Example sentences of "[Wh det] be supposed to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As you know it 's the twelfth , the start of the grouse season , and I ordered thirty brace from the Ranlodden Estate which are supposed to be collected about now . |
| 2 | It does not claim that the reasons which are supposed to be displaced by authoritative instructions are not replaced by them but should count as additional independent reasons alongside the instructions . |
| 3 | There are new flat roof systems about which are supposed to be better , but they suffer from the same inherent disadvantages as their earlier counterparts . |
| 4 | It will certainly not provide the stability necessary for rights which are supposed to be inalienable and imprescriptible , let alone self-evident . |
| 5 | Ukraine and Belorussia have issued non-convertible , temporary currencies , which are supposed to be replaced soon by permanent ones . |
| 6 | The most productive tree in a village or orchard is chosen for a party and pieces of toast are hung in the branches to attract robins which are supposed to be good spirits . |
| 7 | The TRAX system was developed by the ISMA in an attempt to provide up to date information on transactions ( which are supposed to be reported in 30 minutes ) to allow matching inconsistencies to be resolved quickly . |
| 8 | It follows that is not an objective number generated by considerations of overall balance in the labour market : its value turns critically on the political preferences of governments which are supposed to be in a position to define for themselves what unemployment rate will correspond to full employment and to be capable of action to achieve their newly defined objective . |
| 9 | The three main problems that affect investors ' confidence in the stock market are market manipulation ( as in the Guinness affair ) , insider dealing ( Geoffrey Collier , Ivan Boesky ) , and investment fraud ( Barlow Clowes , Dunsdale ) , all of which are supposed to be eliminated ( or at least limited ) under the investor protection rules of the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 10 | which are supposed to be erm |
| 11 | The charter explicitly promised the privatisation of British Rail , detailed plans for which were supposed to be set out in a white paper . |
| 12 | Third , he exercised jurisdiction over the pagenses ( the " men of the pagus " or county ) : replicating the assemblies of the realm at local level were the county assemblies which were supposed to be held three times every year , and met either in the civitates or elsewhere in the county . |
| 13 | The behaviourist theory of knowledge says that for someone , S , to know or believe that some proposition p is true is for S to be disposed to behave in some way which is supposed to be appropriate to the world 's being as p says . |
| 14 | Jennings asks : ‘ How can a man who was a fascist run an organisation which is supposed to be non-discriminatory ? ’ |
| 15 | In a science which is supposed to be international , such provincialism is inexcusable . |
| 16 | Federal highway engineers in the US are promoting a new material based on epoxy resin which is supposed to be more durable . |
| 17 | Not only are they going to find themselves deliberately and actively squeezed from above and below by the very organisation , the ATP Tour , which is supposed to be protecting and encouraging them but they still have to compete against exhibition events , with open cheque books , for a handful of top players . |
| 18 | The two of you — and your lawyers — will look at your financial position , at your wife 's , at how long you 've been married , whether or not she 's working ( and if she is n't , what sort of work she 'll be able to find ) and eventually come up with a sum which is supposed to be fair to both of you . |
| 19 | Montupet , for example , is a company which is supposed to be an opportunity for employment to the Catholics of West Belfast . |
| 20 | It amounts to £92.5 million over five years which is supposed to be additional money to what is already budgeted . |
| 21 | In this movie she adopts a coldly dismissive tone with men — her lovers and les flics — which is supposed to be chic , and she is placed rather artificially in perfectly arranged and photographed surroundings . |
| 22 | But these riots are not satisfactorily explained by the orthodox account either , for such institutions lack the parti-cular , toxic mix' of prisoners which is supposed to be an important causative factor in inmate disorder . |
| 23 | The argument purporting to justify induction is circular because it employs the very kind of inductive argument the validity of which is supposed to be in need of justification . |
| 24 | Well I went out once last year , you see , and I was lucky enough but and for years and years and years I took Fynnon Salts and which is supposed to be good for rheumatism . |
| 25 | I refer to clause 21 , which is supposed to be about reassurance . |
| 26 | In the case of human beings of course you have to notice that men seem to have an advantage because as I think I mention i in the lectures , it 's perfectly possible , you see this happening in our own society which is supposed to be monogamous , perfectly possible for a man to get married , raise a family and then in his forties to desert his wife and raise a second family . |
| 27 | This mean that he probably do not wish to play as a central defender in the english premiership — central defenders in england are seldom allowed/seen going forward and ronny feels after playing three reserve games for spurs ( which is supposed to be a playing team … ) that this kind of futba does not suit him … so i guess he will be staying here — most of the top norw. players just think of one thing now — USA'94 and to be among the 24 that are travelling — and they choose club out from this : ie how much play will i get at my new club — better be going to a low-profile club in the premiership than a high profile club where i might have to sit on the bench ( Flo , Nilsen ( Sheff Utd ) , Halle , Pedersen ( Oldham ) , Fjortoft ( Swindon ) — will gets lot of play this winter — whereas players like Bjornebye ( Liverpool ) , Lydersen , ( Arsenal ) and Strandli ( Leeds ) struggle to keep/get places in their teams . |
| 28 | ( It is a restaurant for Szechuan food , S.W. China , which is supposed to be very good , but very hot . ) . |
| 29 | Can I say , Bill , it 's very interesting that in a programme erm which is supposed to be talking about John Major we 've in fact discussion erm getting women into Parliament , we 've discussed Margaret Thatcher a lot , we 've discussed the press portrayal of all politicians , and in fact we 've hardly mentioned John Major . |
| 30 | It should be noted that a similar order of precedence exists in Ashton 's Scènes de Ballet as in Petipa 's The Sleeping Beauty which was supposed to be an evocation of a court ballet at the time of Louis XIV . |