Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] was [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Robin Tavistock 's table , where I was honoured to be seated , was a superb square birthday cake , iced in Robin 's racing colours , with fifty tiny candles in miniature gold candelabras . |
| 2 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 3 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 4 | He performed only 24 hours within the first 12 months of the order , and was brought before the Crown Court where he was found to be in breach of the order , which was revoked . |
| 5 | A second received burns over 60pc of his body and was taken by helicopter to hospital , where he was reported to be seriously ill . |
| 6 | However , even where it was acknowledged to be still relevant — in the colonies of the European empires — the Congress of the International was no more clear . |
| 7 | To check for a developmental role for these hypersensitive sites , the presence of the transgene was tested in newborn mice and where it was shown to be expressed ( data not shown ) . |
| 8 | V.W. I 'm not quite the loony that I was seen to be six years ago , when I first came in the school . |
| 9 | Just as I had been told repeatedly that I was destined to ‘ do well ’ , so then I was being told that I was destined to be ‘ stout ’ . |
| 10 | Did you not know that I was bound to be in my Father 's house ? |
| 11 | I saw that I was intended to be subject to people like these two , was doomed to marry Syl as surely as I had been born of my mother . |
| 12 | It suddenly became clear to me that I was assumed to be equally as wilfully ignorant . |
| 13 | When found , her behaviour was such that she was thought to be mentally deficient : |
| 14 | And it was wonderful to have heard from Liz today , when her cousin had rung to wish her a happy birthday , that she was expected to be discharged from hospital in about a week 's time . |
| 15 | The fact that she was known to be on a special complex carbohydrate diet designed to help her regain weight did n't help matters . |
| 16 | Detectives in Colchester expressed concern for Lisa 's safety following her disappearance and revealed that she was known to be upset over personal problems . |
| 17 | Tiller was a stickler for cleanliness , so she was told to be strict in supervising their washing ( for some this was as novel an experience as appearing on stage ) . |
| 18 | For a child of five this was a terrifying experience , although it was meant to be a birthday treat . |
| 19 | That was typical of Sam : although he was acknowledged to be one of the finest seamen in the village , he was still young , and reluctant to delegate the steering to members of his crew . |
| 20 | An expensive film may well be a flop ( Blade Runner cost $27 million yet took under $15 million in North American ( NA ) rentals , which are traditionally supposed to cover negative — that is production — costs for break-even ) ; the fact that it was intended to be profitable puts it in the domain of popular cinema . |
| 21 | It is not very clear whether section 17(2) adds a third element or is subsumed in ( b ) , but it is clear that it was intended to be more difficult to obtain an interlocutory injunction in trade dispute cases than in others . |
| 22 | The major exception is the ubiquitous iron knife , perhaps so common and such a personal item that it was felt to be expendable . |
| 23 | In Protestant countries the morality of sexual restraint and fidelity was supposed to be binding on both sexes , but the very fact that it was felt to be so even by those who broke it , led them not so much into hypocrisy as into personal torment . |
| 24 | We recognise that logically this demands a transfer of resources and effort from the former to the latter , that in the words I have so often quoted , some social services are ‘ excessive ’ and others ‘ inadequate ’ — that it was bound to be so and that it is so . |
| 25 | However , although the dramatic progress , in terms of productivity , made by Jaguar since privatisation is acknowledged , critics claim that it was bound to be a takeover candidate before too long , as it was a small player in a market which was becoming increasingly concentrated . |
| 26 | Until now my only objection to living in a water-mill had been a conviction that it was bound to be dark , water-mills having a habit of being in valleys , Nigel explained , but it was wonderfully light up there , with two large , deep-set windows . |
| 27 | Indeed he was probably uncertain himself as to what the end-point would be , except that it was bound to be a less rigid and less bipolar system than the old one ; and he assumed that a more flexible multipolar system would not only be more advantageous to France but would be safer and more equitable for all states . |
| 28 | Added to this was an acceptance of liberal Victorian culture to such a degree that it was assumed to be as eternal as the gospel itself . |
| 29 | The fact that it was proved to be an overestimate is blamed on various horrors which took place on the paper 's route to market . |
| 30 | Remember that it was designed to be seen from 20ft below and back . |