Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [be] [adj] to be " in BNC.

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1 The most has been brought by the relationships that were supposed to be pure and noble .
2 He found that he was now sensitive to a new series of demands and worries and was liable to be hurt in new ways , and he suffered moments with a sense of futility .
3 Mr Stewart told the jury six of the group have already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal cars and were due to be sentenced on Friday .
4 The Master of Moots or other organiser should also be informed of the authorities to be cited , in order that he may arrange for such reports or case books as are available to be brought to the courtroom .
5 Light can bring about change in products , and products that are likely to be exposed to light in the market should always be tested by exposure to light .
6 I mean basically areas that are supposed to be sustainably forested
7 At the skilled end , people who have more experience , he 's done a lot to help erm companies give shares to their employees and companies that are prepared to be innovative erm there 's quite a lot in this erm for them .
8 In view of the consents that are likely to be necessary for the transfer of assets , there will almost certainly have to be such a period .
9 People know the evidence of their pockets and are unlikely to be easily persauded that Mrs Thatcher 's Britain has been , or has yet become , the economic disaster area which Mr Kinnock depicted .
10 Gareth spent the night with foster parents and was due to be reunited with his grandparents , who live in Bebington , Wirral , later today .
11 The youngster spent the night with foster parents and was due to be reunited with his grandparents , who live in Bebington , Wirral , later today .
12 Five cosmids , which correspond to very strong signals , have been found positive for minisatellites or CpG rich trinucleotide repeats and are likely to be nonspecific .
13 This was recently adopted by member states and is due to be implemented by June 1994 .
14 Despite flying from New York the previous evening , she had spent all morning in meetings and was due to be photographed both by French Vogue and Elle that afternoon .
15 The Plan has already been approved by the state environment authorities and is likely to be approved shortly by the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington .
16 Upper gastrointestinal lesions that were able to be treated were often found at endoscopy and this should be the primary investigaton in such patients .
17 Where possible an indication should be given of the sub-system(s) and program(s) that are likely to be affected by the change .
18 Every professional experimental researcher , in whatever field , has their own private list of fluky data , things that did n't happen quite in accord with expectations and are likely to be due to uncontrolled circumstances — such as the dirty test tube — rather than signalling a major discovery .
19 In my view our fellow Members , who lived with us cheek by jowl , were fully aware of my strengths and weaknesses and were unlikely to be impressed by pictures of me on their TV screens dressed in a striped apron and pretending to wash up in the kitchen , as had happened during the Tory leadership election .
20 Their views trickled down through the student nurses ' years and were apt to be accepted as gospel , since that saved the students the bother of forming opinions for themselves , and also it was not often a student in her first couple of years , if not longer , had the opportunity to form any opinion on our men .
21 Before embarking on briefing exercises with staff or negotiating discussions with unions , management needs to consider the sorts of questions that are likely to be raised and to have answers available .
22 When his own practice begins he will find that his clerk has arranged conferences for him , and before the conference he will often know nothing of the questions that are likely to be put to him .
23 They are geographically isolated , and they are grossly under-represented — two out of 400 — in the committees that are supposed to be the nucleus of a future Palestinian self-governing authority .
24 Er and these people er understood what could be got f er what little bits could be got out of the er various unemployment er acts , and er this knowledge , er plus the pressures and feelings that were able to be brought to bear , I 'm quite sure did er did benefit many er many people who who were unemployed .
25 But er then there was others sort of cheap joints you know , they just rushed things up and just a couple of just er When you see some of th You know that goodwill shop that that the thing when you when you see a lot of the things that 's supposed to be polished , you know , they 're just varnished over .
26 Well , compared to some of the other things that are supposed to be tourist attractions
27 These included the resolutions that Parliaments not only " ought to sit frequently " , but that " their frequent sitting be secured " , that there should be " no interrupting of any sessions of Parliament till the affairs that are necessary to be dispatched at that time are determined " , that the militia acts were " grievous to the subject " , and that judges should hold their commissions " during good behaviour " .
28 In future I 'll try both to get the dates that are supposed to be in in there and get the copy into my mouth rather than my compatriots .
29 And as for the guns that are supposed to be missing from Taigh na Tuir , I can tell you all you want to know about that .
30 She has communication difficulties and is unlikely to be able to deal with the matter herself .
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