Example sentences of "we [am/are] [adj] to be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hardly had the dust begun to settle in the wake of presentation graphics we are due to be swamped by the ability to mix live and recorded video directly into the middle of computer generated presentations . |
| 2 | The agreement with Carnegie-Mellon was drawn up following visits to Pittsburg by Professor David Weir , Director of the Management Centre , who says , ‘ We are delighted to be accepted as an equal partner by Carnegie-Mellon which is a school of acknowledged research excellence . |
| 3 | Professor Ray Wetton ( above ) , chairman of Polymer Laboratories , commented , ‘ we are delighted to be associated with the world championship racing team , and we expect both out development departments to learn a great deal about designing and manufacturing composites ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ So all in all we are delighted to be associated with this prestigious world event ’ , concluded Matthew Gloag . |
| 5 | We are fortunate to be blessed in Colwyn Bay with a climate that favour cultivation of exotic and temperate plants , the like of which is unique to this climate . |
| 6 | It was nice to receive the April edition of Pilot , with your excellent ‘ Where to Fly ’ guide , in which we are pleased to be included . |
| 7 | However , when we are prepared to be guided from within , it is no longer emotional desire that drives us , but the purity and clarity of reason , dictated by the ‘ pure will ’ of our hearts . |
| 8 | We are ready to be cheered ; but we should first give a prosy scowl and ask of this poetic flourish , Is it true ? |
| 9 | Even if we live in the countryside , we are likely to be alienated from the land and so must create the link afresh . |
| 10 | We are likely to be attracted by people who have recognised a general and fundamental problem as opposed to a specific one . |
| 11 | Through events of different kinds we are likely to be put in touch with aspects of ourselves which previously have been overlooked — we are given a jolt , and have to make a bridge between how things used to be and how they threatened . |
| 12 | If we think that stealing is wrong , then it 's just as wrong whether we are likely to be found out or not . |
| 13 | We can not enjoy a happy life with God unless we are willing to be disciplined — unhappy though that may appear at first . |
| 14 | ‘ We are amazed to be prosecuted when currently there are many brokers , other mortgage advertisers , and major building companies who are running ads contrary to the Act which do not mention APR at all , and they are getting away with it . |
| 15 | For surely it is on those achievements we are entitled to be judged . |
| 16 | I think we are entitled to be told why . |
| 17 | we are liable to be forced to change our stance … |
| 18 | We 're used to being told dark secrets about dead artists , but suddenly it 's open season on twentieth century public figures . |
| 19 | There are only a few of them and we 're unlucky to be involved . ’ |
| 20 | We 're supposed to be trained . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ We 're happy to be rushed off our feet — but we 're sick about the closure plans , ’ said ward sister Ali Kimber . |