Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [verb] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | With asexual reproduction of diploids , mutation reduces mean fitness by a factor exp ( -2 U ) , where U is the total number of deleterious mutations per haploid genome per generation , and mutations are assumed not to be completely recessive . |
| 2 | In general , clients are known not to be able to articulate all their requirements and expectations . |
| 3 | He did n't realize that Ace 's motion sensors were set only to be triggered by an approaching movement source . |
| 4 | On Aug. 20 France declared that it would contribute 10 Mirage 2000 jets ; more than 200 US aircraft were believed already to be operating in the area . |
| 5 | Cheddington is determined not to be one of those . |
| 6 | If these tests are all negative , the chemical is presumed not to be mutagenic . |
| 7 | Then the object of the action is turned round to be the subject of the verb " This report was written by us " It seems to be accepted that impartiality and an impersonal flavour to the report are achieved by the use of the passive voice . |
| 8 | Some embody traditional notions of justice , such as the rule that a statute is presumed not to be retrospective ( except in procedural matters ) . |
| 9 | In the Ethiopian revolution no one for a long time knew the fate of Haile Fida , leader of the left-wing Meison group : I only had his death confirmed when the Ethiopian lift-operator in a DC hotel told me he had been in the same cell when Haile was taken out to be shot . |
| 10 | Dr Adams was made out to be an evil scientist who uses young innocent children for his own benefit . |
| 11 | Lucenzo 's dark eyes flickered in warning but Meredith was determined not to be intimidated . |
| 12 | He was taken to Airedale General Hospital , Keighley , where his condition was said not to be serious . |
| 13 | Although the Commissioners are committed not to be swayed by the national interests of their own countries , it is clear that Sir Leon Brittan , the Competition Commissioner , has come up against stiff opposition from his colleagues when he has investigated anti-competitive behaviour in some of their countries , most recently over his veto of the Franco-Italian takeover of De Havilland in October 1991 . |
| 14 | Many large companies are lobbying furiously to be allowed to build and operate bridges , roads and the like for profit under franchise . |
| 15 | This is illustrated by Grenfell v EB Meyrowitz Ltd [ 1936 ] 2 All ER 1313 , where the defendants were held not to be in breach of s13 when they supplied goggles of " safety glass " which subsequently had acquired a technical meaning and the goggles conformed to this design ( see R v Ford Motor Co [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1220 as to the meaning in the motor trade of a " new " car ) . |
| 16 | All exterior wrought iron work is sent away to be galvanised . |
| 17 | But there it is , and outside and foreign firms will put money in , especially if subsidized by temporary government measures , for as you know , public investment in private industry is judged to be ideologically correct , while public investment for public and community concerns is judged ideologically to be harmful , but the firms are interested in making money out of the region if I may so put it , not in sustaining world promotion and healthy living in the region . |
| 18 | Because the country 's traditional strength is in manufacturing , which can be done anywhere , such migration is turning out to be alarmingly common . |
| 19 | Bankruptcy is assumed here to be a most unlikely event in non-profits , regulated companies and publicly owned companies , though this may be influenced by the action of the regulatory agency . |
| 20 | However , one set of simplicities is dismissed only to be replaced by another . |
| 21 | After Tepilit was taken away to be tried , they never saw him again . |
| 22 | A pair of old shoes was put aside to be thrown out before Granny remembered they were the most comfortable she 'd ever had . |
| 23 | Raven Thomson was deemed not to be insulting when he said at Bethnal Green in March 1937 that he had the utmost contempt for the Jews and that they were ‘ the most miserable type of humanity , ’ but an Inspector Jones was overruled when he reported that Mick Clarke had used no inflammatory language at the same venue in June 1937 , when other police shorthand notes stated that Clarke had called the Jews ‘ greasy Scum ’ and ‘ the lice of the earth ’ . |
| 24 | The intoximeter was found not to be working properly and the custody officer notified the defendant that , pursuant to section 7(3) ( b ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 , an alternative specimen of either blood or urine , at the choice of the officer , would be required . |
| 25 | The reader 's expectations are elicited only to be thwarted . |
| 26 | Some of these regulations may not promote efficiency but be justified on paternalistic grounds : workers are held not to be the best judges of their own interests and so are prevented by law from taking risks they would voluntarily undertake for money . |
| 27 | FISH are lining up to be caught at Moreton Mere and look set to provide great fishing in Saturday 's Octoplus Echo Spring Classic Final . |
| 28 | In some ill-explained way , manpower needs were held also to be closely linked with a shortage of mathematics and science graduates so that emphasis on strengthening and ‘ modernising ’ mathematics and science curricula at all levels was strong . |
| 29 | The 1960s saw a disenchantment with this view , academia being seen instead to be an accomplice in the mainstream projects ( industrial , military , political ) of society . |
| 30 | He said , referring to the contents of a mortgage deed : " If their purpose and nature is found not to be ancillary to the lending of money upon security , as , for example , to make the lending more profitable or safer , but some quite independent purpose , they may and should be independently scrutinised " ( ie subject to the restraint of trade doctrine ) . |