Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] are [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That feeling that you are not where you are meant to be . |
| 2 | Where we are held to be contracting carriers for the purposes of air or sea carriage please note that our liability is limited in the manner provided by relevant international conventions , ‘ special contract ’ with Governments or UK statute law . |
| 3 | The effect of trees on foundation design was discussed earlier but a physical inspection of the site should include the location of all major trees , particularly where they are required to be retained under a tree preservation order and may therefore affect layout and density . |
| 4 | If you do manage to overcome this one , the next problem is to simulate the migratory tendencies of moving upstream to fresher waters where they are reported to be pelagic egg-layers . |
| 5 | There has been a series of decisions over the past 50 years which , although they are said to be cases of estoppel are not really such . |
| 6 | The point is that they are unlikely to find answers to these questions neatly encapsulated in a few words , and so they are forced to be selective in what they read . |
| 7 | They are gifts fit for a king , and so they are meant to be . |
| 8 | If you are known to be seeing a shrink you are deemed to be going round the bend . |
| 9 | Will be paid if you are required to be at work over the lunch period ( ie 1200 – 1400 ) and there is no Council establishment at which a lunch could be obtained . |
| 10 | if you are inhibited about being laughed at , making mistakes , feeling foolish , and so on . |
| 11 | We are a , an innocent man until we are shown to be guilty . |
| 12 | This woman/man is not my life , but if we are meant to be together , we will be . |
| 13 | Such thoughts should help them to understand how attitudes , right or wrong , can persist unchanged for endless generations if they are taught to be dictated by unassailable imaginary ‘ gods ’ who are never ‘ wrong ’ . |
| 14 | They are more likely to do this if they are seen to be making a direct and positive contribution to the school 's consultative and decision-making processes , rather than observing from a distance in a way that underlines the ‘ us-them ’ relationship . |
| 15 | Both brushes and foam can also take on a partial biofiltering role , but if they are intended to be a mechanical filter , they should be cleaned before they clog . |
| 16 | If teachers dislike the pseudo-democracy of being consulted after decisions have been taken , if they are irritated by being consulted over matters of little consequence and if they are satisfied that senior staff have the right to make decisions without staff consultation , they nevertheless expect to be consulted about major issues . |
| 17 | Most of the other examples cited in Bolinger 's article as adjectives capable only of sense-qualification do not seem to us to be properly so classified either ; if they are felt to be atypical it is for some other reason . |
| 18 | Food premises will have to be registered so that they may be inspected and action taken if they are considered to be a health risk . |
| 19 | Whilst showing proper reluctance to enforce these convenants , the courts will , however , do so if they are shown to be reasonable … |
| 20 | Nor is there any reason to think that claims based on private law rights will not sometimes hold up public programmes if they are allowed to be brought after the short time-limit in Order 53 ; or that claims based on public law rights will necessarily cause trouble if brought after that time limit has expired . |
| 21 | The largest accounting firms could be on the receiving end of proposed new penalties to prevent abuse of market power including fines of up to 10% of turnover — if they are found to be using predatory pricing . |
| 22 | If they are encouraged to be analytical in a positive and practical sense they will be more able to take a longer-term and reforming perspective . |
| 23 | Also the cohabitation ruling makes it difficult for a woman who is on supplementary benefit to have a relationship with a man without becoming financially dependent upon him , since her benefit will be stopped if they are deemed to be cohabiting . |
| 24 | The grumbles of J. Alfred Prufrock in early Eliot are endurable if they are meant to be ridiculous , but only then ; and sitting around on Margate sands , or anywhere else , trying to connect nothing with nothing may be all right for Harvard men abroad , but ( as Eliot must already have discovered when he wrote The Waste Land ) it has nothing to do with the daily life of the Londoner . |
| 25 | True-kin do not necessarily love one another , but it is always presumed that they are friends until they are shown to be enemies . |
| 26 | By contrast , non-kin and affines are presumed to be enemies until they are shown to be friends ! |
| 27 | Royal women , too , even though quite ordinary in appearance , may be elevated in public opinion until they are considered to be the utmost in charm and elegance — again difficult to live up to , when they are continually ‘ on show ’ . |
| 28 | As early as September 1953 Eisenhower was to be found ruminating , " Abroad we and our intentions are suspect because we are known to be big and wealthy , and believed to be impulsive and truculent . " |
| 29 | The issue is not whether such factors will in some way be represented , because they are bound to be , but whether they are in pedagogic focus . |
| 30 | Male carers are often omitted from detailed study because they are seen to be unimportant or assumed to be so few in number . |