Example sentences of "[verb] it to be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ did use ( or keep ) ’ A person ‘ keeps ’ a vehicle if he causes it to be stationary on a road when not in use . |
| 2 | For example , a conglomerate in receipt of inside information from an issuer of publicly traded securities may find itself in a position where actual compliance with its disclosure obligations to its retail customers ( ie. , those who wish to buy shares ) in accordance with the equitable principle of undivided loyalty causes it to be liable in an action for breach of confidence to its corporate clients , and guilty of tipping in violation of anti-insider dealing laws . |
| 3 | We expect it to be good at mathematics , particularly , and also at various other obvious human capabilities . |
| 4 | Venicoff it was held that when the Secretary of State was deporting a person where he deemed it to be conducive to the public good , he was acting in an executive and not in a judicial capacity . |
| 5 | A decision to the contrary in the British Columbia Court of Appeal , City of Prince George v. British Columbia Television System Ltd. , 95 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 577 , held that a municipality could sue for libel , but did not consider the argument of competing interests and the balancing exercise required under article 10 , and I do not consider it to be relevant to this appeal . |
| 6 | ‘ We want it to be available to everyone , not just the business user , ’ says Watt . |
| 7 | I 've written a letter to my Member of Parliament , but I want it to be clear at headquarters . ’ |
| 8 | According to the 1929 Encyclopaedia Britannica , one theory of consciousness holds it to be inherent in every atom of the body . |
| 9 | The initial results from this implementation show it to be effective in many cases , but rather counter-productive in others . |
| 10 | People born since the 1890s have been unnaturally large because they have eaten too much protein believing it to be essential for growth , says survey author Geoffrey Cannon in New Woman magazine . |
| 11 | I have said nothing of metal , believing it to be offensive to any right-minded book lover , at least in his own home . |
| 12 | Finally , Solihull teachers generally do not consider that the use of the scheme constitutes any threat to them , believing it to be capable of showing cause for praise as well as blame . |
| 13 | It would be a mistake , however , to dismiss this aspect of the Liberal reform programme as being of no legislative or historical significance , at least in so far as the preceding details have revealed that the different schemes were the result of much thought and argument on the part of a number of interest groups , each of which cared about the transition process , believing it to be critical for the economic and moral welfare of working-class youth . |
| 14 | As for the dormeuse , it would seem to have been taken as far as Quatre Bras ; and there , according to his fellow officers von Oetlinger and von Humbracht , von Keller determined to open the necessaire that he had found in the carriage , believing it to be full of gold . |
| 15 | In some cases I have deliberately not mentioned a particular plant because I consider it to be unsuitable for pressing , but I am sure that there are many plants not listed that will press very well . |
| 16 | The yellow ( red + green ) of the outer part of the streamer shows it to be bright in X-rays . |
| 17 | Measurement of the fusion transcript hybridization signal showed it to be identical to that of the ND1 transcript . |
| 18 | He flicked the light on , and the greenish glow reflecting back from the tiled interior showed it to be empty of human occupation . |
| 19 | Wellcome 's share price lost 85p in early dealing after news that trials of its anti-Aids drug , AZT , had shown it to be ineffective in treating the virus . |
| 20 | Tests carried out by Australia 's CSIRO research body has shown it to be effective against over 30 pests ranging from beetles to nematodes . |
| 21 | The theoretical advantage of this technique is that it deals directly with the oesophageal varices without affecting liver perfusion : a prospective study has shown it to be superior to standard and distal splenorenal shunts in patients with portal hypertension secondary to schistosomiasis . |
| 22 | Tivoli Systems Inc is porting its Management Environment from Solaris 1.1 to 2.1 , expecting it to be ready by the second quarter , with all applications available by the third quarter . |
| 23 | They have occurred because policy makers or practitioners have judged it to be appropriate to their views and implementation has begun . |
| 24 | And , secondly , whether the truth of that cause , suppose it to be sufficient to ground the sentence , if true , can be inquired into here ? |
| 25 | I want to stress this connection between searching for home and finding a tongue , a writing voice , because I believe it to be fundamental to your own writing development . |
| 26 | I believe it to be true of all such moves that they are dubiously orthodox . |
| 27 | 75% stated they would recommend it to be available from general practitioners surgeries . |
| 28 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
| 29 | This use involves then a shift in the way knowing is conceived , from the static , resultative sort of knowledge evoked by I knew it to be untrue to an operative view of knowing as " directly experiencing " something . |
| 30 | Geometrical demonstrations which prove something to be true of all triangles do not do so by proving it to be true of an abstract triangle to which all triangles correspond . |