Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] was [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although this is rarely the sole cause of the iron deficiency , in one study it was found to be a contributing factor in 57% of patients . |
| 2 | Some years previously , however , a long tunnel , North Cross-cut , was taken off ( along a fault ) from a point further along the Deep Level ( see Fig. 19a ) to try the Dry Gill Vein — at the intersection it was found to be a barren quartz string . |
| 3 | The European he was said to be the most fond of as Princess Maria Gabriella de Savoia , but her father , the former King Umberto of Italy , would have insisted on a Catholic wedding . |
| 4 | But when they sent the specimen to the Natural History Museum it was found to be the intestine of a hedgehog , if you will pardon the expression . |
| 5 | While for elementary pupils the object was to instil a feeling for the grandeur of the national language and literature , within the higher sector it was felt to be necessary to fire the pupils ' and students ' imaginations : to provide indirect moral inculcation through pleasurable and even joyous responses to literary values . |
| 6 | He had uttered more words of advice to them than to the girl he was meant to be treating . |
| 7 | At assessment she was found to be severely depressed with a score of thirty-two on the Beck Depression Inventory ( Beck et al . , |
| 8 | Martha , however , was ready to question her grandmother 's notions of colour since , whatever colour she was considered to be , it only seemed to bring her trouble . |
| 9 | When we looked at the cu cumulative percentage mortality and major morbidity it was found to be significantly less in those sites performing more than one hundred operations , compared to those sites performing less than one hundred operations , during the audit period . |
| 10 | Probably because for a while he was meant to be a wild child around the Hollywood hills . |
| 11 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
| 12 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
| 13 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 14 | From quite an early age I was expected to be somewhere around . |
| 15 | When Valiant finally caught up with her in a Medway marina she was found to be clean . |
| 16 | He commented with amazement that the charge was supposed to be entirely arbitrary and that at one ground it was said to be nil . |
| 17 | As a Governor he was expected to be continually generous , and it seemed he was always having to spend more money than he could afford . |
| 18 | Dexter crimped with irritation : Blanche fancied the man she was meant to be interviewing . |
| 19 | In the past it was believed to be closely related to the shaggy , hardy Highland . |
| 20 | Should the company do a thing which was outside the scope of the clause it was said to be beyond the company 's powers and ultra vires.At common law an ultra vires act was unlawful and without binding effect and a shareholder could restrain the company from undertaking ultra vires activities . |
| 21 | Where there was success it was claimed to be due to local outlets and relevant local knowledge . |
| 22 | This was an attempt by a local authority to object to the level of grant it was deemed to be entitled to from the central government . |
| 23 | When they moved to their cottage it was meant to be temporary … despite the lack of facilities they 've been here over 30 years . |
| 24 | This restraint was held by the court to be an indirect one and on the facts of the case it was found to be unreasoanble and therefore the plaintiff was not entitled to his pension . |
| 25 | Before this , the judges themselves , and especially the Master of the Rolls , whose responsibility it was seen to be , considered and made the necessary recommendations to the Department on the staffing and other administrative arrangements of the courts . |
| 26 | On the contrary he was taken to be something of a maverick and flutterer of dovecotes . |
| 27 | Attlee , an astute judge of men , banked on Mountbatten 's ambition to provide an adequate counterweight to his proclivity for risk , and in this judgement he was proved to be correct . |
| 28 | As the restriction sought to prevent the defendant from taking employment with a competitor in the general PVC calendering field it was held to be too wide . |
| 29 | Before the burglary he was said to be in good health . |
| 30 | On analysis it was found to be composed of 90.26% copper and 9.16% tin , with a loss of 0.13% . |