Example sentences of "[is] to perform the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 353 ) the Court of Exchequer Chamber held that a promise by A to pay existing debts that he owed B was no consideration for a promise by C. Lord Abinger C.B. said : ‘ Now a consideration to support a promise must either operate to the advantage of the party making the promise , or to the detriment of the party who is to perform the consideration . |
| 2 | The main role of protein , however , is to perform the functions of each individual cell . |
| 3 | Thus the intention of the actor is to perform the act , and local knowledge provides him with the means to achieve it . |
| 4 | She spends much of the opera in disguise , first as a ‘ doctor ’ who ‘ revives ’ the Albanians ( who have pretended to kill themselves when rejected ) by means of an enormous magnet ( thanks to Dr Mesmer ) , and then as the notary who is to perform the marriage ceremony . |
| 5 | That round-the-clock open church door meant a succession of welcome visitors – the givers of goods , our learned advisers , chance visitors , and even a London actor , Roger Rees , of R.S.C. 's Nicholas Nickleby fame , who is to perform the Book of Revelation in St. A's & St. G 's Church in October . |