Example sentences of "that they be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | so that men from a very early age learn that women are , are not important creatures , that they 're not to be respected or erm understood certainly , and that they can be erm , beaten and abused and raped ! |
| 2 | These punishments include having ‘ the throat cut across , the tongue torn out by the root ’ and being ‘ buried in the sand of the sea at low water … ’ — this explains why you tend to find heads sticking out of the beach who refuse to tell you that they 're up to . |
| 3 | ‘ I have just received your Portfolio of MS drawings quite safely , ’ wrote the former to the latter in January 1844 ; ‘ I quite agree with you that they are not to be compared in finish with Lear 's , though generally accurate , but then Lear was a Man both for manners in Society & Skill in his Profession not to be easily found or replaced . ’ |
| 4 | Whether or not the fruits of such a hybrid could be commercially exploited is not yet clear , however MacDonald and Wimpey feel that they are on to something very exciting . |
| 5 | Judging by the trade and the spirited bidding , Scotland 's hill farmers now know that they are on to a good thing . |
| 6 | The new , independent Her Majesty 's inspectorate will have the duty of giving a little lion stamp to those inspectors and ensuring that they are up to the mark . |
| 7 | ‘ Attention was called to the Company 's payment of £50 per annum to the Vicar of Stantonbury for managing these schools , seeing that they are about to be handed over to a School Board and it was agreed that the payment be continued as in respect of Sunday School management , but during the pleasure of the Board and to the present incumbent only ’ . |
| 8 | VILLAGERS in Peru are living in terror that they are about to be haunted by a vampire … from Blackburn . |
| 9 | If you want to stay on starboard tack after the start , it is usually better to tack just in front of a group of boats so that they are safely to windward once you start . |
| 10 | Likening God to a shepherd has made many people assume that the point of the metaphor was to emphasize the sheep-like quality of people — that they have no mind of their own , that they are there to be told what to do and treated like sheep . |
| 11 | The business with the whore had proved that they were up to no good . |
| 12 | This conclusion was the result of misinterpretation of data , presumably prompted by the scientists ' preconceived idea that they were on to something very important . |
| 13 | It was greatly taken amiss that they were not to be seen in the bombed vicinities . |
| 14 | Eventually he tied it down and sat muttering about it being typical behaviour of suitcases and that they were not to be trusted . |
| 15 | This last speciality may reflect the much earlier skills of the Franks , the Frankish swords were of such good quality that the Emperor Charlemagne issued an edict that they were not to be exported . |
| 16 | She came downstairs , hung on the wall a portrait of himself that Robin had painted , and his easel below it ; and gave orders that they were not to be removed . |
| 17 | Although the Commission was assigned additional police officers to assist in its inquiries it was clearly implied that they were not to be used for investigating covert intelligence activities . |