Example sentences of "be supposed to be [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Anyone would think you 'd been offered the leading role in the latest Spielberg epic , for God 's sake , you 're supposed to be depressed or something . |
| 2 | Nicholson , 55 , said last night : ‘ I know reporters are supposed to be neutral but I had a chance to help someone . |
| 3 | It will certainly not provide the stability necessary for rights which are supposed to be inalienable and imprescriptible , let alone self-evident . |
| 4 | Most advances are supposed to be short-term but in practice many are outstanding for long periods . |
| 5 | In the conceptual case , each example 's properties are supposed to be precise and discrete . |
| 6 | Whereas fat men are considered okay — men are supposed to be big and beefy , after all . |
| 7 | They are supposed to be cheerful and rejoice , when they want to weep with terror and self-pity . |
| 8 | That boys are supposed to be aggressive and outgoing , strong and demanding , while girls are neat and tidy , gentle and obedient is central to our stereotypes of masculinity and femininity . |
| 9 | After all , creative people are supposed to be sensitive and aware of the consumer and society and in real touch with change and mood . |
| 10 | Such judgements are supposed to be true or false in a fairly straightforward way , and to be testable by empirical enquiry or perhaps appeal to the common experience of the human race . |
| 11 | From 1851 onwards the recorded ages were supposed to be accurate and the precise places of birth were noted . |
| 12 | He had thought that children were supposed to be sharp and un-sentimental and though Emmie had not written in a sentimental way exactly , she had written about her family as if they were perfect . |
| 13 | I thought you were supposed to be low and submissive and made out of Adam 's rib , and you were n't supposed to leave the house excessively . |
| 14 | The most has been brought by the relationships that were supposed to be pure and noble . |
| 15 | In August 1944 , having enlisted Chinese support , Ho crossed the border into north Vietnam to make contact once again with the Vietminh forces who , by this time , and in the absence of any other administrative control or military power , were extending their influence in the mountains of northern Tonkin in the area known as the Viet Bac Revolutionary armed forces were supposed to be growing and there was apparently enough revolutionary enthusiasm to support the idea of launching another insurrection from there within a couple of months . |
| 16 | You were supposed to be bright if you took things in quickly . |
| 17 | And he had a list which I 've , I 've got there and er I think he got two things suggested that were on his list from the group of people who were supposed to be aware and er about twenty things which he thought maybe they should have thought about , and had n't . |
| 18 | I thought , Jimmy , that you were supposed to be lurking and eavesdropping ? ’ |
| 19 | The country is supposed to be peaceful and beautiful . |
| 20 | In a society in which each community is supposed to be autarchic and to supply its own needs , the full implementation of the nationality principle is impossible ; national freedom is necessarily denied to small nations , the nations whose territory provides less favourable conditions for production . |
| 21 | Feedback provided by your tutor is supposed to be helpful and constructive ( " formative feedback " ) , and you stand to gain most from having comments clarified — even deciphered — where necessary , and ensuring through discussion that you understand the general perspective from which criticisms or comments are made . |
| 22 | Moira McVitie is supposed to be intelligent as well . |
| 23 | It 's supposed to be non-stick but it 's not . |
| 24 | I 've written two articles now in a series that 's supposed to be practical and is intended to get you knitting on your ribber and we 've not yet knitted a single row . |
| 25 | Getting to know the other , who 's supposed to be wicked because he 's the enemy , makes possible not only battle itself but also close bodily contact between the combatants and between their beliefs . |
| 26 | She was supposed to be pregnant and perhaps Scotland might still get its heir but would it be a male prince and who would protect him over the coming years ? |
| 27 | The place was supposed to be dangerous because the path was too narrow between the gorse bushes and the edge : it stood to reason , she stumbled over in the wind . |
| 28 | ‘ It was supposed to be perfect but it was a total nightmare , ’ said Brian , 24 , who booked the £666 honeymoon a year in advance . |
| 29 | I was supposed to be interested because the chap had sometimes been here doing electrical repairs . |