Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [to-vb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Say , ’ he said , ‘ you 'd better tell me more precisely about what I am to wear to this ball . |
2 | Berenice 's blood-pressure is far too high and the doctors are insistent she must n't have worries of any kind if she 's to go to full term . ’ |
3 | If we are to attribute to social classes the capacity to perceive their interests , we shall have to analyse this property . |
4 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman appreciate that , if we were to return to 100 per cent . |
5 | What a revolution there would be in our behaviour and attitudes if we were to stick to those two principles ! |
6 | But I am sure that we should get on better if we were to come to some terms with them " . |
7 | It is to attend to all his master 's needs . |
8 | ‘ Mr Lilley should go to any city in this country and try to live with nothing … find how degrading it is to go to those places and ask for blankets and ask for food . ’ |
9 | Finally , it is clear that centralized planning such as this must be kept under constant review , if it is to respond to changed needs and resources . |
10 | This is stored in the directory \Windows and all you have to do to run it is to change to this directory and type MSD . |
11 | As Burton-Roberts suggests , criterion A ( the requirement that elements in apposition refer to the same entity ) would have to be extended if it is to apply to sentential and other non-nominal appositions . |
12 | It was to run to 2,300 pages of foolscap . |
13 | On average workers ' pay in Belorussia had dropped by 1922 to 73.5 per cent of the 1913 level , but in 1923 it was to rise to 112.5 per cent . |
14 | But that was the first case of that absolute determination which he was to use to great effect in the later films I did with him . ’ |