Example sentences of "of [noun sg] be felt [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more distant the target completion date of the longest task or program , the heavier the weight of responsibility is felt to be . |
| 2 | Indeed , the idea that women might take control of their desire to the point where men come to be judged as objects of pleasure is felt to be so threatening as to be tabooed . |
| 3 | Only exceptional damp , unusual cold , excessive rot , and decrepitude to the point of collapse are felt to be legitimate subjects of discussion . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the occasional problems of delay , inefficiency or incompetence , overcharging , unhelpfulness , inconsiderateness and lack of communication were felt to be of sufficient concern to demand redress by the professions . |
| 5 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but this was nothing to the delighted grandfather . |
| 6 | Here , indeed , this freak of fortune was felt to be all the more cruel on account of the impossibility of resenting it openly ; but the delighted grandfather cared nothing for what the John Pontifexes might feel or might not feel ; he had wanted a grandson and he had got a grandson ; this should be enough for everybody … |
| 7 | Here the object of make is felt to be completely under the sway of the subject and so to have no initiative of its own : the causal agent brings about a change in this object in an immediate fashion without any room for a condition–consequence or stimulus–reaction relationship . |