Example sentences of "be [to-vb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Talks on the future of Northern Ireland are to carry on next week . |
| 2 | Eschewing strategic analysis in favour of a more polemical approach he argued that these concessions were to be used as ‘ trans-shipping points for American combat units that are to carry out punitive operations against the peoples of the Near and Middle East , as well as in Africa ’ . |
| 3 | It indicates the persons who are to carry out those aspects of the work , thereby defining person responsibilities . |
| 4 | Secondly , is it appropriate to regard the state as bringing companies into existence on the understanding that they are to carry out public purposes , and hence similarly justifying a right of intervention ? |
| 5 | The principal object of the formation of a service company will be to carry out administrative functions concerned with the running of the practice — eg the employment of staff , hiring premises , furniture and equipment and general maintenance . |
| 6 | In general , a reasonably safe procedure would be to prune back main stems by a third during the dormant season plus , with shrubs that are well established , a somewhat vigorous removal of old , spent stems before they become senile . |
| 7 | To stop our enquiry at this point would be to bracket out those elements which I suggested earlier constitute the deep structures of these texts . |
| 8 | The next step will be to set up collaborative research projects , under the Science and Engineering Research Council . |
| 9 | However necessary it might sometimes be to put down rebellious non-Europeans , there was no good reason why Europeans should fight among themselves over spheres of influence . |
| 10 | And the last thing in the world you 'd want would be to give up this opportunity Monsieur Verveine has given you . |
| 11 | Accepting that the body clock is slow to adjust to a time-zone transition , our aim must be to speed up this adjustment . |
| 12 | Once manufactured and distributed , the material may always find its way to the hands of others who are less equable , so that its effect may be to stir up racial hatred indirectly . |
| 13 | The Belgrade conference on security and co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) of 1977–8 , designed to follow up the 1975 Helsinki decisions , proved how difficult it would be to break down East-West suspicions . |
| 14 | Part of the school 's work with the press may well be to break down unfair stereotypes about shortages of equipment , dilapidation , neglect and poor levels of morale , though these are serious concerns there are still an overwhelming number of positive aspects to primary education that are worth celebrating and sharing . |
| 15 | I think our ploy on erm recreation would be to bring in private operators . |
| 16 | ( Actions are to hold up five fingers until at ‘ sizzle ’ the fingers begin waving . |
| 17 | If we are to hold out any hope of a substantial improvement in the pay and conditions of the farm worker , therefore , trade unionism seems to offer a means of achieving these ends on only the largest farming enterprises , where plant bargaining above the AWB rates becomes a possibility . |
| 18 | A week after the operation that took us to Southern Ireland , I was told to take Venturous up the east coast to Hull and from there , after a crew change , we were to carry out extended patrols northwards which would eventually involve us in a complete circumnavigation of the British Isles . |
| 19 | What do you think would happen if the Duke of Sutherland 's paintings , which include four great Titians and the Poussin ‘ Seven Sacraments ’ among other masterpieces , were to come up next month ? |
| 20 | He thought her arms were outstretched for him , but realised with a pang of disappointment they were to ward off any obstruction that might be between them . |
| 21 | Its instructions were to buy up Polish land and estates for resale to German settlers at massively reduced prices . |
| 22 | The lord had to employ labourers to chop the growth back once every year ; the same men were to fill in large holes and ruts in the highway with stones and boulders removed from flanking fields . |
| 23 | The provincial authorities were to turn over more revenue to the state while receiving reduced subsidies , in order to centralize resources . |
| 24 | And what would you do if someone were to break down those pillars , Shae — scream and protest and say it had all been done against your will ? ’ |
| 25 | Independence from police would be illustrated if FMEs were to take on more defence work . |
| 26 | If the UN were to take over some government functions , the bill might rise to $10m a month . |
| 27 | There was concern , however , that half of the Bracamonte Battalion 's 1,000 soldiers were to take up new posts in the army . |
| 28 | A third of services were to take off sick crewmen . |
| 29 | On his instructions , the bombardment was intense but lasted less than a day , its object being to take out selected points in the enemy 's defence , rather than to destroy the Austrian trenches . |
| 30 | If any Government were to bring in these pledges , they would either have to dishonour them and thereby deceive the public , or income tax payers at all levels of income would need to cough up and pay more to fund them . |