Example sentences of "which [be] supposed to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will certainly not provide the stability necessary for rights which are supposed to be inalienable and imprescriptible , let alone self-evident . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In a science which is supposed to be international , such provincialism is inexcusable . |
| 5 | It amounts to £92.5 million over five years which is supposed to be additional money to what is already budgeted . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Jennings asks : ‘ How can a man who was a fascist run an organisation which is supposed to be non-discriminatory ? ’ |
| 11 | The Prison Officers Association said it was astounding that it was so easy to escape from a building which was supposed to be secure . |