Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [vb pp] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If a religion is deemed to be a ‘ failure ’ , the meaning given to that word in that context should be made clear . |
| 2 | If none is declared then the association is deemed to be a " violation " if one is found , and procedures should be evoked to remove it . |
| 3 | Thinking is held to be an effective activity which involves mental ‘ work ’ . |
| 4 | The distinctive facade of an Edwardian warehouse is set to be the focal point of a magnificent new office and retail development in Chelsea . |
| 5 | Westfields , Virginia-based Genicom Corp reports that Dell Computer Corp has chosen it to be Dell 's preferred printer provider : financial terms were not released , but Genicom said the partnership is expected to be a multimillion dollar opportunity for both companies . |
| 6 | A thumping defeat is said to be a victory . |
| 7 | Faulty circulation is thought to be the root cause of the disorder . |
| 8 | If you are addressing an organisation or a person known only to you by their title — the Head of Business Studies , The Metal Consortium PLC the Department of Health and Social Security — then the salutation will be Dear Madam if the recipient is known to be a woman and , traditionally , Dear Sir if the sex is unknown . |
| 9 | The cell is said to be the remains of an ancient Carthaginian temple . |
| 10 | The basis of Pink , the Apple/IBM ( Taligent ) object-oriented operating system of the future is understood to be a proprietary microkernel called Opus that began life in Apple back in 1988 . |
| 11 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 12 | The chapter is thought to be the first on this subject in a text of this type . |
| 13 | The present study is intended to be a follow-up survey of sites which have been investigated by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory . |
| 14 | Osteonecrosis is believed to be a result of ischaemia of the juxta-articular bone for either a short or long time . |
| 15 | And at 5 ft 3 inches long , the car is believed to be the biggest sculpture of its kind in the world . |
| 16 | The force is reported to be the largest of its kind and is expected to become the prototype for other parts of the country with high-tech industry . |
| 17 | It is through the power of his ‘ thoughts ’ that the Piaroa ruwang is their great warrior and hunter , while the physical prowess of the practical hunter is considered to be a minor capability , not one to place much value upon . |
| 18 | Second , crime is accepted to be a legal category — no attempt is being made to propose , as we saw some positivists tried to do , that we can arrive at some more objective conception that stands above the acts of human deliberation that constitute the process of legal definition . |
| 19 | The supply of labour is assumed to be a fixed fraction of the total population , to be exogenously determined , and to grow exponentially at rate n : or where u denotes time , and L the derivative with respect to time . |
| 20 | They have found that algae are thriving on nutrients from sewage , farm runoff and factory waste : when they die they drift to the bottom and consume the available oxygen ; water hyacinths clog the shallows , reducing the light and oxygen reaching the area where many of the native fish species live ; in the past the fish acted as a check on the algae , but more than 400 species have disappeared in recent years ; one culprit is considered to be the Nile perch , a large fish introduced in the 1950s . |
| 21 | On the one hand , it would seem that if a claim can be framed as one in contract or tort , or if it concerns a private legal right , it need not be brought under Ord. 53 even if the very ground on which the respondent 's action is alleged to be a tort or breach of contract is that it was illegal in a public law sense . |
| 22 | Further delays could have a serious effects on Army plans to introduce a fleet of gunship anti-tank helicopters , for which the long range Trigat is intended to be the primary weapon . |
| 23 | This application of the golden rule does not contradict the literal rule , provided that the absurdity of the particular proposed application of the statute is conceded to be a reason for finding an ambiguity in it . |
| 24 | My blackness was seen to be a public and political fact , whereas my gayness was seen as a purely personal matter . |
| 25 | Long before the sulphonamides were used as medicines , quinine was known to be a specific drug against malaria . |
| 26 | Thus the hunt was on for heads of functions who could deliver results , and executive search was seen to be the only truly effective way to actually define and attract this key talent . |
| 27 | The plant was boiled in water and the resulting infusion was said to be an effectual diuretic . |
| 28 | The break was intended to be a long one , possibly a year or two . |
| 29 | Sadly , this ceremony was destined to be the last visit to School by Sir Geoffry Christie-Miller , who died suddenly a fortnight later whilst on a cruise to the West Indies . |
| 30 | Earlier practice was assumed to be a group activity to which all lent potential imaginative content . |