Example sentences of "is [adj] to be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story concerns the misdemeanours of a husband when he goes dancing with another woman when he is supposed to be at a boxing match . |
| 2 | ‘ The cat is supposed to be on the broomstick , Mildred , ’ said Miss Hardbroom wearily . |
| 3 | The deal is supposed to be in a part money and part swap deal bringing John Sheridan back to Elland Road . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman is supposed to be in the medical profession , so he will know that that was not a yawn ; I was choking . |
| 5 | Been waiting for this , this is supposed to be in the U K and you just ca n't get the part ! |
| 6 | Circumstances alter cases : in deep recessions the economy is likely to be to the left of point A whereas in milder recessions the economy is more likely to be to the right of point A. |
| 7 | Erm quite rightly the director said that predictions in terms of residential admissions and nursing home admissions would be easier to make this year than last year and I accept it was very difficult then year but I 'd just like to know how close the actual outcome is likely to be to the original prediction , really for information , not because I think you could have got it any closer than did but it would be just interesting to know what the s the gap was . |
| 8 | Moreover , the ensuing change is likely to be of a gradual nature and not a radical rearrangement of the political or social order . |
| 9 | Non-financial reward for services is likely to be of a highly specific , immediate and implicated form ; financial recompense , however , may be translated at any time into a large range of goods and alternative services , according to the desire of the recipient . |
| 10 | The Zoology here , from what I have already seen , is likely to be of a most interesting description , totally different in its nature from that of Sydney , but probably approaching nearer in its character to the productions found beyond the Liverpool range , or what is more properly called the interior of New South Wales . ’ |
| 11 | The amount of loss suffered by the consumer could be very large in relation to his financial resources , while not serious for the businessman who caused the breach , and in any event the businessman could ( in cases of breach caused by inadvertent default , at any rate ) possibly obtain insurance cover for such liability , since it is likely to be of a very low level ( see Harris v Wyre Forest District Council [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 514 ) . |
| 12 | This is usually achieved easily enough by line breeding , though if the mutated genes are not dominant only a percentage of each brood is likely to be of the new form . |
| 13 | There is no precise figure available about employment in the opencast coal industry , but the number is likely to be of the order of 17,000 . |
| 14 | Ring fencing is likely to be along the following lines ( commencing with senior posts ) : |
| 15 | Any one " event " is likely to be on a different scale from the one preceding or succeeding it and there are likely to be gaps between events . |
| 16 | Ray Parlour , 19 , is back in the squad and is likely to be on the substitutes ' bench . |
| 17 | Before issuing a warrant the magistrate must be satisfied that : ( a ) the material is likely to be on the premises . |
| 18 | Ten years ago , evidence of the gap between organisations and members was generally hailed , on the left , as a conflict between stodgy bureaucrats and heroic workers ; today , the left is likely to be on the receiving end of complaints about unresponsiveness , paternalism and manipulation . |
| 19 | Also , apart from legal considerations , in most situations , a seller who does not provide such a remedy is likely to be at a significant commercial disadvantage compared to his competitors , since the giving of such guarantees and warranties has really become standard commercial practice . |
| 20 | The Lithuanian order is an unusually large one so it is likely to be at the bottom end of that range . |
| 21 | Not all efforts to improve prison conditions are futile , but any success is likely to be at the margins and will depend upon full regard being given to the capacity and population side of the reform equation . |
| 22 | The more risk the contractor is required to take , the more expensive the price is likely to be at the outset . |
| 23 | Moving further into the German market would be difficult given the strength of the major players there , and if it does happen , it is likely to be via a joint venture . |
| 24 | ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction . |
| 25 | In a situation in which no one party is likely to be in an overall majority in the Commons then the electorate is just not in a position where it can realistically choose between alternative programmes and alternative teams of leaders sure in the knowledge that the winning team will be available to form a government and eager to try and implement its electoral programme . |
| 26 | The Old Boys will hope that their captain , England international Julian Halls , who has been plagued with injuries since the summer , comes through a second XI game today without problems ; if so , he is likely to be in the squad . |
| 27 | The answer is likely to be in the kitchen . |
| 28 | The real pain is likely to be in the Midlands . |
| 29 | In discussing the extent to which sentencing discretion in England and Wales has been subject to control in the past , or is likely to be in the future , we will adopt the threefold classification elaborated by K.C. Davis ( 1969 ) : viz. confining discretion ( or restricting the scope of discretionary power that is available ) ; structuring discretion ( or regulating its exercise in advance ) ; and checking discretion ( or reviewing the way it has been exercised in the past ) . |
| 30 | In deciding what prices to set , firms form expectations ( which , of course , we shall assume are rational ) of what the price level is likely to be in the next two periods . |