Example sentences of "be to be for [art] " in BNC.

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1 Some odd-looking monsters had been produced by designers striving to come to terms with these innovations , but by 1880 warships were already essentially what they were to be for the rest of the century , armoured , steam-driven and screw-propelled , with their main armament in revolving turrets or carried broadside .
2 Cool and fresh it 's to be for the fish , more studied and solid for the main course ; for the dessert , fragile and delicate .
3 If the hat is to be for a grown-up , measure a grown-up 's head , again adding 5cms for overlap , and cut the tissue paper to this size .
4 Along with alterations to the lineout , the amendment is to be for an experimental twelve months only .
5 The appointment was to be for the life of his father , Richard Earl of Cornwall , the king 's brother , with reversion to the Crown .
6 The contemporary open door was to be for the benefit of the Chinese , not their disadvantage .
7 However , for funding reasons this centre was to be for the whole region .
8 The Pill was to be for the sexual revolution what steam was to the industrial revolution .
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