Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [be] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The concept of field dependence was first discussed by Witkin ( 1950 ) and has since been discovered to be a relatively stable trait of the individual .
2 An unemployment rate well in excess of what had hitherto been considered to be a stable NAIRU was failing to produce sustained reductions in the rate of inflation beyond the initial impact effect of the fall in aggregate demand .
3 So that was what I was doing in Baldersdale — looking for survivors in what has long been known to be a botanically rich area .
4 In fact , Dunrossness has long been considered to be the most fertile and agriculturally productive area in the whole of Shetland .
5 The existence of the debt can only be said to be a ‘ burden ’ if the government is constrained in its use of lump-sum taxes .
6 The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way .
7 There remain finally the imported materials , of which timber alone is alleged to be a real limitation .
8 The site supports a large number and wide variety of bird species and so is considered to be a Wetland Site of International Importance .
9 Mistaken biological beliefs , such that the male alone was thought to be a full human being , underlay western culture , making this seem the more plausible .
10 However , this has not been seen to be a very effective set of policies .
11 Formation of clusters with unprimed T cells has thus been shown to be a functional feature of dendritic cells ; this may explain the striking appearance of S-100 protein + cells in Peyer 's patches , which are considered important sites for induction of primary immune responses .
12 Since 1948 , for example , the elderly have no longer been deemed to be the financial responsibility of their adult children or grandchildren .
13 The mythopoeic power of music has already been shown to be a decisive force in Greek literary history .
14 I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer .
15 In terms of the alternative function Z , the original solution may be described by a real function Z and the new solution satisfying ( 11.8 ) is then given by ( 12.46 ) This can thus be seen to be a transformation of the type ( 12.2 ) followed by an Ehlers transformation in a slightly more general form than ( 12.13 ) .
16 Conscience gave her an uncomfortable nip , for it could n't exactly be said to be the height of honour for her to accept his invitation to dine in his home in the guise of a journalist when she was n't one , but Fabia went and studied her wardrobe .
17 Descombes describes a comparable paradoxical structure in his account of ‘ originary delay ’ : a first event can not be the first event if it is the only event ; it can not be said to be a first until it is followed by a second , which then retrospectively constitutes it as the first — which means that its firstness hovers over it as its meaning without being identifiable with it as such .
18 That can not be said to be a full description of reason within the disciplines , for they can not be sustained without values and judgement .
19 English has no dental or labiodental plosive phonemes , so in these cases , although there is clearly assimilation , there could not be said to be a substitution of one phoneme for another .
20 The market can not be seen to be a neutral , fair process whose structure simply permits participants to exercise free choice in negotiating and concluding exchange transactions .
21 ‘ However , the law must not be seen to be an ass .
22 A payment made by reason of this Clause shall not be deemed to be a claim under this Policy for the purpose of the No Claim Bonus Section .
23 A.3.2 Any matter or thing so notified shall not be and shall not be deemed to be a disclosure for the purpose of qualifying or limiting the liability of the Vendor pursuant to this Agreement .
24 ‘ The manufacturing of electrical and electronic components in the year 1964 … can not be adjudged to be a special use nor can the bringing and storing on the premises of metal foil be a special use in itself … .
25 An ageing labour force can not be expected to be a mobile one .
26 This is because the apparent uptake at one hour can not be taken to be the true uptake in view of the high level at time 0 , which must represent adherence to the cell wall ( Fig 4 ) .
27 While it certainly can not be claimed to be a panacea for all ills , and no system of therapeutics has yet turned out to be that , it is an approach which I would not like to be without .
28 So , while regression can not be claimed to be the be-all and end-all of therapeutic treatment , it is certainly an important stage .
29 A court might not be thought to be a particularly suitable body to make such a decision because , in many situations , the decision , whichever way it goes , will be politically highly contentious .
30 It is also the case that people 's sex can not be held to be an effect of their job or their work record ; sex must be assumed to be causally prior to both of these variables .
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