Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I were to take this gun and shoot … who ? |
| 2 | DENNING J. stated the facts and continued : If I were to consider this matter without regard to recent developments in the law , there is no doubt that , had the plaintiffs claimed it , they would have been entitled to recover ground rent at the rate of £2,500 a year from the beginning of the term , since the lease under which it was payable was a lease under seal which , according to the old common law , could not be varied by an agreement by parol ( whether in writing or not ) , but only by deed . |
| 3 | If I were to rewrite this book in ten years ' time , in the light of further research and experience , my own views might well have changed somewhat . |
| 4 | Then he said , ‘ If I was to advertise this job how likely would you be to apply for it ? ’ , and suddenly the hairs prickled on the back of my neck , because I knew he was serious . |
| 5 | Later I was to see this body investigating a syllabus elsewhere . |
| 6 | Later I was to find this sort of coincidence recurring . |
| 7 | And then ri , down a bit further in verse eleven , pass through the midst of the camp and command the people say , preva , prepare provisions for yourself , for within three days you are to cross this Jordan to go in and possess the land which the Lord , your God , is giving you to possess it . |
| 8 | I still remember my headmaster 's damning indictment : ‘ Jeannette could be a Cambridge scholar if she were to stop this nonsense of falling in love . ’ |
| 9 | If you were to press this thing |
| 10 | They had left her at school as long as they could , because they did n't know what to do with her ; but now she was to take this course and later get a job on a newspaper . |
| 11 | She was to marry this mountebank , this hypocritical toad of a Sir Thomas . |
| 12 | If we are to take this speech as accurate reportage within the conventions of deathbed narratives , is there not something a little remarkable in Leapor 's assuring her friend and patron that she has always loved her father , though never so much as now , when she is dying ? |
| 13 | We are to christen this child Pilade , being the name of Ferdinando 's maternal grandfather whom he wishes to honour . |
| 14 | If we are to overcome this sort of problem in future we must put even greater resources into British Rail to safeguard trains , crews and passengers . |
| 15 | CPRW believes such an investigation is desperately needed if we are to stem this slide into anarchy and social dissension . |
| 16 | If we are to avoid this foundationalist conclusion we shall have to show that the regress argument is fallacious . |
| 17 | ‘ If we are to maintain this type of lead , we need realistic support similar to our competitors ’ , he says . |
| 18 | If we 're to take this motion seriously erm the tories are suggesting that council housing should be restricted to those in mo most in need . |
| 19 | If we 're to do this work effectively , er , then it has to be in conjunction with you . |
| 20 | How would it be , Richard , if we were to continue this discussion over a very large pink gin ? " |
| 21 | If we were to extend this line of reasoning , we would also have to consider the materiality of services such as hairdressing , advertising and repairs which , arguably , take a tangible form and benefit their customers for a period of time after production . |
| 22 | I was gon na be happy to move the recommendation sir and anyone who 's aware of the traffic problem in London Road Brandon will , will support that and also sir the figures that in the questionnaire that was sent out support route A , emphatically because you 'll notice that double the people er double the number who returned the questionnaire supported route A as opposed to any of the other alternatives , so , so I think the , the recommendation that we were to accept this morning 's various adequately worded and , and accepted . |
| 23 | There is a growing body of professional opinion that senior managers in secondary schools face and increasing need to work in close collaboration if they are to meet this challenge effectively . |
| 24 | We have also made it absolutely clear that we will ensure that our deterrent is effective and absolutely credible , and that it puts real fear into any potential aggressor about the damage that he could suffer if he were to attack this country . |
| 25 | ‘ The only people who are are the politicians whose job it is to sort this crisis out . ’ |
| 26 | Do you know know difficult it is to make this thing go slowly ? ’ |
| 27 | Can I , at this point , reiterate how important it is to have this type of insurance cover if you are taking private classes . |
| 28 | It is to capture this function that Althusser defined the state to include almost all non-economic organizations , except the revolutionary party of the working class , in the process definitionally obliterating the difference between input politics and state organization , or between the state and society ( Polan , 1984 , pp. 34 — 5 ) . |
| 29 | He also demonstrates how hard it is to maintain this view , and how easy it is to lapse into logocentric assumptions . |
| 30 | The more the puppy is travel sick , the more it associates the car with a bad experience and the harder it is to break this association . |