Example sentences of "be to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now it seems to me obvious that there is such a problem , er and to deny it seems to me to be to be denying the obvious . |
| 32 | So I think it it is an issue that perhaps has n't been addressed in our discussions erm hitherto and and and seems to me from from past evidence to sugg to be an issue that does need to be to be looked at . |
| 33 | Now if we are going to say that this rolling programme , we we do n't mean this rolling programme because it it 's all going back to committees again to be to be looked at then we are putting our at a disadvantage they will disband and the cost to us for refurbishment will increase . |
| 34 | My understanding is that A those do n't exist at present within the deposit plan , but if they did at some future date , for any reason , that their function would be to be used after two thousand and six to sustain the permanence of the greenbelt . |
| 35 | One way to cut down on cars in cities might be to be to make this form of travel much less convenient , by cutting the number of parking places available in cities , for the public and companies alike — hardly popular measures . |
| 36 | I used to wonder just what the kestrel was looking at , what it was thinking , and I 'd imagine how wonderful it must be to be suspended in mid-air , looking down on the Earth as it was . |
| 37 | And enabled us to be to be known throughout the local streets , the local shopkeepers and such like . |
| 38 | Yeah I mean obviously you 're not gon na instantly assume that every that says he fancies you is just joking , no obviously you 're not gon na assume that and I understand how easy it would be to be mislead but then on the other hand it makes me think , you know , you know with people like Ch you know |
| 39 | Planning over an 11-year period could , I believe , bring about a veritable revolution , especially if the whole curriculum ( both subjects and cross-curricular themes ) can be welded together , but I want to see some rapid practical progress if I am to be reassured . |
| 40 | I am to be given no privacy . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ I am to be cut out of this cosy little reunion ? |
| 42 | May I say how deeply honoured I am to be invited to chair N C V O. I am acutely conscious with a degree of trepidation and indeed humility , that I face a huge challenge in following in Alan 's footsteps . |
| 43 | During the time I spent at home I seem to have eaten nothing but apples and , if I am to be believed , an inordinate number of them . |
| 44 | February 23 — I am to be made flight lieutenant and given command of ‘ B ’ flight . |
| 45 | If I am to be punished unfairly , could we return to the subject of volunteering for the Parachute School ? ’ |
| 46 | ‘ So I am to be punished , after all ! ’ |
| 47 | I am to be legitimated , and made heir to Duart . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 49 | And how lucky I am to be living in Badminton , a beautiful Cotswold village , on the edge of a park in the middle of a great landed estate , with all the amenities provided at my landlord 's expense and responsibility . |
| 50 | BELVILLE : [ furious ] And is it thus in my fond conceding moments that I am to be answered and despised ? |
| 51 | BELVILLE : So I am to be exposed in my house by such a sauce-box as you . |
| 52 | I am to be left all alone ? ’ |
| 53 | Yet I am so much under the spell of your witchery I might have viewed parson 's mousetrap with a kindly eye were you the bait — and not the false promises with which I am to be lured . |
| 54 | ‘ I take it I am to be investigated ? |
| 55 | So I am to be bought off — like a common harpy ! ’ |
| 56 | In this society it follows that real talent goes unrewarded and unflinching purity of soul is automatically derided — on both these counts I am to be numbered among the punished , especially in regard to material goods and services , financial security , the trust and love of friendship , and the divinely counselled companionship of wife and family . |
| 57 | I am to be dominated by the truth because I have been made a Christian by the operation of the Holy Spirit within . |
| 58 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 59 | Alain did not know what a shock it had been to be dragged up those stairs and to find a room like a small time capsule , the very essence of the man she had not known still lingering there . |
| 60 | How thrilled the girl had been to be going to the Holy City , how lovely she had looked in a jacket of scarlet silk , a birthday present given only the day before by Mrs Browning , how she had glowed and shivered with anticipation … |