary enquiries . |
| 7 | Fortunately , it happens that we have a common friend and both he and Mr Maxwell were to be at a board meeting in New York on Monday . ’ |
| 8 | He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station . |
| 9 | The infant churches experienced from the synagogues persecution which , when full grown , they were to be in a position to return . |
| 10 | The clubhouse plans ( of which no copy exists ) were discussed , and were revised to include a scullery ; the usual offices ( presumably the toilets ) were to be in a detached , rather than integral , building . |
| 11 | ‘ It would be extra-ordinary and , in our opinion , unthinkable if the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) were to be in a position thereafter to pronounce upon other grounds of appeal and thereby destroy the order of the House of Lords by again quashing the conviction . ’ |
| 12 | Albert 's philosophies crop up in the White House 's cancer policy paper , which is to be as a blueprint for everything from pesticides to pills . |
| 13 | ‘ One of the reasons we want to become a university is to be on a level playing field in terms of recruiting students . |
| 14 | Where the due diligence is to be on a major scale , then along with the accountants and solicitors involved , there may be other professionals , including insurance brokers , chartered surveyors , management consultants , patent and trade-mark agents , environmental consultants , actuaries , credit reference agencies , and even a merchant banker . |
| 15 | If the hat is to be for a grown-up , measure a grown-up 's head , again adding 5cms for overlap , and cut the tissue paper to this size . |
| 16 | ‘ I live 20 minutes away from the set , but when you are working 16 hours a day the last thing you need is to be in a foreign country with a small child . |
| 17 | The value of relative inheritance arises because of difference ( 6 ) — the chunk difference : for example , assume a chunk of text includes a title that is to be in a bigger font than the surrounding text . |
| 18 | The main thing for me at this stage in my career is to be in a well organised team which will help me win the 250 World Championship . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) The readership of the report must be known if the writing is to be in a style to suit the recipients . |
| 20 | And the only way of making sure they do n't unless it 's completely clear is to be in a a safe positive lane on your way through the roundabout . |
| 21 | For Miss Green her new area was to be along a ‘ corridor ’ accessible from railway stations on the Kettering , Huntingdon , Peterborough line , in ‘ … a poor county , thinly populated , neglected by all organisations other than Women 's Institutes … ’ . |
| 22 | demanding to know the date of the party — which was unanswerable , since no one knew when Karl would be back from Dresden — and either confirming that , anyway , if it was to be on a week-end they would be resent — or not Frau Nordern was annoyed b the refusals but Herr Nordern had a drier view ‘ Most of them have hardly heard of Karl , ’ he said ‘ and anyway it is n't everyone who wants to be seen meeting … . |
| 23 | It was to be on a new site and act as a combined station for suburban and express services . |
| 24 | Marriage , though it was to be to a priest , and thus well within her world , represented an escape from her family . |
| 25 | But it was to be over a month before Dad ‘ turned up ’ again . |
| 26 | My beer was to be in a posh hotel where I was being treated for my birthday , and after the heaven of getting out of a T-shirt that was generating its own new species of life in the arm pits , and into a hot bath , I looked forward to discussing the day eagerly with my companion . |
| 27 | The head stressed that what Balbinder needed was to be in a small group , not in a class of twenty-three . |
| 28 | Knowing what it was to be in a universe . |
| 29 | It was to be in a small town called Bad Schwarzendom . ’ |
| 30 | The intended use of the eventual instrument was to be in a standard growth cabinet or growth room . |