Example sentences of "[verb] what is [verb] to be " in BNC.

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1 For them , the person of good character has what is said to be the imagination to live tranquilly , or literally ‘ the wizardry to live tranquilly ’ ( mariya adiunaku ) .
2 Weighing just 7g it has what is claimed to be a new yoke-less magnetic system with a special allow core for the coil assembly ; this is claimed to eliminate irregularities in the flux .
3 BDO Seidman has won what is believed to be the first successful countersuit by an auditor against a former client .
4 The latest CBI distributive trades survey , published today , underlined what is expected to be confirmed in tomorrow 's retail sales figures for January , namely that there was quite a good bounce-back from the unexpected fall in December .
5 Clearly , you need to use the time you have available to consolidate what is going to be in the foreground — what is central to your essay — rather than in mugging up materials which at best can only ever form marginal elements of the final piece of work .
6 How soon will it be before you 'll know what is going to be the first production ?
7 What to me seems surprising is that M. Oliver , who presumably supplied the recipes for the Le Creuset leaflet , does not give what is said to be the old and traditional fondue of Franche-Comté , a dish in every respect superior to its primitive Swiss counterpart , having both greater finesse of flavour and texture and far less brutally indigestible qualities .
8 The Breed Standard describes what is considered to be a perfect specimen of the breed .
9 I am worried that , instead , we shall be handing over a barrage that will do little apart from create what is hoped to be an aesthetically pleasing impounded area of water .
10 Even in 1839 , an estimated 50,000 had watched what is believed to be the first running of the race Aintree .
11 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission will soon publish what is expected to be a definitive assessment of generator problems .
12 The the difficulty is knowing what is going to be useful in the future .
13 To repeat what is known to be shared knowledge , ‘ things as they were before ’ , flouts Grice 's maxim of quantity .
14 Put briefly , once employment ends he can not , without a specific covenant , be prevented from doing anything unless his actions contravene what is perceived to be a proprietary right of his employer : Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 .
15 In her capacity as patron of Relate , the princess was making what is believed to be her first visit to such a centre since her separation from the prince was announced late last year .
16 Nigel Worthington appears to have got over the disappointment of losing in last week 's FA Cup final replay to Arsenal and will play what is believed to be his 67th game of the season tomorrow .
17 Various studies have identified what is considered to be best practice for the maintenance of good discipline and the avoidance of pupil alienation , and the main recommendations are referred to below .
18 But envy is an ambivalent structure of feeling ; it involves the desire to possess certain idealized attributes of the Other and the desire to destroy them because they signify what is felt to be lacking .
19 In 1969 Mr Walker performed what is believed to be Teesside 's first successful aortic graft , the replacement of the body 's main blood vessel with a false vessel .
20 In 1969 , Mr Walker performed what is believed to be Teesside 's first successful aortic graft the replacement of the body 's main blood vessel with a false vessel .
21 Shortly before the joint statement was issued , Coopers & Lybrand became what is thought to be only the second US firm to file a countersuit against a former client .
22 THE Chinese Premier , Mr Li Peng , yesterday made what is believed to be his most forthright attack yet on the reforms sweeping Eastern Europe during a private meeting with a delegation from Hong Kong .
23 THE Chinese Premier , Mr Li Peng , yesterday made what is believed to be his most forthright attack yet on the reforms sweeping Eastern Europe during a private meeting with a delegation from Hong Kong .
24 If he 's on song he can unlock what is bound to be a very defensive set-up by Neuchatel .
25 After the Sun changes signs on the 20th , it will immediately begin to make what is considered to be a disturbing aspect to Pluto in Scorpio .
26 In all of these cases special considerations , which I have elaborated , serve to limit what is thought to be appropriate treatment ; but in none of them do we consult the recipient 's point of view , for there is no such view to be had .
27 The mill occupies what is thought to be a Domesday site ; however , the present building dates partially from 1655 , when it was rebuilt .
28 In contrast , the gigantic photographic images depicting what the curator Jeffrey Deitch has called our Strange Developments act to bludgeon what is assumed to be our jaded sensibilities , but more obviously demonstrate the burn out of a certain faction of the mid Atlantic artworld , curators and buyers .
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