Example sentences of "we be [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Here I just want to concentrate on what may be required if we are to shift to a different mode of argumentation .
2 And , put simply , followers of Christ exist for Christ , to please him , as he ‘ looks on ’ ; for whatever we do in word or deed , we are to do for the honour of Jesus Christ the Lord .
3 This may mean we need younger managers , if we are to capitalize on the correlation of ‘ helicopter ’ ability with managerial performance .
4 If we are to vote for the family because it is good , warm and loving , what are we to do if it turns cold ? ’ ; it well-nigh accused Labour of giving ‘ a sharp twist to a competitive spiral of wholesome image making ’ ; and it stated that the Tory Government must be defeated by ‘ the issues ’ .
5 We apologise for the outspokenness of this letter , but it is felt that if we are to continue as a national organisation of good standing , we must put our house in order before it is too late .
6 If we are to continue with a system of grants for specific operations on the land we must ask ourselves whether , in many crofting areas , we would not get better land use , and a greater benefit to the nation , if we grant-aided amenity planting on the in-bye land to improve the appearance of the villages .
7 ‘ Tax changes are going to have to be carefully considered if we are to continue on the path to recovery . ’
8 Yet if we are to pronounce on the desirability or otherwise of individual monopoly situations , or proposed mergers , this is clearly what is required to provide an unambiguous policy recommendation .
9 Then we are to pray for the things we need for the doing of that holy will — food for the body and soul , forgiveness for the failures and sins of the past , and help to forgive others who sin against us , protection in temptation and deliverance from evil .
10 If we are to abide by a pure nominalism or particularism , we are forced into externalism , and this is vicious .
11 And now we are to wait for the next ethnic war to intervene to salve our pitifully insensitive consciences and our failure to shape and conduct an effective policy : a neat one , no complications , allowing intervention with few , possibly no , losses .
12 It is obvious that the more we are aware of the feelings , the more we understand about the filter and the better placed we are to minister to an individual 's needs .
13 Clearly , there are further topics to be placed on the sociologist 's agenda when studying teachers ' work if we are to move beyond the assumption that we all know about teachers and teaching .
14 If we are to move to an era of low or nil inflation and to the European way of doing things , whereby house prices will not increase , I do not know what will happen to the economy of the south of England or to unemployment .
15 But if we are to move towards the maximum recycling of plastics , and the maximum environmental benefit , then food packaging should not be ruled out .
16 Tonight we are to lodge at the Blue Boar inn near High Cross , the same tavern the Usurper rested at before Bosworth .
17 If we are to profit from an international perspective on curriculum management , we have surely to deepen our questions .
18 For if we are to follow through the themes outlined in Chapter 3 , then the process which is identified as ‘ depoliticization ’ is nothing more than the gradual erosion of the supremacy of explicit political content in the press and it is not germane to any specific period .
19 Newsome is just the sort of defender we need if we are to compete at the highest level .
20 ‘ If we are to compete with the world 's best 10 we have to ensure that our productivity matches theirs .
21 If we are to look after the legitimate interests of the preserved railways , one or two changes need to be made to the Bill .
22 If we are to persist in the assertion of absolute sovereignty for whatever body happens to sit from time to time at Westminster , the answer must be affirmative .
23 If we are to learn from an experience it is vital to review what happened during the experience .
24 Whatever the reasons for these changes , be they because of a hostile government , new technology or the European dimension , we must respond and change if we are to survive as a creditable organization .
25 If we are to survive in the West End , we have to guarantee that every performance is up to scratch .
26 How we are to rise to the challenge is articulated in our plan of action , which follows :
27 If we 're to go outside the windows
28 We 're to blame for the way we allow ourselves to be treated , but curiously the solution does not lie in our hands .
29 For me , this was really a fantastic prospect , for we were to live in a college where we were to have our own bedroom , bathroom and sitting-room , and all meals provided .
30 I think the postman would never have been able to decipher your scribble , your own version of Walser 's MS , Bleistiftgebiet or Kingdom of the Pencil , which we were to describe in a later poem , ‘ The Poem in the Pencil ’ .
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