Example sentences of "of [noun prp] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But thereafter , the powers of LEAs are now to be greatly restricted . |
| 2 | The new museum at the Bank of England was soon to be opened by the Queen . |
| 3 | The wetlands and wastes of England were soon to be loud with their tumults . |
| 4 | These claims were never universally accepted ; the destruction of the unity of Christendom by the Reformation helped to undermine the authority of the Pope to allocate territory , but it was Catholic France that first challenged Spain 's position in the West Indies and that conflict had been going on for some years when in 1559 , at the end of one round of European wars , France and Spain included in the peace treaty a clause which stated that fighting in regions west of the Azores or south of the Tropic of Cancer was not to be taken as a reason for resuming hostilities in Europe . |
| 5 | THE remote Shetland island of Foula is about to be brought closer with a £750,000 ferry package . |
| 6 | Shiksas were to promise an escape from Jewish America , as the promised land of Israel was eventually to be evoked as doing for Henry Zuckerman . |
| 7 | So the arms of Bern are there to this day . |
| 8 | In Western societies like Britain awareness of the possible or actual dangers of RE is more to the fore than appreciation of its potential assets . |
| 9 | His absence has fuelled rumours that the house of Lacroix is about to be closed by owner and financial backer Bernard Arnault . |
| 10 | We have concluded therefore that the maleness of Christ is not to be evaded . |
| 11 | ‘ To try to provide good government to the people of Egypt is hardly to be a traitor . ’ |
| 12 | In many a country public house in Ayrshire and far beyond , a photograph of Baron of Buchlyvie is still to be seen on the wall . |
| 13 | When these arrived I realised that my dream of Halton was not to be . |
| 14 | The whole of Europe was soon to be interested in his work . |
| 15 | He believes it would be extremely difficult for the Irish Government , having made these special exemptions , to announce that other parts of Mayo are now to be added to the list . |
| 16 | THE Duchess of York was back to her normal cheerful self yesterday as she undertook her second public engagement since the summer 's topless photos saga . |
| 17 | Coleridge 's opinion of Dorothy was soon to be recorded by him in words no less intense , and by the time he parted from the Wordsworths on 28 June , they were all determined that their separation from one another should be as brief as possible . |
| 18 | The full story of the history of VBK is yet to be uncovered . |
| 19 | ‘ One moment , ’ the Maître d'Hôtel said , ‘ while I check , ’ and Lucy was pretty sure that whatever it might say on the reservations list , no booking in the name of Wingate was about to be found . |