Example sentences of "[modal v] be [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When morning came she was too ill with the poison to move and despite her weak protests he told her he would watch over her , for no eagle should be prey to gull or crow . |
| 2 | All entries should be address to Kit Kat Competition The editor 's decision is final . |
| 3 | It might be convention to lunch in the executive suite . |
| 4 | In a few seconds time he might be face to face with the man who had killed Daniel . |
| 5 | Before the war grammar schools were distinguished by their academic curriculum , by the existence of sixth forms , from which there could be progress to university , and by the academic qualifications of the teachers ; and so , after 1944 , it was taken for granted that the grammar school ideal must be preserved in its familiar form . |
| 6 | So , it could be goodbye to body odour — but only in the right room . |
| 7 | The British REd Cross are selling training packs for would be babysitters to accompagny the course . |
| 8 | Pask stonewalled , claiming variously that he had no staff to answer questions , that only one boiler-maker in Britain was capable of making unit boilers for large sets , that they would encounter operational difficulties , that there would be economies to replication of smaller sets , that larger sets were more expensive than small ones , and that station layouts would not accommodate them . |
| 9 | She found it hard to believe that a Press Officer would be party to evidence of this nature . |
| 10 | Moreover , such a trend would be counter to government action during the 1980s , when central government grants to local government were progressively reduced . |