Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] is [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often said that Order 53 procedure is designed to be speedy and that cases raising significant disputes of fact are not suitable for resolution under Ord. 53 . |
| 2 | The onset of Stage 2 sleep is taken to be the first sleep spindle or K complex . |
| 3 | The 3270 feature is designed to be used with NCR 's new SNA Open/Gateway-SNAgate Communications Processors . |
| 4 | The mid-range 9121 uniprocessor is expected to be goosed even more — perhaps by 40% , further encouraging users to avoid calling in the plumbers — or to call them in to tear the chillers out . |
| 5 | The Channel 5 licence is expected to be awarded in early November and be on air at the latest in 1995 . |
| 6 | CH 4 production is thought to be fairly constant in individuals and to be independent of diet . |
| 7 | The 1977–81 material is thought to be essentially complete , except for the exclusion of 12% who had a previous history of malignancy or had undergone gastric surgery or who were given the drug for another diagnosis than a peptic ulcer related disease . |
| 8 | We have reached the occasion where an individual receiving publicity in one field is thought to be an expert , or at least a saleable item , in all others . |
| 9 | At least one case is understood to be involved in a murder charge . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is important to remember that if one act is held to be the sole cause of the damage and that act is one of the plaintiff , then the plaintiff will recover nothing . |
| 12 | Erm in year one growth is expected to be within a targeted range up to two and a half percent . |
| 13 | The bid to obtain Objective One status is understood to be on a knife edge and caution was the order of the day . |
| 14 | Only one company is known to be still selling bonds at pre-election rates . |
| 15 | ABOUT one in every four of Romania 's 23 million population is thought to be a member of the security service , the Securitate . |