Example sentences of "the [noun pl] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mines were dangerous , the mines were not to be left open as an invitation to any foolhardy visitor . |
| 2 | ‘ In fact , ’ said Liz , ‘ I 'd better go and see what the butlers are up to . |
| 3 | The Germans are more to be trusted with maintaining the value of European money than would be a Central Bank with votes for inflationary countries like Greece , Britain or Italy . |
| 4 | When Cardinal Wolsey fell , he had n't finished the building of Tom Quad , the whole of this side was left open because he 'd planned a very grand perpendicular chapel like King 's College Chapel , and erm the ruins , well no , not the ruins , the foundations were still to be seen apparently in the 17th Century John Gomley tells us . |
| 5 | The difference was that although the three ploughs were alleged to have been laid up , ‘ the houses are up to now standing and occupied ’ ; precisely what Greville had done is obscure , but whatever it was it had undoubtedly achieved a dramatic increase in productivity without uprooting the tenants . |
| 6 | The resale of the houses was also to be only to them . |
| 7 | Make sure the plans are up to date and include all buildings . |
| 8 | The skills are there to be bought : the problem is that many farmers have an exaggerated notion of the kind of worker that they can obtain for the money they are willing to offer , as well as an outdated conception of what the farm worker 's skills would fetch in industry . |
| 9 | Perhaps the punishment of the wrong-doers was just to be finished , kaput , over ? |
| 10 | Because the schools are up to 65 miles away , we have had to give a lot of thought to the development of distance learning materials . |
| 11 | The teacher 's interactions with the children will be vital if the opportunities are not to be missed . |
| 12 | We make them at just under a pound but what the record companies charge for them in the shops is up to them |
| 13 | The remainder of the forest wastes was in most cases divided between the lords of the manors and the commoners , in proportion to the value of their interests : the allotments were then to be fenced at the expense of the proprietors . |
| 14 | You may have to tell guests in advance , ‘ We 're cutting the cake and having the speeches in the dining room at half past , ’ then send the chief bridesmaid into the gardens if it is a fine day , and the other bridesmaids around the house , to inform stragglers that the speeches are about to be made . |
| 15 | The corporate power-brokers who dominated Los Angeles a decade ago when the Olympics were about to be staged — the oil moguls , the aerospace kings , the old movie-studio emperors — have now mostly left the scene : their firms broken up , in the hands of bureaucratic managers or wholly owned by foreigners . |
| 16 | The authors are indeed to be congratulated on producing such a clear and authoritative treatment of their subject in so short a time . |
| 17 | The dicta were not to be followed . |
| 18 | The music of the words is there to be used — but not at the expense of the sense and emotional content . |
| 19 | If the risks were not to great Dr. Spackman would go again . |
| 20 | Under s.179 , as amended by CA 1989 , the information obtained by the inspectors is not to be disclosed . |
| 21 | The sunglasses were not to be blamed . |
| 22 | The miners were originally to be moved on 8 January 1990 . |
| 23 | Though appointed by the member governments , the commissioners were not to be representatives of national interests . |
| 24 | ‘ How 's that scheme of yours coming on ? ’ you might ask him and he would reply with just a little too much nonchalance to sound natural : ‘ Oh , I had to give it up ; we had good reason for thinking that the goons were on to it . ’ |
| 25 | The limitations are then to the father for life , remainder to the son for life , remainder to the son 's issue successively in tail , and subject to terms concerning rentcharges and portions as desired . |
| 26 | Although the right to strike had been established , some of the judges were not to be so easily defeated . |
| 27 | The events of 1972 finally persuaded the leaders of organized labour ( and the great mass of trade union members ) that the judges were not to be trusted . |
| 28 | The origins are often to be found by watching and listening to what goes on in the Soccer Specials — the trains and coaches which fans hire to transport themselves to away games . |
| 29 | However , in practice often the micros are not to be found near the chalkface : rather they tend to live on trolleys and inhabit locked cupboards in primary schools , and cluster in specialist departments at secondary and FE levels . |
| 30 | He said it correctly suspecting that the Conservatives were about to be pitched back into opposition by Lord Aberdeen 's coalition of Peelites , Whigs and Liberals . |