Example sentences of "they be [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mr. Belville is after to come to town to settle matters and then to go down to her where they are to live as man and wife .
2 That will depend on their view of the liquidity of both debt and equity markets : the more liquid they think these are , the less likely they are to sit on cash or to refrain from borrowing , and the more likely they are to pay large dividends .
3 They must go in right away if they are to bloom for Christmas .
4 The more parents understand the details of the curriculum content and methods of assessment , the more likely they are to act in partnership with teachers to foster pupil motivation and hard work .
5 They are to engage in appraisal of their own work , and attend in-service training .
6 It is not intended as an effort at resolving these debates : my objectives are specific and political — they are to do with action .
7 They are to hang until sunset , ’ the serjeant repeated .
8 So if they are to remain in business , they will require Albion . ’
9 They are to come from Grove Farm , just as you recommended , 12 Rhode Islands and 6 pullets .
10 They are to appear in court again on April 21 .
11 They are to depend on dhamma only , revere dhamma , esteem dhamma , with dhamma as their banner , with dhamma as their guard and protection , with mastery in dhamma .
12 This can be seen from the figures in Table 5 which also suggest that the longer the time they had lived in an old people 's home the less likely they were to go into hospital .
13 They were to go on trial on January 5 charged with lying to Congress about the controversy .
14 As one who joined the Leader of the Opposition in voting against the Single European Act , before the right hon. Gentleman became a Euro-fanatic , may I appeal to my right hon. Friend to warn the voters about the huge dangers to the much-improved labour relations of Britain if they were to vote into power any Government who were prepared to pass over the power to wreck our trade union reforms by majority vote in Brussels ?
15 At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force .
16 If they were to live in peace it was necessary , he said , that the Indians should have a country set apart for them and in that country they must stay .
17 ( They were to remain in use for that purpose until the reception of casuals was finally discontinued on November 7th 1949 , when their presence was represented as a deterrent to the recruitment of nurses and a hindrance to the upgrading of what had become the North Wing of Bedford General Hospital .
18 They rarely performed as individuals ; from now on they were to remain in line , arms linked behind each other .
19 They were to be wandering years , but they were to end in triumph .
20 At Kabrit in the meantime the L Detachment men were busily making ready for the departure back to Jalo , from where they were to head for Bouerat .
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