Example sentences of "be [pron] to [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it to be the old , old British story , of our doing the earliest work , and other nations taking advantage of our brains ? |
| 2 | Is it to be the often ideal arrangement of a ‘ granny-flat ’ extension to your house , in which she will have her own bed-sitter with kitchen , bathroom and lavatory ? |
| 3 | Thus far we have seen that the perspective from which to view bias is to be that of the reasonable man ; it is not to be the individual affected himself ( because he may be perverse , oversensitive , etc. ) , nor is it to be the ex post detachment of a reviewing court , ( which is the disagreement with the Barnsley formulation ) . |
| 4 | Is it to be the Lord Lieutenant of the County ? |
| 5 | Is it to be the Chairman of the Local Chamber of Commerce ? |
| 6 | Here , by contrast , the father was himself to be the principal debtor and the transaction , so far as the plaintiffs were concerned , was to be completed by their solicitors . |
| 7 | The airport was to be built over the sea , partly on piles and partly on reclaimed land off Taipa Island , which was itself to be the subject of major development . |
| 8 | Was it to be the relatively independent tradition of political argument , criticism and competition that characterized some of the English language papers of pre-independence West Africa ? |
| 9 | Was it to be the man from behind the yellow door ? |