Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , all that is required is for individuals to feel that there is someone willing to be supportive and understanding of their feelings , willing to listen to their problems , and to discuss alternative strategies for coping with their social distress . |
| 2 | And am I supposed to be grateful ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Am I supposed to be impressed by this little bit of unhurried pantomime ? ’ he enquired coolly . |
| 4 | Am I supposed to be ashamed of an ordinary male impulse ? |
| 5 | Am I supposed to be happy ? |
| 6 | Not only was I unable to be certain of Miss Kenton 's desire to rejoin the staff here , I had not , of course , even discussed the question of additional staff with Mr Farraday since that first preliminary meeting over a year ago . |
| 7 | Some consider the level of their entertaining to be over-lavish . |
| 8 | that his or her conduct as a director makes him or her unfit to be concerned in the management of a company . |
| 9 | Artist Rob Piercy , of Porthmadog , considers himself lucky to be able to realise his childhood dreams . |
| 10 | You obvious to be naughty |
| 11 | Are you likely to be late ? ’ |
| 12 | How many paid holidays do you get a year and when are you likely to be able to take them . |
| 13 | About Hattie , she was n't in the concert cos she supposed to be ill but she did n't even come to watch and her parents came to watch her . |
| 14 | It makes you ashamed to be British . |
| 15 | Are you proud to be American ? |
| 16 | Are we right to be worried ? |
| 17 | How well are we likely to be able to satisfy our requirements for staff — for example , in terms of numbers , skills , grades , location ? |
| 18 | The context was one unlikely to be familiar to the pupils . |
| 19 | Congratulations to the four successful candidates in the 1982 examination , Kay Evans welcomed the only one able to be present at this training day , Brenda Morgan , from the Surrey Course and presented her certificate . |
| 20 | For this reason it would appear likely that bones modified as greatly as these would be uncommon in the fossil record , and the predators that produce them unlikely to be important contributors to fossil bone assemblages . |
| 21 | Are there likely to be other complications ? |
| 22 | Not only are there likely to be unphysiological levels of stimulation , but it is frequently unclear , from published reports , how extensive the effective stimulation zone actually was . |
| 23 | ROS : Are there likely to be loose ends ? |
| 24 | Ooh it comes and goes Martine , it 's nearly driving me daft to be honest . |
| 25 | ' ’ Are they likely to be able to attain it and maintain it ? |
| 26 | What time they supposed to be due back , early ? |
| 27 | What time they supposed to be due back , early ? |
| 28 | I actually found it I know me and you have discussed this earlier on and I , I , I did n't find it I found it confusing to be honest with you . |
| 29 | Somehow he thinks it remote from morality to face the facts ; somehow he thinks it possible to be good without being wise . |
| 30 | I hate that is n't it awful to be obvious . |