Example sentences of "be [to-vb] the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , if a black hole as close as Pluto were to reach the end of its life and blow up , it would be easy to detect the final burst of emission . |
| 2 | It was taken for granted that education was beneficial to those who received it , and that its universal provision was one of the great social improvements that were to mark the end of the war . |
| 3 | The secret of this is to open the end of the matchbox and , when closing it , pinch a little skin in between the base and the outside . |
| 4 | But though this sense of chivalry endured throughout the war , Verdun was to spell the end of the solitary ace and single combat . |
| 5 | The last act of the then Secretary of State , Nicholas Ridley , was to announce the end of the NCC and the formation of three completely new bodies . |
| 6 | When we used the barrel of the gun , it was to facilitate the end which was the ballot box . ’ |