Example sentences of "'s [vb pp] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ghost hunters are staging a vigil at what 's claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in the country . |
| 2 | ‘ What do you think — perhaps you are not thinking as you should — you see — it 's permitted to be frank ? ’ |
| 3 | The farmer 's tied him to the fence to stop him butting the sheep and that 's deemed to be cruel . |
| 4 | It 's expected to be available in the UK by the end of next month . |
| 5 | It 's expected to be some weeks before all the shops damaged in the arson attack can be re-opened . |
| 6 | It 's said to be unlucky to change a boat 's name . ’ |
| 7 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
| 8 | Just a few hundred yards from West Mercia police HQ in Worcester and the first of what 's thought to be 28,000 drivers in this area with no tax disc , is pulled in . |
| 9 | Officers from two police forces are now hunting the attcker who 's thought to be black , around thirty , six feet tall , of muscular build . |
| 10 | It 's thought to be that of a man last seen in May after a fight in a pub . |
| 11 | The body 's thought to be that of an adult , and police are now interviewing residents of the house , and trying to trace people who stayed there recently . |
| 12 | The boy 's thought to be one of a hard core of 8 children , all under 15 , who are responsible for twelve per cent of all reported crimes in the Swindon area . |
| 13 | Like most boys he 's full of sin but he 's promised to be good . |
| 14 | ‘ There 's bound to be one rotten apple in every barrel . ’ |
| 15 | Everybody 's bound to be better than I am , yes . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's going to have a pretty bad headache for a while and the cut is pretty deep , so it 's bound to be sore . |
| 17 | It 's bound to be small , if it 's a small part of your house . |
| 18 | Your wife 's very tired — she 's bound to be weak , after losing so much blood — but you can see her for a few minutes . ’ |
| 19 | Well it 's bound to be hot I 've just made it . |
| 20 | It 's bound to be good . |
| 21 | Cos every time you open that door there 's bound to be that 's stinking then ! |
| 22 | Using such a bureau as a back-up to your in-house facility is obviously a possibility — except that he 's bound to be busy when you need him ! |
| 23 | It 's bound to be bad . |
| 24 | It 's extremely doubtful that they will have been stored in ideal conditions , and even if they have , the ideal conditions of the timber yard do not correspond to those of your own home — there 's bound to be some shrinkage as they dry out in the higher temperatures . |
| 25 | There 's bound to be some rub-off , but I like to maintain a balance so that at least in one subject area of the school the children feel they can contribute something of themselves , and the work therefore becomes meaningful for them , as opposed to working from a set format , like an art school ; end-product , colour exercise and the rest of it . |
| 26 | There 's bound to be some in there , well there might not be , but |
| 27 | Well , it 's bound to be some body , but , I mean , what we movement , could erm , |
| 28 | Now if children are unable to interpret the visual symbols and the written word , in order to make sense of them , there 's bound to be some reaction which will show itself in a sort of behavioural response which appears to be different from the responses we would receive from children who are able to interpret these words and symbols . |
| 29 | ‘ Once we get to the town , there 's bound to be air-conditioning in the hotel . |
| 30 | She 's bound to be interested . |