Example sentences of "we be [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | This may mean we need younger managers , if we are to capitalize on the correlation of ‘ helicopter ’ ability with managerial performance . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Tax changes are going to have to be carefully considered if we are to continue on the path to recovery . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Tonight we are to lodge at the Blue Boar inn near High Cross , the same tavern the Usurper rested at before Bosworth . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Newsome is just the sort of defender we need if we are to compete at the highest level . |
| 13 | ‘ If we are to compete with the world 's best 10 we have to ensure that our productivity matches theirs . |
| 14 | If we are to look after the legitimate interests of the preserved railways , one or two changes need to be made to the Bill . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If we are to survive in the West End , we have to guarantee that every performance is up to scratch . |
| 17 | How we are to rise to the challenge is articulated in our plan of action , which follows : |
| 18 | If we 're to go outside the windows |
| 19 | We 're to blame for the way we allow ourselves to be treated , but curiously the solution does not lie in our hands . |
| 20 | ‘ Look , Micky , ’ said Peter Hickton , ‘ would it help if we were to go through the lines again this evening , just the two of us ? ’ |
| 21 | We were to go into the mountains and spend one night in tents before making our rendezvous the next day . |
| 22 | They 'd come up to Hampstead to have coffee and we were to go to the Everyman , but the queue was too long . |
| 23 | The events that followed have been chronicled by several of those that took part , My fate was similar : we were to listen out for a coded signal from Group at Lyon if we were to proceed to the target . |
| 24 | We were to wait for the oyster-fishing season in the Bay of Cancale without giving the boats notice and stop them as they sailed past Barfleur Head … |
| 25 | And it would have to be found er if we were to move to the er position that Mr Curtis has said about the total need , it would have to be found somewhere else . |
| 26 | If we were to refer to the light , we would not associate it with an individual object . |
| 27 | The finances were in the hands of one of our most scrupulous colleagues , but not even her careful accounting could alter the fact that if we were to survive beyond the first month we would need to raise some money . |
| 28 | No , we were to look at the houses round the small port , and at their inhabitants . |
| 29 | ‘ If we were to look at the constitutional situation we may have to look at the position of the Princess Royal . |
| 30 | If we were to look at the balance sheets of these other banks , we should find that their customers ' deposits had increased and that this increase was matched on the asset side by an increase in their operational balances at the Bank of England . |