Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [is] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | NO WONDER Squidgy is said to be writing more letters these days . |
| 2 | Arid deserts , vast savannah lands , huge lakes and 480 kilometres of magnificent beachland … no wonder Kenya is rumoured to be the site of the fabled Garden of Eden . |
| 3 | If there is a television heaven Melissa is bound to be there one day . |
| 4 | Within the Borough of Brentford and Chiswick there existed Boston House in the Manor of Boston , with a varied history over many hundreds of years ; also Gunnersbury House — the name Gunnersbury is believed to be derived from Gunilda or Gunyld , a niece of King Canute , who had a house or castle there — which led to the Manor of that area being called ‘ Gunnersbury ’ by the seventeenth century . |
| 5 | The N.E.B.E. have decided that they will ONLY accept applications if the Students have achieved a pass mark of 60% in the End of Module Tests.This is felt to be in the best interests of both Students and Tutors since they do form 25% of the final Written Examination Marks . |
| 6 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 7 | Coun Harker said : ‘ I think anything to reduce the speed limit coming into West Auckland is bound to be a good idea . |
| 8 | Defence Secretary Rifkind is reported to be grateful for support from the fourteen military minded Conservatives whose confidential letter to the Prime Minister was somehow left lying on a copying machine for a Labour researcher to find , but he is irritated by the leak , an insider murmurs that Malcolm 's notching up black marks for the future . |
| 9 | In one case — IBM 's AIX versions 3.1 and 3.2 — sar enquires of cache performance data brings up only a screenful of headings with no data — a problem IBM is said to be ‘ aware of ’ . |