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Example sentences of "[noun] 's [vb pp] to be " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Surely they only take place when the data 's known to be applicable to people . ’
2	The boy 's thought to be one of a hard core of 8 children , all under 15 , who are responsible for twelve per cent of all reported crimes in the Swindon area .
3	This is what a demo 's meant to be : not too big , not too short , well designed , accompanied by music which suits the parts to create a certain atmosphere .
4	The body 's thought to be that of an adult , and police are now interviewing residents of the house , and trying to trace people who stayed there recently .
5	‘ Surely mineral water 's bound to be still .
6	That Tournament 's meant to be good , I have n't heard it yet .
7	A man 's expected to be charged tonight .
8	Down on the river front of Old Chiswick , the firm of Thornycroft 's continued to be busily occupied with their boat building , and one of their employees , Mr. R. T. Smith , made an approach to his engineer employer , John Donaldson , who was a good Scottish Presbyterian with strong Christian principles , for a loan of five pounds in order to enable him ( R. T. Smith ) to start a coffee stall in Church Street , in an endeavour to keep some of the other employees away from their regular visits to the Lamb Tap Inn .
9	‘ According to all the books , a secret agent 's life 's meant to be glamorous .
10	A second London orbital road 's expected to be built between the M3 and M40 .
11	The law states that if the insured driver 's held to be just one per cent responsible , then his insurers have to pay .
12	Celebratory events were taking place all over the Soviet Union ; but none was more extraordinary , in its modest way , than Charsky 's promised to be .
13	When the Lawrence Girls arrived , John 's tended to be considerably older , having had to work their way up through their hierarchy before being allowed into the promised land of show business .