Example sentences of "[adj] to [be] [verb] at a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's supposed to be staying at a children 's home , but he spent last night in police cells after being arrested for the thirtieth time — for breaching bail conditions . |
| 2 | In theoretical work , the turbulence is supposed to be generated at an initial instant and then to decay as time proceeds . |
| 3 | They , like the GCSE and A level , are supposed to be taken at a particular age , at 7 , 11 , and 14 . |
| 4 | ON A Sunday morning , the average Tory voter is as likely to be queuing at a supermarket check-out as at the communion rail . |
| 5 | Closure of Harefield Hospital is recommended , although the transplantation programme is likely to be maintained at a different site ( at Northwick Park , the Royal Brompton , or Oxford ) . |
| 6 | Testing , as an evaluation procedure , is more likely to be conducted at a national or at a local education authority level . |
| 7 | Seven modules have been introduced covering areas such as cognitive , occupational , developmental and clinical psychology , and providing the skills and knowledge likely to be required at a basic level in higher education . |
| 8 | At 16 they are more likely to be studying at school ; by 18 they are much more likely to be studying at an establishment of further or higher education . |
| 9 | A formal decision was likely to be taken at a foreign ministers ' meeting in June . |
| 10 | MAS policy is to recover costs in full in the case of an unreasonable withdrawal ; in the event of failure to sell a small discount below our time costs may be appropriate , particularly if MAS is likely to be reappointed at a later date to have another attempt at the sale . |
| 11 | THE new poll tax for Darlington is likely to be set at a special meeting on Thursday . |
| 12 | The selection was due to be made at a DLP convention to be held before May 9 . |
| 13 | The group 's 1992 results , which are due to be unveiled at a board meeting on May 28th , will be awful . |
| 14 | These issues were due to be investigated at a second trial , to start on Jan. 14 , 1991 , when the senior financiers Roger Seeling , David Mayhew and Lord Spens were to stand trial for accepting the money . |
| 15 | The findings are due to be discussed at a future meeting of Braintree District Council 's community and leisure committee . |
| 16 | The deepening crisis over foreign imports is due to be discussed at a meeting of the EC Fisheries Council today in Brussels . |
| 17 | She had forgotten how good-looking he was , the intriguing way he managed to appear cool on the surface , nonetheless conveying an impression of passion ready to be ignited at a moment 's notice . |