Example sentences of "[prep] what be supposed [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , at a time when the demand for public accountability has never been greater , it is worth remembering that many museums receive substantial grants towards what is supposed to be their educational provision for the general public . |
| 2 | There is no doubt that a bill or note given in consideration of what is supposed to be a debt is without consideration if it appears that there was a mistake in fact as to the existence of the debt ; Bell v. Gardiner ( 4 M. & Gr. 11 ) ; and , according to the cases of Southall v. Rigg and Forman v. Wright ( 11 C.B. 481 ) , the law is the same if the bill or note is given in consequence of a mistake of law as to the existence of a debt . |
| 3 | After the two had left , Thomas confided to Thornton that he found it quite extraordinary that these two people , who were so naive and inexperienced , could be at the top of what was supposed to be a concrete business proposal . |
| 4 | The film cut to a closeup of what was supposed to be O'Mara 's hand pinching Nicola 's bottom . |
| 5 | I did spot an up-and-coming bass guitarist I 'd once played with , and in one corner , drinking champagne , was the author of what was supposed to be the definitive guide to the beers of the world . |
| 6 | The Soviets : on Gen Keightley 's right flank , Macmillan goes on : " Marshal Tolbukhin 's armies have spread out into what is supposed to be the British Zone in Austria , including the important city and road centre of Graz . |
| 7 | She 'd soon be taking a stroll through the harbour district which is no place for any girl at night , especially a girl with what was supposed to be ten thousand dollars in her purse , and an appointment with a killer . |
| 8 | If , for example , a shy child has been very quiet in what is supposed to be a television interview , a positive way of dealing with it is to acknowledge it as something that has happened within the dramatic fiction : " Most of us would get very nervous being interviewed for TV ; I know I would . |
| 9 | Probably about all the other people in what was supposed to be a hired coach . |
| 10 | As the most recent poll tax was itself reduced as a result of the raising of VAT by 2.5 per cent , where are benefits that should accrue from what was supposed to be a ‘ new ’ progressive property tax ? |
| 11 | Further along there was a model of Sir Francis Chichester ; on what was supposed to be the deck of his yacht lay a number of books . |
| 12 | The coverage angered the royal entourage on what was supposed to be a high-profile visit to a close trading partner , and a country where British servicemen died in the fight against Communism in the early 1950s . |
| 13 | Most serious of all , chaos blighted both policy and politics as what was supposed to be the creative tension with the Treasury deteriorated into petty demarcations and empire-building . |
| 14 | On the one hand by 1983 the straight-forward expansionist strategy has been virtually abandoned , but on the other side the French authorities are striving to sustain an active supply-side policy to prevent the fabric of industry being destroyed during what is supposed to be a temporary period of demand restraint caused by international financial problems . |
| 15 | The question was , did the student teacher have the right to compel Nicky Wragg to do something he did not want to do during what was supposed to be the boy 's free time ? |
| 16 | These iterations should start coming off the line in the first quarter , another delay for what was supposed to be the standard Viking . |
| 17 | They never read the scripts until they walked into the narration room for what was supposed to be the rehearsal . |