Sentence:  An amazing article in the Manchester Guardian of last November , entitled `` Fate of Redundant Churches '' , states than an Archbishops ' Commission `` reported last month that in the Church of England alone there are 790 churches which are redundant now , or will <WSD>be</WSD> in 20 years ' time . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)