Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 61 | For an ideal solution consisting of two components A and B , Raoult 's law may be expressed mathematically as The vapour of an ideal solution may be considered to be an ideal gas , and Dalton 's law ( see section 3.1 ) therefore applies . |
| 62 | Although ‘ teleworking ’ might be considered to be an old idea — anyone who has done the odd bit of paperwork at home while keeping in touch with the office by telephone can be said to have been doing it — the opportunity to have computer-aided design , back-office and data entry work carried out full-time away from the office has widened immeasurably . |
| 63 | This may well be considered to be an important factor , but , like other arguments for restricting popular influence or control over political systems and assemblies , it is not a democratic argument . |
| 64 | An ageing labour force can not be expected to be a mobile one . |
| 65 | Considering that σ A -RNA polymerase can also form stable open complexes at some promoters , it seems that no general rule can be easily established , and that the characteristics of the different complexes should be expected to be a particular feature of each promoter . |
| 66 | In that case the vessel should be deemed to be a constructive total loss . |
| 67 | By virtue of TCGA 1992 , s69(2) the trust will be deemed to be a foreign trust for all purposes of capital gains tax . |
| 68 | Some leases contain rather more elaborate provisos such as : " no demand for or acceptance of rent by the landlord or its agents with knowledge of a breach of any of the covenants on the part of the tenant contained in these presents shall be or be deemed to be a waiver wholly or partially of any such breach but such breach shall be deemed to be a continuing breach of covenant " . |
| 69 | Finally , we know that ( A believes that ) B has been to A's present location before because of the word again : this can be claimed to be a pragmatic rather than a semantic implication just because , unlike semantic implications , those associated with again are not normally negated by the negation of the main verb . |
| 70 | 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 . |
| 71 | Research might then be seen to be a mere luxury add-on , not an essential part of ‘ what it is to be an institution of higher education . |
| 72 | The induction in the core is magnified by the high permeability , except in the saturation regions where the result can be seen to be a trapezoidal induction waveform ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 73 | He believes it important to be seen to be a good community person and to put back in some of what we take out . |
| 74 | It is to be hoped that the evidence provided by Margaret Clark ( 1988 ) will be seen to be a vital concomitant to the evidence considered by the Select Committee . |
| 75 | Even without evidence of a causal role in schizophrenia , the reduction of overprotective parenting may be seen to be a valuable preventive strategy for other psychiatric problems . |
| 76 | To that extent there may be said to be a mental element required for this variety of manslaughter , but it is a manifestly low mental element compared with the death which results . |
| 77 | ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction . |
| 78 | The Prince of Wales could hardly be said to be a good luck symbol at the moment . |
| 79 | 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 . |
| 80 | Quite obviously the playwright has largely pre-empted negotiation of this kind ; also , a theatrical performance can hardly be said to be a social interaction in a normal sense as the actor 's concern is to describe to someone outside the interaction on stage — to the spectator . |
| 81 | When , however , its satisfactions depend upon the infliction of pain or damage upon an unwilling partner , the situation is again that of using a person as a mere object : the sadist ( or , sometimes , the masochist ) may genuinely be said to be a social and personal menace . |
| 82 | By this definition , the question of what would count as a comprehensive health service could be said to be a polycentric one . |
| 83 | 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 . |
| 84 | If the scheme is comprehensive , it may also be said to be an unwieldy instrument for judges and juries to use . |
| 85 | Of course , as recognized by the judge in the above case , if the structure is dictated by function then it can be said to be an uncopyrightable idea although , often that will not be so ; there will be a variety of potential structures possible . |
| 86 | This might be thought to be a good thing . |
| 87 | Claims based on procedural unfairness will therefore succeed if the unfairness can be shown to be a serious breach of contract . |
| 88 | The — s of cows can be shown to be a semantic constituent by the normal test : |
| 89 | It would seem reasonable , in general , that if a sequence of elements AB can be shown to be a semantic constituent , and one of the parts of the sequence satisfies the recurrent contrast criterion , then the status of semantic constituent should be accorded to the remaining part of the sequence , even if it does not satisfy the recurrent contrast criterion . |
| 90 | If women are refused credit because of some credit-worthiness factor ( say , not having a full-time job ) which applies more often to them than to men , that is lawful only if that credit-worthiness factor can be shown to be a justifiable reason for withholding credit regardless of the sex of the applicant . |