Example sentences of "that be to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left-over cold meat from a joint may also be added together with any vegetables that are to hand when you add the salame . |
| 2 | The shacks are constructed out of any materials that are to hand , such as planks , cardboard , canvas , thatch , mud , corregated iron and often rubbish , but these are temporary and often improved upon at a later stage . |
| 3 | First , the growth of services in total output is a relative growth , relative that is to manufacturing . |
| 4 | Only the threat of revolution and the defeat of Germany prevented the plan from being put into action , but it was a plan that was to surface again under the Nazis . |
| 5 | Then , waving aloft a sheaf of papers , he uttered the famous lie that was to catapult him into the limelight for four years : ‘ I have here in my hand a list of 205 names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department . ’ |
| 6 | Being a true Yorkshire lass , Gunda reached out and with a lump of stone that was to hand beat the dog off . |
| 7 | In order to keep the boys separate from the girls he used to draw a chalk line down the middle of our meeting room , and when we got carried away and crossed the line he would burst into a ferocious rage , pick up anything that was to hand — usually a book — and throw it at the offender , who had to duck fast in order not to be hit . |
| 8 | A bombardment of the Mort Homme that was to prelude an all-out final attack was abruptly called off , and all efforts switched to holding the territory conquered on the 6th against fresh French sallies . |