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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

To be eligible to be sponsored

To be eligible to be sponsored, the spouse or the common-law partner should be able to prove their relationship to be genuine

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What is the grammatical function of three "to be" here?
please could someone elaborate its usage in the given context? What is the subject and verb in the "to be eligible to be sponsored"?
I just realised that do we need "to be" before adjectives - eligible and genuine.
thanks
  

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The first "To be" means "In order to be". This is the standard pattern "(In order) to + infinitive". "eligible to be sponsored" is the pattern "eligible to + infinitive", with passive infinitive "to be sponsored".

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  • The first "To be" means "In order to be".
  • This is the standard pattern "(In order) to + infinitive".
  • "eligible to be sponsored" is the pattern "eligible to + infinitive", with passive infinitive "to be sponsored".
  • The last "to be" goes with "prove" in the pattern "prove (something) to + infinitive".
  • "To be eligible to be sponsored" does not contain any finite verb, only infinitives, so there is no grammatical subject.
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The first "To be" means "In order to be". This is the standard pattern "(In order) to + infinitive".

"eligible to be sponsored" is the pattern "eligible to + infinitive", with passive infinitive "to be sponsored".

The last "to be" goes with "prove" in the pattern "prove (something) to + infinitive".

"To be eligible to be sponsored" does not contain any finite verb, only
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