Example sentences of "[conj] they [be] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just seem to remember vaguely that she 's about twenty-five or six , about five five , hundred and fifteen pounds all where they 're supposed to be , hair that looks like somebody grabbed a handful of stardust and smoothed it over her head . |
| 2 | We can wander over all , or most , of the river bank and either look for the fish themselves or for swims where they are likely to be . |
| 3 | Teenagers who consistently fail to let parents know when they will be home , or where they are likely to be , can not expect to be allowed to stay out to all hours . |
| 4 | Although they are likely to be far fewer , items of income — for instance , lettings — are also likely to be identified in any budget format . |
| 5 | The council says the redevelopment is an historic opportunity for the city , and that they 're right to be optimistic . |
| 6 | They sing and they dance and they act , and they do not believe unless they are profoundly proficient in all three that they 're entitled to be considered gypsies . |
| 7 | well mines the first two weeks and I 'm keeping them off those two days that they 're supposed to be at school |
| 8 | Apart from which , this meeting that they 're supposed to be going to have is totally out of order anyway . |
| 9 | It is evidence of the trio 's friendship for Bill Clinton that they are unwilling to be drawn . |
| 10 | ( Men find that they are able to be listed over and over again but that has n't been the experience of Helen Chadwick . ) |
| 11 | Finally , pupils who perceive that they are unlikely to be selected for anything which is valued may become disheartened and fail to fulfil their potential . |
| 12 | Third , the goods produced by bureaus are public goods in the sense that they are unlikely to be provided if charged for and offered for sale . |
| 13 | Ironically , the system means that they are unlikely to be told , in case they use the information as evidence in an action . |
| 14 | In practice , then , journalists have the " power " — in the sense that they are unlikely to be stopped — to defame the poor , to publish falsehoods which do not injure reputations , and to invade personal privacy . |
| 15 | It is particularly important , especially with non UK resident corporations that the onerous requirements of the Code are understood and that they indicate in writing and by their actions that they are willing to be bound by them . |
| 16 | The very nature of their distress means that they are likely to be unable to go out and face the social whirl , at least initially . |
| 17 | And although that may mean that stars with planets are less likely to be found in places other than co-rotation orbits , the corollary would be that they are likely to be found within such orbits . |
| 18 | There nevertheless remain some aspects of the scheme which demonstrate how difficult it seems to be for government to jettison the original ideas of the Beveridge Report ; for example , the Invalid Care Allowance ( ICA ) , which was introduced as recently as 1976 , is not payable to married women on the grounds that they are likely to be at home anyway and hence not in need of compensation for giving up paid work in order to care for a chronically sick person in their household ( Groves and Finch , 1983 ) ; the tax system ( which is not under detailed discussion here ) still assumes that all men need an additional allowance to help pay for the cost of ‘ keeping ’ a wife . |
| 19 | Chapter 1 noted that competitive conditions in many product markets are such that they are likely to be tolerant of managerial ineffectiveness and in some substantial deviations from the profit goal will not be incompatible with enterprise survival . |
| 20 | I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands . |
| 21 | Finally a few general relationships are selected on the basis that they are likely to be relevant to the research on risk and memory for driving situations which is described in the following chapters . |
| 22 | At the other end , advertisers find it difficult to admit that they are supposed to be addressing an audience in middle age and onwards . |
| 23 | As solid insertions into the very hot gas , probes can significantly alter the local properties of a plasma that they are supposed to be measuring . |
| 24 | There are three vital programmes in which you must train your lecturers if they are to be the advisers and guides that they are supposed to be . |
| 25 | The problem with all ongoing lists is that they are liable to be out of date almost from the day they are compiled . |
| 26 | Plaintiffs should not assume that they are entitled to be " whitewashed " by a defendant who has paid them merely nominal damages , and it would be more satisfactory if judges made some enquiries of the parties before they approve statements which are made as matters of public record . |
| 27 | It was decreed that they were all to be suspended from their duties : commissioners were to hear complaints against them , and those found guilty were to be permanently removed from office . |
| 28 | I could only attribute my captors ' sudden change of attitude to the fact that they were pleased to be getting rid of me . |
| 29 | Whether or not the Palace actually arranged for the drawing to be removed , there can be little doubt that they were delighted to be rid of it . … |
| 30 | Initially the Australians showed that they were unprepared to be manipulated by quietly but firmly refusing to commit themselves to the ANC 's extra-curricular initiatives for a Boipatong visit and the wearing of black armbands during matches . |