Example sentences of "[Wh det] [noun prp] [noun prp] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ artificial circumstance ’ of the theatre and of ‘ live ’ variety allowed some middle-class observers a safe glimpse into that ‘ tumult and promiscuity ’ which Arnold Bennett found to be typical of American hotel lobbies and which most respectable people took to be the hallmarks of the new city . |
| 2 | Mr Lyle 's neighbours at Beaumanoir contrive , despite its size , to make it seem intimate and domestic by creating the ‘ lived-in look ’ ( which Jane Austen appears to be describing with some scepticism in Persuasion ) : |
| 3 | This is but an extension of the expertise which Max Weber claimed to be the foundation of bureaucratic power . |
| 4 | The way in which Thomas Ken came to be appointed to his see was as unusual as the occasion of his departure . |
| 5 | And the TV advert in which John Lee seems to be endorsing ICI ( who pump out a disgraceful amount of CFCs into the atmosphere ) is n't so terrific either . |
| 6 | At least they might have learned something about attitude , which John McEnroe believes to be the root cause of Britain 's tennis predicament . |
| 7 | What Mr Patten objects to is the way that his supporters are supposed to have promoted him as ’ the local candidate ’ … |
| 8 | Certainly this is at the root of what Stephen Potter considered to be the " dispiriting preconceptions " with which academic English shackled the literary muse . |
| 9 | On another day they sighted what Captain Duro believed to be an English man o " war . |