Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] be [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A CLUSTER of top-grossing movies are due to be sent up in new spoof National Lampoon 's Loaded Weapon I. The team responsible for Animal House have signed up Emilio Estevez to star in this send-up of Lethal Weapon , Silence Of The Lambs and Dances With Wolves . |
| 2 | The tests are due to be carried out over the next fortnight but parents will face a six-week wait for the results . |
| 3 | None of the Indian girls complain , because they are afraid of being beaten up , so none of them go up to the headmaster and complain . |
| 4 | The Americans , in particular , are afraid of being beaten up . |
| 5 | Unconsciously we feel it was a fluke and we are afraid of being found out . |
| 6 | Half of them did n't turn up this morning — the ones who 're probably illegal immigrants and the ones who 're afraid of being blown up . |
| 7 | You 've got to design the measures for the street they 're supposed to be implemented in |
| 8 | You 're supposed to be sitting up at the table . |
| 9 | Do n't all look at me , you 're supposed to be going on talking ! |
| 10 | Marlon : Hey you lot , we 're supposed to be finding out about each other . |
| 11 | The dinner hour was spent revising for a test we 're supposed to be having on . |
| 12 | Two er requirements for the future that er seem to be er er desirable are stealth and what could be stealthier than the present generation of aircraft and secondly to prevent you having to go over your target you 're likely to be shot down so that you need a stand up weapon capability , er if the payload is somewhat limited can it still carry stand off weapons that are effective ? |
| 13 | Making it as difficult as possible for them to come in by setting up barriers doing things , perhaps a at night , putting like some timer switches in the rooms that you 're likely to be sitting in . |
| 14 | All you 're fit for is messing about with the dead . |
| 15 | And even when they 're fit to be lived in . |
| 16 | New prisons are likely to be made up of self-contained units holding 50–100 prisoners , with cells opening into a central area for staff observation . |
| 17 | Erm asks for an indication of whether you are likely to be taking up teaching service after retirement . |
| 18 | Another way of playing this game is to send children out into a local park with a list of items that are likely to be laying around naturally . |
| 19 | But applications for larger numbers of shares are likely to be scaled back substantially after the offer was oversubscribed by 4.7 times .. |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know exactly what we have up there , or what stuff we are likely to be sending up in the next few years … but I 'll take side bets on orbital weapons , either ready or in the pipe-line . ’ |
| 21 | Children raised in a middle-class family in which the parents and grandparents were university-educated are likely to be brought up in an environment in which reading and learning are stressed and going to university is encouraged . |
| 22 | In legal terms actions against doctors are likely to be brought in either battery ( trespass to the person ) or negligence . |
| 23 | In other words , some good measurements might be lost , but bad measurements are likely to be picked up because of the requirement that both the subject measurement and the reference measurement must be consistent . |
| 24 | Standards are likely to be levelled up rather than down . |
| 25 | The Stewarts employ just over 20 people , but with the recent acquisition of weaving looms , they can now weave on-site , as opposed to putting work out , and more people are likely to be taken on . |
| 26 | For flexibility and economy the operating system is implemented as a set of programs , though in future more of its functions are likely to be taken over by hardware . |
| 27 | If you invite only three or four , the conversation may become general , and you are likely to be left out , so be bold : invite twenty people , then you can move around , making contact with individuals as you ply them with food and drink , or sit with one person for a short chat before moving on to another . |
| 28 | If we think that stealing is wrong , then it 's just as wrong whether we are likely to be found out or not . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , the Soviets have decided to forsake San Diego itself for nearby Mission Bay where the Nippon Challenge and a joint de Savary/Iain Murray operation are likely to be set up . |
| 30 | The author , a former senior JMU inspector himself , explains what the procedures are and how they are likely to be carried out . |