Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [verb] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Words which are meant to be comforting and familiar may be frightening or threatening . |
| 32 | It has a range of public rooms all of which are designed to be light and airy . |
| 33 | They may be at risk because of identifiable genetic disorders which are known to be present , or because of the age of the mother . |
| 34 | In Part I women talk about so-called conventional therapies which include years of swallowing powerful hormonal and fertility drugs , like Perganol and Clomid , both of which are known to be dangerous . |
| 35 | However , products which are known to be available on request may receive better ongoing coverage in the media simply because they are useful for photography . |
| 36 | On these features are imposed several other psychological symptoms , many of which are known to be common to semistarvation , irrespective of its cause . |
| 37 | The names and dates of birth of all parents of case and control children ( regardless of whether or not they were interviewed ) were cross checked against three databases of employees held by the nuclear industry , the completeness and accuracy of which are known to be high . |
| 38 | But in libel law , it generally refers to dishonest writing or reporting — the publication of facts which are known to be false , or opinions which are not genuinely held . |
| 39 | The logic of Defences is to admit those allegations of the pursuer which are known to be true , to deny those which are untrue ( or unknown ) and thereafter to provide such further explanation as is necessary by way of defence . |
| 40 | Indonesia had no claim to any of the islands , which were believed to be rich in oil . |
| 41 | Their memorandum on US policy towards Indo-China recognized the possibility that without what it called ‘ a bolder political approach ’ the French — and the US — might well be heading into a debâcle which neither could afford ; but the drastic political measures which were reckoned to be necessary would have to be a matter for voluntary decision by the French government . |
| 42 | It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic . |
| 43 | Earlier the court had been shown a quantity of bricks and stones some of which were said to be bloodstained , and a heavy iron bar . |
| 44 | Disillusion grew as the list of names which were destined to be graven into the monument at Alexandra Square slowly grew . |
| 45 | All schools could identify additional resources , ( for instance , computers , a music laboratory , enhanced INSET , staff ) that had been purchased and which were perceived to be available entirely as a result of devolution . |
| 46 | Relations improved with Egypt and Syria , while Yemen and Jordan , both of which were perceived to be sympathetic to Iraq [ see pp. 37728 ; 37927 ] , became increasingly marginalized ; in addition full diplomatic relations were re-established with the Soviet Union [ see below ] . |
| 47 | In general , the NCp7 mutants which were shown to be active in promoting NCp7:RNA interactions ( 6 ) ( dimerization and annealing of the primer tRNA to the PBS ) interacted effectively with HIV-1 DNA fragments , indicating that the same residues are involved . |
| 48 | The unity of the New Testament , the fact that it contains not every Christology , but only those which were judged to be faithful to the original testimony , reflect the origin of the gospel in the one unique person of Jesus ( Newbigin 1978:176 ) . |
| 49 | When Mandru was in residence , he commanded a performance at least once a day as part of his Ixmaritian devotions , which were rumoured to be half-hearted at best . |
| 50 | His decision stated he had made assumptions about the lease which were held to be incorrect , and those errors resulted in the premises being valued on a fundamentally wrong basis . |
| 51 | The species difference between animals and human beings can give rise to quite different reactions , as in the case of penicillin , digitalis , and aspirin , and with drugs which were thought to be safe after pre-clinical tests upon animals , such as thalidomide , clioquinol , osmosin , opren , and eraldin , the results were human death and tragedy . |
| 52 | Areas where the legislation was felt to be insufficiently strong included many rights which were considered to be beneficial in theory but ineffectual in practice . |
| 53 | For the second survey a sample of 1.7 million volumes was taken from a number of areas of the Library which were considered to be representative of the book collections as a whole . |
| 54 | Later , at nearby Snow Hill police station , he gave breath samples which were reported to be positive . |
| 55 | Links with parents and with associated schools — which were reported to be few and far between — could have been developed in this situation . |
| 56 | Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so . |
| 57 | With an ill-fated exuberance which only a government in its last stages could achieve , Lloyd George succeeded in assembling five nominations for peerages , four of which were alleged to be discreditable . |
| 58 | a greenbelt which is intended to be permanent , a capac a city which has |
| 59 | In addition to reading the quality standards it is useful to refer to Best Practice , published by the Law Society and its current Office Manual ( which is intended to be sufficient to enable small firms to comply with the practice management standard ) . |
| 60 | They came up with the Militant Clergy Association , which is understood to be moderate , and the Militant Clerics Society , which is described as left-wing fundamentalist . |