Example sentences of "[verb] they [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 I think that in years to come they are bound to be looked back on as an aberration .
2 erm schools just do n't help girls to have both and so a lot of the talk about underachievement , and I do n't like that word , amongst girls really ignores the fact that girls are n't underachieving when they do n't go all out for occupational success , when they do n't set their goals very high in schools , they are being very rational because if they do achieve they are going to be faced with immense problems .
3 er Half past one , there are about three hundred , or there will be about three hundred school children descending upon the library from Icknield Primary and Berryfields Primary er and er Monks Risborough School er they will be given a sweet ration — sweets for a whole week , which is less than they imagine they 're going to be .
4 I hope they 're going to be rowed on Boxing Day .
5 Wanting to remain a child becomes unfeasible even to the most stupid old beard at the age of about 35 ; they eventually give up and accept they were born to be schoolteachers .
6 ‘ I do not believe they are going to be as clumsy as to try to introduce this for people actually undergoing surgery , ’ he said .
7 Yes we were told they 're going to be trees like that because they 've had a lot of trouble with pigeons roosting in the erm the mature trees and it 's impossible for people to sit on the benches underneath cos of er pigeon mess .
8 Though his critics maintain they were trying to be constructive and wanted him to stay , Sutton was convinced that the criticism had been organized in advance as a warning that if he did not go , as Pilger was demanding , they would make life hell for him .
9 The mystery plays were originally known as the Corpus Christi Play ; the use of the singular ‘ play ’ indicated they were intended to be seen as a whole , while Corpus Christi refers to the holy day on which they were performed .
10 ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ .
11 At some stage in their lives they decided they were going to be a winner not a loser .
12 They know that if things are not settled they are going to be dragged through the courts .
13 All the advertising in the world will not draw people to your event if they believe they 're going to be there alone .
14 This morning in Blackpool Mr Patten apologised for the comments , saying they were meant to be ’ satirical ’ .
15 He criticised the system of screening and the appeals tribunal for refugees due to be sent back , saying they were forbidden to be present , allowed no legal representation , and were not told the reasons for decisions .
16 I mean they 're going to be very easy to buy .
17 The appointment of Mr Stürmer , a friend of Chancellor Kohl and a man often seen on television , made some of the staff fear they were going to be ‘ politicised ’ .
18 I thought they were pretending to be offended — but people were honestly upset by it and I was flabbergasted . ’
19 Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend .
20 She said , ‘ Things are seldom as bad as you think they 're going to be .
21 country in Europe so they think they 're going to be testing their weapons and for the
22 I know I thought that was good because then everybody puts the phone down you see and they all think they 're going to be terribly clever .
23 Well we 'll see if there , if there well the jury can have a look at them if they want , certainly if er if neither side think they 're going to be of any assistance then there 's not much point in producing them .
24 Do n't let's frighten people and think they 're going to be thrown out on the street because they ca n't pay their rent .
25 Others living at the house said they were waiting to be reunited with Marita and her Mr Loren to find out exactly what happened .
26 The shortage of Pentiums is so bad that those that have them are said to be ‘ tea-bagging ’ them — moving their precious chips from system to system to prove to customers that their box works , then quickly back into the safe .
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