Example sentences of "be [pers pn] [to-vb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Or are we to suppose that Capitalism having been displaced by Socialism in the Marxist version , work with all the disagreeable characteristics which turn it into toil or boredom will have been reduced to the bare minimum necessary to sustain society and that a consequent and vast increase in the leisure will enable us to fulfil ourselves ? |
2 | " Are we to gather that Dreadnought is asking us all to do something dishonest ? " |
3 | All other doctrines are very secondary to that , and the question is are we to express that reality or must we continue to obscure it . |
4 | Were I to tell that story to my own son and tell him too of the subsequent shame and guilt that haunted me for months and is still so deeply etched in my memory , he would laugh and wonder what it was all about . |
5 | Were we to suppose that life was purposive , that everything was part of a planned progression due to culminate in the appearance of man or some other creature that might rival him in dominating the world , then the echinoderms could be dismissed as of no consequence . |
6 | The hon. Gentleman would address the problem more accurately were he to acknowledge that fact . |
7 | How was she to get that money ? |