Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The end stage of the pathway is represented by CD4 + CD8 - TCR high+ or CD4 - CD8 + TCR high+ cells ( both are said to be in single positive , or SP , stages ) , which are mostly immediate precursors of major histocompatibility complex ( MHC ) class II-restricted helper T cells and MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T cells , respectively . |
| 2 | Because it is seen to be of little direct help to teaching , that knowledge and vocabulary is abandoned and left at the college gates as soon as the BEd exams are over . |
| 3 | The ontological version of the argument involves the claim that existential propositions , in the final analysis , can all be shown to be about certain concrete ontological items and attributes of such items . |
| 4 | The origin of this unusual monster has been shown to be in Early Dynastic Sumeria ( see p. 146 and fig. 14.29 above ) . |
| 5 | As we will discuss later , pathogens in general — including viruses — are now known to be of enormous ecological importance ( see p 132 ) . |
| 6 | The disposal of both nuclear and non-nuclear wastes has proved to be of major public concern in recent years . |
| 7 | It has proved to be of great popular interest and audiences of more than 200 people have attended the series of lectures on ‘ Studying the Scottish Home ’ , which were held in the Royal Museum of Scotland this winter . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , the Court 's recognition of a pre-1788 land claim was widely believed to be of immense symbolic significance . |
| 9 | Gen. Saw Maung , the Prime Minister and Chair of the ruling military State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , who was believed to be in poor mental and physical health , relinquished the post of Defence Minister on March 20 , having already given up the Foreign Affairs portfolio in September 1991 [ see p. 38440 ] . |
| 10 | The state or polis was a whole , of which individuals were parts , dependent upon it and not self-sufficient , as the individual is often conceived to be in modern liberal thought . |
| 11 | Unfortunately there have rarely been precise identifications although two are stated to be of Middle Eastern origin , the Cypraea Arabica from Sarre grave 238 and a tiger cowrie from Haslingfield ( Cambridgeshire ) , whose source is the Red Sea . |