Example sentences of "[pron] are meant to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't forget that for tonight at least you and I are meant to be lovers . ’ |
| 2 | Words which are meant to be comforting and familiar may be frightening or threatening . |
| 3 | Well , that last statement is not exactly true as I agree with the sentiments of those who have argued that the Exile clubs should not be in the Courage Leagues , which are meant to be for English players . |
| 4 | Words which are meant to be symbols of reality take the place of what they stand for . |
| 5 | Well there are monitoring systems which are meant to be in place a and which may be er are not are not effective enough erm . |
| 6 | But such an individual usually defines him or herself against a body of people who are meant to be homogeneous and standard-issue . |
| 7 | If you look at who are meant to be ‘ Ethnic ’ , white women should realise that they can never be oppressed in the same way as can Black women . |
| 8 | Can you imagine it comrades , you would have a position in which we attempt to put into place a bureaucratic list of people who are meant to be Labour supporters , they are n't Labour members . |
| 9 | That feeling that you are not where you are meant to be . |
| 10 | ‘ Miss Honey tells me that you are meant to be clever , too ! |
| 11 | The individual experiences of recovery are so varied and the learning opportunities so diverse that there is a general maxim , " Where you are is where you are meant to be " , which implies that one can learn from any experience and put it to good use in recovery . |
| 12 | ‘ We are meant to be plucking the bloody snipe … ’ |
| 13 | This woman/man is not my life , but if we are meant to be together , we will be . |
| 14 | We are meant to be one of the caring nations in the world , for God 's sake . ’ |
| 15 | They are gifts fit for a king , and so they are meant to be . |
| 16 | First the fire of God 's anger burns so fiercely among them , that parts of the camp are destroyed ( again we must not try to rationalize these events : they are meant to be seen as miraculous , and whatever we think of such miracle , we must accept the terms in which the story is written ) . |
| 17 | Perhaps , after all , they are meant to be seen . |
| 18 | The grumbles of J. Alfred Prufrock in early Eliot are endurable if they are meant to be ridiculous , but only then ; and sitting around on Margate sands , or anywhere else , trying to connect nothing with nothing may be all right for Harvard men abroad , but ( as Eliot must already have discovered when he wrote The Waste Land ) it has nothing to do with the daily life of the Londoner . |
| 19 | Many aquarium shops will sell these terrestrial plants but they are meant to be used as marginals outside the tank or in a paludarium . |
| 20 | Like all of God 's gifts , they are meant to be used for a good purpose and to assist individuals and communities to grow in knowledge and appreciation of the truth , as well as in sensitivity to the dignity and needs of others . |
| 21 | Excluding the creditors and debtors may cause confusion amongst them as they will be uncertain as to whether they are meant to be dealing with the vendor or the purchaser for particular debts and liabilities . |