Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [be] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you are unlikely to be given an exhibition unless your work is already known by the gallery or you have an established reputation and proven success . |
| 2 | So you 're lucky to be here ? |
| 3 | So you were lucky to be in today really was n't you ? |
| 4 | You 'd do we by the time you get in nine o'clock you 're supposed to be re half past nine you 're supposed to be finished the first one . |
| 5 | Half nine it finishes so we 're supposed to be back by tennish I should think by the time we 're finished . |
| 6 | Rather than , sort of , go from Manchester by plane what , they decided they 'd drive down and take the car over so we were supposed to be going for a meal and they said , where shall we go for a meal ? |
| 7 | Choose the one you feel is attuned to you and your needs — — this can often be judged by the number of relevant questions asked ; the more that are asked , the better he is likely to be . |
| 8 | Suddenly it was cool to be ‘ progressive ’ again . |
| 9 | But it 's , apparently it 's supposed to be there . |
| 10 | ours and apparently he 's supposed to be brilliant on it ! |
| 11 | From the tracks alone it is possible to be certain of the bipedal stance of certain dinosaurs , and to measure their stride . |
| 12 | That 's interesting , there 's a little there 's a little thing in either end of this microphone er I wonder which erm perhaps it 's supposed to be on the directional ? |
| 13 | So if you can not decide what the icon that looks like a milk churn with an overgrown mushroom beside it means you can select it and discover that it means Paste Clipboard contents — oh perhaps it is supposed to be a drawing pin besides a board but you could have fooled me ! |
| 14 | Obviously it is impossible to be sure who he meant by it , and Freeman , who noticed this long ago , suggested that he was indicating troops levied mainly within the western shires . |
| 15 | Obviously it is likely to be quiet in an empty hall or in a field ; it is likely to be noisy when a crowd of people are talking together all at the same time . |
| 16 | so it is salutary to be reminded of just how good a composer he could be , how inventive , how much sheer skill he had . |
| 17 | The Lithuanian order is an unusually large one so it is likely to be at the bottom end of that range . |
| 18 | I was never any good at lecturing so it 's nice to be good at something . ’ |
| 19 | So it was supposed to be going into . |
| 20 | On the right-side of Xenly it was fashionable to be fat , the fatter you were the higher you stood in society . |
| 21 | Therefore , despite the extent of his knowledge , the further we recede from the date at which he wrote , and the geographical area on which he is most forthcoming , the less it is possible to be confident that important events were not omitted from his work . |
| 22 | ‘ He 's absolutely right , and if we do n't get our act together he 's likely to be a great deal more forceful next time round ! ’ |
| 23 | The other question , however , as to what exactly I am supposed to be doing as I sit here , is plainly still a live issue — which is the reason for this intolerably circumstantial disquisition . |
| 24 | At this stage we are only roughing-out our interview schedule , but the more attention we can give to detail now the more we are likely to be saving ourselves trouble later on . |
| 25 | It 's a continuing theme ; dance is fickle and chews up styles so quickly it 's possible to be last week 's thing when your work is still relevant : ‘ Electro was given a bad name by break-dancing , ’ reckons David . |
| 26 | So does this morning , but yesterday it was supposed to be fine all day ! |
| 27 | The more people get their hands on it , the more it is likely to be used . |
| 28 | Now more than ever it is important to be a force for change . |
| 29 | Clearly you 're unlikely to be recommending somewhere that is not transport in the structure but you 'll believe it 's important to specify which one . |
| 30 | Afterwards , the finished article is inevitably subjected to stresses , hence it is important to be aware of the mechanical and rheological properties of each material and understand the basic principles underlying their response to such forces . |