Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the remainder of the known fortified sites are plotted on a map ( fig. 7.1 ) most of them are seen to be distributed along three routes : |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | For instance , discharges frequently run from septic tanks in the grounds of country cottages , many of whose occupants are old people who have the sympathies of field men , since most of them are believed to be badly off . |
| 5 | In Ireland a party that puts up several candidates in a constituency will easily predict which of them are going to be elected , which may and which wo n't . |
| 6 | And g m quite a lot of them are going to be dependent on rented accommodation and in particular , well both council cou both , both council rented accommodation and private rented accommodation . |
| 7 | Some of them are held to be responsible for relaxation phenomena at low temperatures while folds are of great importance in the crystallization of polymers . |
| 8 | This hypothesis is supported by the fact that most plant families that produce bird-dispersed seeds are of very wide distribution and that several of them are held to be primitive , e.g. Annonaceae , Lauraceae , while several genera conspicuous in this trait are found in both tropical America and Australasia . |
| 9 | Although the effects of loss vary from one individual to another , on the whole it seems that men tend to fare a little better in bereavement than women , and fewer of them are found to be in need of psychiatric treatment for chronic grief and depression . |
| 10 | Lord Chatwin and I are going to be married . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Because that 's what Annie and I are going to be . |
| 12 | ‘ If you know where Craig is you must tell me , do n't you understand , he and I are going to be married , I must see him . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You and I are going to be strong against temptation . |
| 14 | ‘ Maria Luisa and I are going to be married ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Mandy , I suppose if you and I are going to be related there 's no hope at all I 'm ever going to be able to tamp down that irrepressible side of yours , is there ? ’ |
| 16 | Do n't forget that for tonight at least you and I are meant to be lovers . ’ |
| 17 | I am delighted that he has chosen to introduce a Bill on nurse prescribing and I am honoured to be associated with it as one of its sponsors . |
| 18 | ‘ I am determined to be a healing factor who brings people together . |
| 19 | I am determined to be happy despite your scolding ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I am determined to be involved for my country and my own career satisfaction . |
| 21 | I think I am beginning to be very much afraid of what Raynor is taking me to . |
| 22 | ‘ Forgive me , my lord , but the matter I am referring to is in the second file . |
| 23 | What I am referring to is elementary structural-functionalist sociology , in which modernization is seen as a process of structural differentiation ( Ausdifferenzierung ) . |
| 24 | The incident I am referring to is the government 's plan to shrink and disband many major regiments throughout Britain . |
| 25 | The type of abortion I am referring to is induced and I believe that the woman should be given the right to be able to choose whether she needs one , rather than certain religious leaders or laws . |
| 26 | Those who pursue comparisons of the kind I am referring to are likely to be impressed by the staying-power of a literary preoccupation to which a variety of temperaments and compulsions has been attracted , and could well be inclined to believe that Pechorin 's duel and indifference may have been among the precedents that weighed , a century later , with a woman bent on contriving her appointment with destiny . |
| 27 | I did actually get over to work for them in 1968–70 and 1971 , but this story I am referring to was in 1967 when I was just paying a visit and was given a bed for the night in the hostel . |
| 28 | ‘ I will never stir from your side , when I am suffered to be near you . |
| 29 | We are settled on the southern shore , called Belmont for the amenity of the situation , within a stout stockade I am causing to be built . |
| 30 | ‘ The only difference between us is that I am trying to be , and you ca n't help it . ’ |