Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the problem of ‘ boy labour ’ found its way into middle-class consciousness , recreation and religion were deemed to be insufficient for coping with this new and alarming aspect of the youth question . |
| 2 | No words were found to be allowable in these positions , so instead the top-ranked string is stored . |
| 3 | The sandstone rocks along its western side were known to be porous , but the engineers predicted that the pores would be blocked by silt . |
| 4 | In addition , such lobes were found to be negative for the macrophage markers 5C6 and F4/80 ( ref.18 ) and the reticular fibroblast marker ERTR7 ( ref.16 ) . |
| 5 | In this connection , central government and LEAs were urged to be sensitive to the wishes of some groups to have their daughters educated in single-sex schools . |
| 6 | At one moment six Emperors were said to be alive , each as impotent as the others . |
| 7 | Wells calculates that as approximately two-thirds of teenage pregnancies going to full term were reported to be unplanned in a study in South West England , effective contraception therefore has the potential for avoiding 76,000 unwanted teenage pregnancies each year . |
| 8 | On the other hand , utilities were found to be insensitive to both unanticipated inflation and the unanticipated changes in the expected real long-term rate of growth of sales because this sector is highly regulated . |
| 9 | If the centre parties were seen to be self-interested in blocking the formation of a government through their insistence on a deal to introduce electoral reform then this could reflect badly on them in the election so cutting back their seats — and the prospect for proportional representation . |
| 10 | A recent survey by the Consumers Association ( CA ) showed that a third of the tools hired from 32 randomly selected shops were found to be faulty when examined by experts . |
| 11 | Some historians argue that modern ecology only became possible in the post-Darwinian age in which all natural relationships were seen to be fragile . |
| 12 | People lacking supportive relationships were expected to be prone to depression whether or not they experienced major difficulties or threatening events . |
| 13 | In an age when décolletage mattered , her shoulders were said to be superb . |
| 14 | In Jones [ 1981 ] Crim LR 119 , minor abrasions and a bruise were held to be actual bodily harm , though the case was thought to be on the margins . |
| 15 | By mid-1989 foreign exchange reserves were estimated to be sufficient to cover only two months of imports . |
| 16 | If , however , further safeguards were thought to be necessary , it would be open to the Director to reserve such decisions to himself . |
| 17 | For intergroup comparison the data were assumed to be non-parametric and the Wilcoxon 's rank-sum comparison was used . |
| 18 | Only letter strings which appeared in this dictionary were considered to be correct . |
| 19 | By section 14(2) , vessels were deemed to be British-owned if the legal title in them was vested wholly in qualified persons or companies and they were beneficially owned wholly or mainly by qualified persons or companies . |
| 20 | The stone free date corresponds to the first time the gall bladder was considered to be free of fragments and sludge . |
| 21 | The electorate was expected to be weary of elections and possibly apathetic as well . |
| 22 | Although the SLORC promised to respect the result , the opposition was reported to be reluctant to claim victory before ascertaining the response of the country 's effective ruler Gen. Ne Win , and of the Directorate of the Defence Services Intelligence ( DDSI — the secret police ) . |
| 23 | Mr Akashi insists on looking on the bright side : Khmer Rouge artillery was known to be inaccurate and their shells often failed to explode , he said . |
| 24 | As previously reported , the serum gastrin concentration was found to be high in the renal failure patients compared with those with normal renal function . |
| 25 | The retirement of the Rev William Sleight was intended to be partial . |
| 26 | Professor Jack Shaw , the SHEFC 's chairman , said the system for allocating funds was meant to be predictable and would allow clear budgeting and stability at a time when student numbers have been growing rapidly , some fee levels have been cut sharply , and large efficiency gains expected . |
| 27 | For all these reasons the future was thought to be uncertain . |
| 28 | Over 35,000 plant species were carefully screened for anti-cancer properties , and yew bark extract was found to be effective against tumours in mice . |
| 29 | The TBC was intended to be self-financing , yet in 1960 it obtained only £5,002 from licences and £6,896 from advertising . |
| 30 | The tailwheel was made to be retractable and a third seat was added along with a gun position . |