Example sentences of "[pron] be to carry [adv prt] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Siban commands , and I am to carry out the reconnaissance . ’
2 The Board , which is to carry out the logging operation , has recommended felling the older trees as their younger counterparts are more resistant to air pollution .
3 But if we convert our traders into stock-jobbers , who is to carry on the commerce of the kingdom ?
4 De Alwis , Dr Netasinghe , head of the veterinary team , and the park rangers and trackers had another trump card in the person of the man who was to carry out the darting .
5 True it was that the plaintiff did not undertake to do any work additional to that which he had originally undertaken to do but the terms on which he was to carry out the work were varied and , in my judgment , that variation was supported by consideration which a pragmatic approach to the true relationship between the parties readily demonstrates .
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