Example sentences of "be supposed to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're supposed to be interested in his first marriage and that 's more than thirty years ago , is n't it ? |
| 2 | The courts are supposed to be vigilant on behalf of the citizen , and mindful of the liberty to go about one 's lawful business . |
| 3 | The long-promised higher frequency Vikings that would go a ways to proving Sparc 's scalability are supposed to be producible by the end of the fourth quarter or the first part of the new year , according to TI . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm supposed to be content with that ? |
| 5 | He had got the impression , from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi and from Mr Malik , that Muslims were supposed to be nice to each other . |
| 6 | When her mother answered , she said the stupid thing she always said to those who were supposed to be close to her , ‘ It 's me . ’ |
| 7 | Besides , ’ acidly , ‘ I thought you were supposed to be immune to other women , since you already have a — ’ |
| 8 | You were supposed to be brilliant without effort , or to accept your limitations and get a fourth-class degree . |
| 9 | Well you were supposed to be able to you know , be able to take command you know . |
| 10 | The Marines were supposed to be afraid of nothing , but the sight of the villagers clawing their way back into the world was too much . |
| 11 | As Bob Hope said of the Stealth bomber , ‘ If it is supposed to be invisible to radar , why do n't we just not build it and tell the Russians it 's there ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Piss is supposed to be good for warts , ’ Arty said . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Yes , soot is supposed to be good for something . |
| 15 | But we are bound to ask what is supposed to be essential about it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The outfit is supposed to be traditional in some way , but I 've never bothered to find out how . |
| 18 | The only exceptional cases are those concerning juveniles or the mentally disordered or handicapped , where an ‘ appropriate adult ’ is supposed to be involved in the decision-making process ( see revised Code C , para. 3.13 and Annex E ) . |
| 19 | The hepatic monooxygenase system is supposed to be involved in the detoxication of cyclosporin A. Conjoint treatment of rats with cyclosporin A and indomethacin was found to be associated with increased whole blood concentrations of cyclosporin A as a consequence of the decreased cyclosporin A metabolism . |
| 20 | My own view is that , if you want really high-quality fish , and can possibly afford them , now is the time to buy , Good , old-fashioned haggling is supposed to be alien to the British nature , but we are rediscovering the art — which applies to Koi just as much as to motor cars or kitchen units ! |
| 21 | Speeds goal in particular was a quite poorly taken effort for someone that is supposed to be able to used both feet . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Er It 's it 's supposed to be due in Friday week three |
| 24 | ours and apparently he 's supposed to be brilliant on it ! |
| 25 | What 's supposed to be good for you ? |
| 26 | " What 's supposed to be wrong with it ? " |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ Ian said , ‘ he 's supposed to be responsible to the Dean and Chapter for Cathedral security . |
| 28 | For years , it was supposed to be crucial to bonding for baby to open its eyes on Mum and Dad in the first instants of life , which I always thought was a lot of toffee . |
| 29 | But in Britain , television , like the cod-liver oil forced down the gagging throats of Welfare-State children , was supposed to be good for you . |
| 30 | Even the rain was supposed to be radio-active after the long series of 1954–5 tests . |