Example sentences of "are supposed [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extremely , you know I mean if , if it had been checked over regular maybe or something like that , I do n't know how often it gets checked over or anything but you know er that gantry 's supposed to be you know , kind of really safe , so many sensors on it which are supposed to stop that from happening . |
| 2 | And mothers are supposed to sink all their hopes ambitions in the one child . |
| 3 | tried to do joined writing , apparently we are supposed to do that as teachers , actually said got ta put their primary on primary education , it says sit down and write a poem in joined up writing and look at your own writing and before you try to teach it to children make sure that you know |
| 4 | You can imagine what an outcry there 'd be from women if we made some such generalisation about them , but we men are supposed to take this shit . ’ |
| 5 | The prison officials are supposed to provide each probationer with employment at this stage in the rehabilitation process , but it is unclear whether or not this is possible in the current economic crisis . |
| 6 | I inquired of my officials — those officials who are supposed to have such total control over everything I do what the experience would be of the new scheme during the current financial year . |
| 7 | The problem of designing a complete research project is frequently encountered by university lecturers who have to supervise undergraduate dissertations which are supposed to have some element , no matter how small , of ‘ research ’ in them . |
| 8 | However , he says , he has been misquoted and his work suppressed by publicly supported scientists who are supposed to follow all research leads on predator control . |
| 9 | At the moment , local authorities , which are supposed to police many of the new controls , do not have either the expertise or the money to make them work . |