Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] are [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sufferings of the young when first they go away from home and try to hold their own with cruel contemporaries are felt to be very great even when they are not . |
| 2 | Labour hours are expected to be limited to 800 next year . |
| 3 | The Oct-2 proteins are thought to be effectors of octamer-dependent immunoglobulin gene transcription and certain cytokine genes [ 7 ] . |
| 4 | Another march is being held in Bonn next Monday , three days before the summit , when 50,000 Germans are expected to be on the streets . |
| 5 | For best results , some products are recommended to be used after dusting your skin with talc first . |
| 6 | Traditional patterns of family life and cultural values are said to be breaking down under the pressure of geographical and social mobility , and the power of the mass media . |
| 7 | These terminal direct repeats are believed to be generated by the mechanism through which migrating transposons reinsert themselves into the chromosomal DNA . |
| 8 | Most Iraqi cities are reported to be without electricity or telephones . |
| 9 | The empty houses are expected to be re-occupied . |
| 10 | For example , the concept of ‘ role ’ is usually understood universally , in that social roles are presumed to be found in all societies , whether developed or pre-literate , modern or historical . |
| 11 | Some books are considered to be ‘ unputdownable ’ but this one seems to be ‘ unpickupable ’ . |
| 12 | Four British manufacturers are believed to be fighting for the contract to supply Virgin with machines . |
| 13 | Several big British companies are said to be ‘ extremely interested ’ . |
| 14 | Sandra , a full-time barrister and a mother of three , says some judges are known to be partial to women in wigs and gowns . |
| 15 | Some dogs are thought to be genetically susceptible to it , but diet always seems to get the blame . |
| 16 | The expectations and priorities of social workers are seen to be very low in relation to the children 's education ; changes of placement lead to changes of school and this is seldom taken into account in placement decisions . |
| 17 | German firms are said to be dumping in Eastern Europe waste which it would be costly for them to dispose of in Germany itself , including radioactive uranium , used tyres and banned pesticides . |
| 18 | Such social changes are shown to be prior to , and necessary precursors of , any technological changes , such as industrialization ( Marx 1974 : 318–47 ) . |
| 19 | Similarly some structures are designed to be discussed by management consultants rather than to make life easier for those who have to use the system . |
| 20 | Decrements at high levels are assumed to be the result of the impairment to short memory . |
| 21 | Certainly the social sciences are seen to be the arbiters of revolutionary change which might somehow dismantle the police institution and its processes , and this has led it to negate the reforming social scientists , keeping them as outsiders beyond the system . |
| 22 | The conditions which must be satisfied before effectively the non-resident trustees are deemed to be resident in the United Kingdom are the settlor , or where there is more than one any one of them , is at any relevant time : 1 . |
| 23 | Improved communications are considered to be an asset both to traditional local industries such as oil , fish and drink and important for new investment . |
| 24 | Cheapest items are said to be £32 wine goblets etched by the Queen 's engraver Andrew Lawson Johnston with Ovid 's motto : Wine gives courage and makes men apt for passion . |
| 25 | A group of English players are reported to be bitter at having been left out of the squad for next week 's world team championships , and inevitably , the name of the game for the next couple of days in the Open , which starts today , will be to try to make monkeys of those who omitted them . |
| 26 | BRITISH children are believed to be among 160 being held in care today after being rescued from a religious sex cult in Argentina . |
| 27 | This is an important conclusion because it applies not only to the Benguela ecosystem off the coast of southern Africa , but to all marine ecosystems where marine mammals are perceived to be competing with commercial fisheries . |
| 28 | Similarly , the child fixated at the anal stage will develop an ‘ anal character ’ , whose most marked traits are said to be orderliness , parsimony and obstinacy . |
| 29 | ‘ Tin Can Island ’ proclaim the postage stamps , and old ones are said to be almost as sought after as British Guiana Triangulars or Penny Blacks . |
| 30 | Some women are said to be ‘ dangerous ’ if they act as many men do all the time . |