Example sentences of "'re [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would say that the criteria that 's that 's sent out at the moment is is far too strict for the lot , a lot of women and at the moment you 're expected to be skeletal , whereas th , you can very well be thirteen stone and anorexic it 's , it depends on your attitude towards food . |
| 2 | Erm as with many , many parts of the Gospel you 're expected you 're expected to be able to look more deeply than on the surface . |
| 3 | They 're said to be concerned , though , about the effect all the publicity is having on the boy . |
| 4 | Recent reports have suggested some local authorities are putting pressure on the government to settle early and avoid huge payouts ; they 're said to be concerned that if the case is drawn out , more haemophiliacs will die , and in the event of the ruling going against the government , relatives will be eligible for compensation . |
| 5 | The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial . |
| 6 | you 're bound to be right . |
| 7 | They 're bound to be able to help . ’ |
| 8 | They 're bound to be suspicious about that . " |
| 9 | Even if you 're not a serious d-i-yer , you 're bound to be aware of this clever invention . |
| 10 | It 's fine if they 're proved to be guilty , otherwise it 's police harassment . |
| 11 | I think they 're a very dangerous mode of education because they provide a very stereo-typed image of everything , everybody that they 're talking about if they 're talking about sex , they presume to be able bodied , they 're presumed to be white generally , they 're presumed to be heterosexual , if they 're talking about homosexual then , it 's definitely male lesbians |
| 12 | I think they 're a very dangerous mode of education because they provide a very stereo-typed image of everything , everybody that they 're talking about if they 're talking about sex , they presume to be able bodied , they 're presumed to be white generally , they 're presumed to be heterosexual , if they 're talking about homosexual then , it 's definitely male lesbians |
| 13 | The market is the mechanism through which we 're forced to be competitive . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're allowed to be gloomy . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're meant to be respectable , you are , ’ she said . |
| 16 | They 're meant to be dull . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're determined to be unpleasant . ’ |
| 18 | And get it into your head , Aunt Ellen , we 're engaged to be married . |
| 19 | ‘ Besides , you do n't go for redheads , you told me you do n't , and you 're engaged to be married , and what about Ta — ? ’ |
| 20 | Oh well , you 're engaged to be married . |
| 21 | They 're paid to be pretty , not bright . ’ |