Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Surely mineral water 's bound to be still . |
| 5 | That Tournament 's meant to be good , I have n't heard it yet . |
| 6 | A man 's expected to be charged tonight . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ According to all the books , a secret agent 's life 's meant to be glamorous . |
| 9 | A second London orbital road 's expected to be built between the M3 and M40 . |
| 10 | The law states that if the insured driver 's held to be just one per cent responsible , then his insurers have to pay . |