Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked tiny , no more than an emergency shelter , which of course was all it was intended to be . |
| 2 | Oh yes anything that happened down the glen or way was heard that from the pack man so it was bound to be true . |
| 3 | So it was designed to be attractive to look at , but with curves , ovals and an absence of straight lines to make it difficult to swim in . |
| 4 | Usually it is assumed to be FALSE . |
| 5 | The United States thus finds itself in a no-win situation : the more it is seen to be intervening against him , the more it is likely to reinforce his position . |
| 6 | Now it is set to be the unofficial mascot of staff at Harper and Harper furniture , Northgate , who have taken the bird to a taxidermist to be stuffed . |
| 7 | Well it 's bound to be damp . |
| 8 | Well it 's bound to be something weird I suppose . |
| 9 | Well it 's bound to be hot I 've just made it . |
| 10 | Well it 's bound to be is n't it ? |
| 11 | Well it 's meant to be the fucking opposite and it is the fucking opposite . |
| 12 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 13 | Here look inside here it 's meant to be bonsai trees but I do n't know whether I 'll ever remem materialize . |
| 14 | If the word is not found then it is said to be misspelled , so either correction is attempted , or it is returned to the user for verification . |
| 15 | There is a tendency to look upon literature , particularly capital L ‘ Literature ’ , as something separate from life , but once literature is thought of in terms of story-telling and story-making , then it is seen to be part of a common and seemingly-essential human activity . |
| 16 | If perception has to be triggered off by what is actually there , then it is constrained to be true . |
| 17 | If the plant does not grow above the water surface , then it is known to be in the ‘ submerse ’ condition . |
| 18 | Maybe , but then it 's allowed to be . |
| 19 | Then it was meant to be Detroit , Chicago , St Louis and work its way west and end in Los Angeles but word of mouth , the cover story in Rolling Stone which Tony coerced out of them , and various other things created such a sensation that they lengthened it . |
| 20 | Certainly one can consent to wounds in the course of surgery , at least it is thought to be so if there is a sound benefit , e.g. sex change . |
| 21 | I have a very clear recollection of Nigel de Grey , sometime Lieutenant-Commander in the Naval Intelligence Division during the First World War , giving us a lecture on security which was psychologically scarifying , as indeed it was meant to be . |
| 22 | Dragon racing uses skills learned from a two thousand year old legend … yet it 's claimed to be the fastest growing sport in Britain . |
| 23 | Primarily it was designed to be an animal fountain for the herds of beasts that sauntered around on market day . |
| 24 | Until recently it was assumed to be a flattened axisymmetric spheroid ( that is , one which is round in the plane of the Galaxy ) . |