Example sentences of "felt [prep] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not felt to be a good idea to mention the word ‘ grovel ’ in the presence of the England captain , especially as he had scored only 38 runs in five innings . |
| 2 | By the high-priestly families of Jerusalem he was felt to be a threat both to their authority and to their political collaboration with the Roman power . |
| 3 | In the 1960s there was felt to be a vast gap not only between those primary schools where the teaching was ‘ traditional ’ and those where it was ‘ advanced ’ or ‘ child-centred ’ , but also between primary and secondary schools . |
| 4 | The brief given to Fisher was not simply to prepare the way for a measure of egalitarian reform , but to introduce some order into the whole area of adolescent education which , given the increase in juvenile delinquency , and mounting industrial unrest , was felt to be a social issue of some significance . |
| 5 | The commercial rate was felt to be a still greater source of distortion because of its rather unpredictable incidence . |
| 6 | Eventually National Socialism , which was deeply rooted in this national complex , was felt to be a way of withstanding the impact of unfettered foreign capitalism on German society , a way of organising the country 's own resources and of competing on more equitable terms — by force where necessary . |
| 7 | The statement ‘ Truth is God ’ , which Gandhi instinctively felt to be a more accurate expression of his basic position , is not inconsistent with his description of Truth as Being itself , as eternal , or with his reference to Truth as that which alone is , all else being momentary . |
| 8 | The legislation was felt to be a success , for in 1898 the types of crimes covered by it were expanded . |
| 9 | Next came the 1960s , perhaps the least Crusoe-like of the post-war decades , when a garnishing of foreign influences , like the fictional devices that decorate John Fowles 's The French Lieutenant 's Woman ( 1969 ) , was sometimes felt to be a fashionable obligation , though it may be significant that Fowles 's novel remains deeply rooted in a realistic tradition . |
| 10 | The extent to which they are felt to be a big deal for the pupils will mirror the extent to which they are felt to be a big deal by their teachers . |
| 11 | The extent to which they are felt to be a big deal for the pupils will mirror the extent to which they are felt to be a big deal by their teachers . |
| 12 | This may be felt to be a relatively radical conclusion — namely , that emotions , or affect on the normal human adult level , should be regarded as a symbolically generalized system , that is never ‘ id-impulse ’ as such . |
| 13 | If this were felt to be a circular situation a formal decision not to ratify could be deemed to negate signature . |
| 14 | On occasions where this is felt to be a risk , preventive apologies may be issued in the form of prolonged negotiations to meet again soon . |
| 15 | But to sell your craft , to leave the Reach , was felt to be a desperate step , like those of the amphibians when , in earlier stages of the world 's history , they took ground . |
| 16 | For this reason it seems best to concentrate upon the Mustakimzade tradition in order to be able to set the Katib Celebi tradition against the background of what is felt to be a more probable account of the origins of the Muftilik . |
| 17 | It is clear that finance , even for a small museum , can not be taken lightly , but this is generally felt to be a project that the Society should go ahead with , if at all possible . |
| 18 | The government 's decision to withdraw from the contract was felt to be a major reason behind his departure . |
| 19 | Now , clearly , in many circumstances where the property of an adjective matches a speaker 's perception , it may not need to be assigned — i.e. stated explicitly to be valid for the entity concerned — on the grounds that it is felt to be a characteristic sufficiently basic to the entity not to need assignment , as opposed to being called upon as an initial qualifying and identifying element . |
| 20 | shape a figure or a head from the scrutiny of the model who sat before him , was felt to be an ‘ impossible ’ assault on an objective guaranteed to elude his grasp … |
| 21 | These was felt to be an excessive use in the Act of phrases such as ‘ consult ’ , ‘ challenge ’ , ‘ take note of ’ and ‘ reasonable ’ , which were thought by many to be vague and open to interpretation . |
| 22 | This is felt to be an inadequate preparation for the work of life , because it tends to produce a super-abundant supply of an indifferent clerkly class and to create and foster a distaste for agriculture and the handicrafts , which are more indispensable to the country and are better calculated to promote independence of character . |
| 23 | Demands were to be made for a complete ban on foreign music on the radio and the exclusion of particular styles of western dress , but these outbursts of cultural nationalism were felt to be an inevitable part of a cultural renaissance . |
| 24 | The fact that the committee was not merely an hierarchical instrument of management , but represented all departments and a range of statuses , was also felt to be an advantage : Very luckily we 've got quite a few Scale 1 younger teachers , people with new ideas , possibly … and it 's taken up , quite well … it 's quite respected now . |
| 25 | The estimate of 11 per cent of stock in use as second or holiday homes was felt to be an underestimate , and it was suspected that the real figure was nearer 26 per cent by 1980 . |
| 26 | However , a government offer to purchase the debt at 47 cents on the US dollar , which was below its current secondary market trading price , was felt to be an obstacle to many banks agreeing to sell . |
| 27 | This is felt to be an important advance , as cereal crops make up such a large part of the world 's food supply . |