Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [was/were] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moved into Fife to be near the Forth estuary , where Thorfinn was oftenest to be found . |
| 2 | When Jack and Alison were in the house together by day they were in the studio ( where Jack was supposed to be teaching Alison to paint ) or else in the drawing room , often watching television . |
| 3 | Miss Braithwaite expressed her appreciation of all the hard work undertaken by the retiring Vice-Chairman , Mrs. Ann McMillan and said how much she regretted that Ann was unable to be present at the meeting because of her admission to hospital . |
| 4 | After one or two early passages of arms , when Wheeler had first come into the post , in which it became apparent that Wheeler was prepared to be a good deal nastier to Ian than Ian was to him , Ian had settled for a civil service manner in which he made no attempt to contribute to the department 's thinking . |
| 5 | It was recognised that Tyrone was likely to be the area in which there would be activity subsequent to the activities in Belfast . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not sure that man Kennedy that Nicola was supposed to be meeting ever existed . ’ |
| 7 | I call ‘ conservative ’ , for the purposes of the discussion in this chapter , Christologies which hold the maleness of Christ to be essential to his nature , and the fact that Christ was male to be central to Christianity . |
| 8 | LDP members who lost their seats included Sadanori Yamanaka , former chairman of the party 's research commission on the tax system and architect of the widely hated consumption tax , and Hisao Horinouchi , the former Minister of Agriculture , Forestry and Fisheries , who , during the July 1989 election campaign , had suggested that women were useless in politics and that Doi was unfit to be Prime Minister because she was unmarried and childless [ see p. 36800 ] . |
| 9 | He concluded that Thorp was likely to be the first of British Nuclear Fuel 's ( BNFL ) projects to be closed if the company was to come under financial pressure . |
| 10 | Although Constance was proud to be seen with Nicky and loved it when he took her out , she was determined not to be taken for granted . |
| 11 | He also believed , first , that France was unlikely to be able to secure an alliance with Britain ( because of the two countries ' disagreement about the Near East in 1840 ) ; second , that Britain might support Russia in the event of a Russian attack on the Ottoman Empire ( because of the Anglo-Russian discussions which had taken place in London in 1844 ) ; and third , that in any event he could count on the support of Austria ( because of the assistance he had rendered Vienna in putting down the Hungarians in 1849 ) . |
| 12 | There was no doubt that Joanna was inclined to be rather blunt , but , reminding herself that they were equal partners , she said cheerfully , ‘ Go on in , look around and do your stuff . |
| 13 | Part II deals with membership and it is common ground that Norwich was eligible to be , and became , a member of Lautro . |
| 14 | He could have wandered unchecked all over north London if he had had a mind to it , but this was supposed to be Bienvida 's party and he and Bienvida were supposed to be there . |
| 15 | In the story , Cain and Abel were supposed to be the sons of Adam and Eve . |
| 16 | The meeting approved the creation of a US$10,000 million development fund for Arab countries which had supported the coalition in the Gulf war and which had suffered economic damage from the war ; Egypt and Syria were likely to be the main beneficiaries . |
| 17 | Everyone knows the fame of the Pineapple Dance Centre in Covent Garden and Lucy was amazed to be ‘ hired ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ And Inez was supposed to be marrying Alfred . ’ |
| 19 | She was supposed to be sleeping at Lizzy 's house tonight and Lizzy was supposed to be staying over at hers . |
| 20 | Nigel sometimes wondered if Gina was well to be as thin as that . |
| 21 | It was a rhetorical question but Elisabeth was pleased to be distracted , given an opening , so that she might contribute to the conversation . |
| 22 | Similar local developments and open entry are being negotiated at other IBM locations but Greenock was proud to be first . |
| 23 | I read them both again erm last year for the first time for many years , and I found Herodotus much the better of the two , because Herodotus was prepared to be curious about everything . |
| 24 | But , since Cara was supposed to be with her in Czechoslovakia and had said that she 'd be doing her a favour if she did n't ring them , Fabia settled for the next best thing . |