Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] was [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the four factors , a confiding tie with a husband or lover was seen to be the most important , in that this could protect against depression whether or not any one of the other three vulnerability factors was present . |
| 2 | A renewal card or invoice was suggested to be sent each September to cover PAF , Insurance ( if required ) , QT fees and Membership . |
| 3 | Under the previous law , the offence was committed where the onlooker believed that violence was intended to be provoked or ‘ whereby a breach of the peace is likely to be occasioned . ’ |
| 4 | A physics of the infinite was the correlate of a theology of the infinite , however heterodox that theology was perceived to be . |
| 5 | Police reported no new congestion on roads , although traffic was expected to be heavier because of the rain . |
| 6 | Jesus taught his followers that life was meant to be lived a day at a time . |
| 7 | Community satisfaction and attachment was found to be relatively low , hovering around 50 per cent . |
| 8 | Pockets of Iraqi troops continued to resist until Feb. 2 , and fighting was reported to be continuing between allied forces and retreating Iraqi units elsewhere in the border region . |
| 9 | However , this attempt to end the NPFL offensive failed and fighting was reported to be continuing as the month ended , with the ECOMOG headquarters in the capital a particular target of the rebels . |
| 10 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 11 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 12 | Divine power which inspired fear and awe was thought to be manifested in certain creatures . |
| 13 | Domingo Cavallo , the Economy Minister , said that a 6.5 per cent increase in GDP was forecast for 1992 , and inflation was expected to be " slightly more than one digit " ; he also promised that there would be no domestic or foreign loan applications involving an increase in the public debt . |
| 14 | No pornographer has ever been punished for being a woman-hater. but not too long ago information about female sexuality , contraception and abortion was assumed to be obscene . |
| 15 | The feudal bond of duty and loyalty was seen to be almost as strong as , and certainly similar to , the ties of blood relationship . |
| 16 | Royal College of Nursing members at the hospital had expressed worry over possible job losses and morale was said to be at a low ebb . |
| 17 | All the food available to animals and man was thought to be due to the rain which fell from the heavens , the arrival of which was dependent on the will of the god Ba'al . |
| 18 | A charge of possessing a gun and silencer was ordered to be left on the file . |
| 19 | Cosla complained it had no extra resources to meet the requirement , and suggested the registers would be unworkable , raising complicated questions of liability if land was found to be contaminated . |
| 20 | The hepatic monooxygenase system is supposed to be involved in the detoxication of cyclosporin A. Conjoint treatment of rats with cyclosporin A and indomethacin was found to be associated with increased whole blood concentrations of cyclosporin A as a consequence of the decreased cyclosporin A metabolism . |
| 21 | The microsomal enzyme converting prostaglandin H 2 to prostacyclin was named prostacyclin synthetase and prostacyclin was found to be the major product of arachidonic acid in the walls of arteries and veins in several animal species and man ( Moncada & Vane , 1978 ) . |
| 22 | In some of these areas , progress had been made but agreement was believed to be conditional on the outcome of the dispute over agricultural trade . |
| 23 | In the small nursery class , contact was frequent and speaking face-to-face was preferred , so they held a special coffee morning for parents and families ( with a creche provided , since baby-minding was known to be a problem ) . |
| 24 | However , since the Glasgow study began 18 months earlier than the Wirral survey , and since prevalence was estimated to be on the increase , it is possible that the rate of known opioid use in Glasgow exceeded that in Wirral by 1984–5 . |
| 25 | , The NRC ordered the indefinite shutdown of the Sequoyah Fuels plant in Gore , Oklahoma , after uranium was found to be leaking into the ground . |
| 26 | LESTER Piggott 's chances of renewing his famous Derby partnership with Vincent O'Brien increased yesterday as Fatherland was reported to be making good progress from injury . |
| 27 | well — as seen on sky norwich' disallowed goal was even more doubtful — strach — was — offside ( but not interfering with play ) — kind of like the goal that lorimer ‘ scored ’ against Bayern Munich way back then when bremner was judged to be offside . |
| 28 | It was plain that the document as whole was intended to be kept confidential by the plaintiffs and that this fact was firmly impressed upon anyone who had anything to do with it . |
| 29 | When policy was seen to be hurting the colonies , some protested ; but even the many who accepted that Britain 's relations with its colonies were unsatisfactory saw this as a relatively minor blemish on an otherwise desirable system . |
| 30 | As long as matter was considered to be inert , its motion could be ascribed to the divine will . |