Example sentences of "[adv] they [am/are] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they 're supposed to be opening on Sundays but did n't Texas and all those get fined last year ? |
| 2 | Sometimes they are supposed to be said by characters in the illustrations , but there is nothing to indicate who is speaking . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll just tidy up these boots and then they 're ready to be delivered . ’ |
| 4 | The author , a former senior JMU inspector himself , explains what the procedures are and how they are likely to be carried out . |
| 5 | As we have said , when bereavement care is thought of , it is usually the spouse that we have in mind as needing support , and indeed they are likely to be the ones asking for care . |
| 6 | They are at a stage when they are likely to be concerned with a variety of complex issues ; the meaning of life , the existence of God , ideologies , their emerging sexuality , their future career and life-style — too often science is seen as being purely instrumental with nothing to contribute to these debates . |
| 7 | Nothing is guaranteed to make an expert less sympathetic to your case than having an argument about when they are likely to be paid . |
| 8 | 4.32 Employees must no go unaccompanied into a situation where they are likely to be at personal risk . |
| 9 | ‘ It would be outrageous if this House were to be by-passed in some way by a nit-picking legalistic exercise simply to get round the political difficulties facing the Government in a situation where they are likely to be defeated on amendment 27 , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Erm The address and everything else they 're supposed to be sending . |
| 11 | Therefore they are likely to be more reliable if used correctly ! |