Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] [adj] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | US President Ronald Reagan , 81 , told the Oxford Union Society : ‘ I am delighted to be with you today . ’ |
| 2 | I am proud to be with him now . ’ |
| 3 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend and I am pleased to be in a position to answer his question . |
| 4 | ‘ I am glad to be of service . ’ |
| 5 | The boy would reply in the language of the country , ‘ I am glad to be in your house , Daddy Ni . ’ |
| 6 | I am supposed to be at GHQ . |
| 7 | The doctor is the top man in his field and I am happy to be in his hands . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm used to being on my own and you 've had a long day . ’ |
| 9 | I laughed quickly and said : ‘ I 'm delighted to be of service , madam . ’ |
| 10 | I done that numerous times today but I 'm trying to do it right by keeping it going all the time when I 'm likely to be in conversation , so there are occasional blank spaces on the tapes . |
| 11 | I 'm able to be in the refuge because I choose to be — nothing is keeping me here . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm supposed to be on holiday . |
| 13 | I 'm supposed to be on tape number six . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm supposed to be at the Holborn library in ten minutes , ’ the researcher objected . |
| 15 | I 'm supposed to be at your mum 's for the weekend |
| 16 | I 'm afraid to be in the dark . ’ |
| 17 | This does not mean that all these methods should be banned : on the contrary — banning contraception might simply lead to a sudden rise in both abortion and childbirth , both of which are likely to be at least as dangerous for women 's health in a poor country . |
| 18 | However , there are some products which are likely to be of particular interest to older people and some areas where mechanisms are needed to ensure they get a fair deal . |
| 19 | The paragraphs which now follow single out some of the more important , more specialised , local collections , and particularly those which are likely to be of value to researchers working over a fairly wide geographical area , or concentrating on a single subject . |
| 20 | This can be a vacuous form of words , conveniently forgotten as students settle down in their maths , their physics , their geography lessons to acquire ideas which are , we acknowledge , of potential general application , but which are likely to be of little use if the connections between theory and practice are not made explicitly . |
| 21 | Participating companies are asked to provide information on products exported ; on the value of these exports to each market destination ; company employment figures ; the percentage of turnover dedicated to exports ; and their perception of future prospects , including indication of any new overseas markets which are likely to be of interest . |
| 22 | So generalisation is important as a way of pulling you out of just describing the details of your individual experience as a reader , enabling you to make statements which are likely to be of interest to others about patterns or structures in the way literary texts work . |
| 23 | Departments have agreed to notify the local planning authority of development proposals which are likely to be of special concern to the authority or to the public ; for example where there could be a very substantial effect on the character of a conservation area , or where there could be a significant planning impact , visually or otherwise , beyond the department 's own site . |
| 24 | It follows that is not an objective number generated by considerations of overall balance in the labour market : its value turns critically on the political preferences of governments which are supposed to be in a position to define for themselves what unemployment rate will correspond to full employment and to be capable of action to achieve their newly defined objective . |
| 25 | Those of us who are fortunate to be in work . |
| 26 | Generally , I like people who are fun to be with , I can trust them and they are loyal to me and not possessive . |
| 27 | The learning and ingenuity of those members of the foundation who are likely to be in dispute with the foundation should not be lightly underestimated and I believe to admit certiorari to challenge the visitor 's decision on the grounds of error of law will in practice prove to be the introduction of an appeal by another name . |
| 28 | I 've had stick like that at away games but never from so-called fans who are supposed to be on your side . |
| 29 | ‘ I can see you are used to being in charge . ’ |
| 30 | Now that the Sun is passing through your own birth sign , you are certain to be at your most forthright , purposeful and ready to go into battle at the slightest provocation . |