Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] [prep] be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of the debt can only be said to be a ‘ burden ’ if the government is constrained in its use of lump-sum taxes . |
| 2 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
| 3 | In terms of the alternative function Z , the original solution may be described by a real function Z and the new solution satisfying ( 11.8 ) is then given by ( 12.46 ) This can thus be seen to be a transformation of the type ( 12.2 ) followed by an Ehlers transformation in a slightly more general form than ( 12.13 ) . |
| 4 | Do you imagine you 'll somehow be rewarded for being a martyr ? |
| 5 | When , however , its satisfactions depend upon the infliction of pain or damage upon an unwilling partner , the situation is again that of using a person as a mere object : the sadist ( or , sometimes , the masochist ) may genuinely be said to be a social and personal menace . |
| 6 | Quite obviously the playwright has largely pre-empted negotiation of this kind ; also , a theatrical performance can hardly be said to be a social interaction in a normal sense as the actor 's concern is to describe to someone outside the interaction on stage — to the spectator . |
| 7 | The Prince of Wales could hardly be said to be a good luck symbol at the moment . |
| 8 | In specific terms , we can take this to mean : that war remains a political act ; that war must also be understood to be a revolutionising act ; and , finally , that it thereby acquires the potential to become ‘ absolute war ’ — whose corollary is total victory and absolute peace . |
| 9 | To the extent that the payment represents nominal share capital , it would also be exempted from being a distribution by s 209(2) ( b ) , ICTA 1988 . |
| 10 | As an inside exploration of culture this might also be considered to be a ‘ liminal ’ or ‘ liminoid ’ phenomenon ( V. Turner 1974 , 1977 ) , for as it delves beneath the surface phenomena , the subjective analysis can reveal unconscious categories and transformational operations which lie between the dual poles and such exclusively preferred categories as ‘ cops and robbers ’ . |
| 11 | In this way , this family of solutions may also be considered to be a generalization of the Szekeres solutions with . |
| 12 | What you will eventually be working towards is a fusion of instinct and technique , and training is very largely to do with improving technical skills . |
| 13 | The production of compound documents requires a different approach , no single program can really be expected to be a word processor , graphics package , illustrator and page makeup in one . |
| 14 | If you can forgive Milton for what might now be considered to be a sexist remark , there is a 17th century solidity about his philosophy of learning . |
| 15 | It appears to be the most durable consequence of , and could well be considered to be a ‘ surviving paradigma ’ of , Paracelsus . |
| 16 | This solution can immediately be seen to be a generalization of the Khan-Penrose solution ( 10.18 ) by the addition of the solution ( 10.20 ) . |
| 17 | To the extent that Catholic Secondary School pupils have received the Sacraments of Initiation and are living in a community of faith , catechesis can validly be said to be a function of the Catholic School . |
| 18 | Research might then be seen to be a mere luxury add-on , not an essential part of ‘ what it is to be an institution of higher education . |
| 19 | Erm and we could offer this to the whole er er t to anyone who came to us and therefore be seen to be a church which was very accepting and outward going and missionary minded because all too often we hear ministers talking about erm using bapti baptism as an evangelical tool er c talk which I greatly resent and resist . |
| 20 | A mistake as to consent should therefore be required to be a reasonable one , although in assessing reasonableness , any physical or mental disabilities of the defendant should be taken into account . |
| 21 | Stoddards Carpets Maintenance Worker Robert Kerr could never be accused of being a high flyer — but he certainly seems to be producing a few . |
| 22 | BRIAN McGilligan could never be accused of being a dreamer . |