Example sentences of "and [noun] is [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its current scarcity and decreased egg laying in Wales and Galloway is thought to be the result of lack of appropriate food . |
| 2 | Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss , but now they need pine no longer . |
| 3 | This time it comes from God 's own lips , the crime of Hophni and Phinehas is declared to be blasphemy , Eli is condemned for not restraining them , and the speech ends with a divine oath making it irrevocably clear that there is nothing these three priests can do to ward off the coming disaster . |
| 4 | It is widely believed that the United Kingdom has a rising crime wave , and crime is thought to be more widespread in the United Kingdom than in other western countries . |
| 5 | In the Soviet Union , central state control of the curriculum and syllabuses is said to be ‘ virtually total ’ . |
| 6 | Core to the strategy is the ability to use multiple operating systems and IBM is believed to be developing a new version of AIX/ESA that will run on both the RS/6000 workstations and highly-parallel servers . |
| 7 | The new unit will be at Kingsport , Tennessee , US , and capacity is expected to be 60 000 t pa . |
| 8 | The examples listed earlier suggest that it covers a vast variety of relations ; for example the relation between capitalists and workers is said to be one of oppression , while that between factions of the ruling class might be competition . |
| 9 | But licensing details have yet to be agreed , and availability is expected to be late this year or early next . |
| 10 | Modesty in looks and behaviour is considered to be the ideal in Judaism . |
| 11 | On the other hand , in the neo-classical version of the model , which applies when full employment is reached , the price level is determined by the nominal money supply and output is assumed to be determined exogenously . |
| 12 | Social Integration of Incomers and Shetlanders is held to be the aim , and an achievable aim : achievable especially by dispersal of housing ( DDP : 28 ) . |
| 13 | The Mexican stand-off between USL and SCO is thought to be price . |
| 14 | Telepoint offers one-way telephone services and PCN is expected to be like an affordable cellular radio , so the need for paging seems dubious . |
| 15 | The VUE desktop manager lost out to IXI Ltd 's X.desktop manager in the failed Advanced Computing Environment initiative and Hewlett is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 16 | Jaguar is offering them on every new model and Audi is said to be phasing out its Procon-Ten safety system in favour of driver's-side airbags . |
| 17 | THE Coopers and Lybrand report on how Ferranti came to be defrauded of £215m after buying American arms firm International Signal and Control is expected to be handed to the Serious Fraud Office within days . |
| 18 | SFO to get Ferranti report : The Coopers and Lybrand report on how Ferranti came to be defrauded of £215m after buying American firm International Signal and Control is expected to be handed to the Serious Fraud Office within days . |
| 19 | Any discussion which leads to teachers sharpening their ideas and ironing out disagreements and misconceptions about aims and objectives is bound to be valuable . |
| 20 | There are only a limited number of tickets available and demand is expected to be high . |
| 21 | A feature closely related to the celebration of variety referred to above is Roger 's scepticism towards any attempt to systematize the operation of the unit The identification and espousal of appropriate regulations and procedures is considered to be an illusory goal . |
| 22 | The distinction between males and females is held to be so fundamental as to be unworthy of comment . |
| 23 | The VUE desktop management system lost out to IXI Ltd ‘ s X.desktop manager in the failed ACE initiative and HP is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 24 | We are young and youth is said to be fickle , mutable , and we have both looked at the possibility of ourselves not being exceptions to that supposed rule . |
| 25 | The ability to assimilate information into concepts and to be aware of one 's own learning process and capacity for transferring skills and information is seen to be an integral part of the information skills work done within the Modern Studies curriculum and indeed , all information skills work within the school in connection with information retrieval through the library systems . |
| 26 | The half-life of nicotine and carboxyhaemoglobin is thought to be approximately two hours . |
| 27 | Although the death rate from asthma in England and Wales is reported to be about 2000 a year , clinical experience suggests that it is much rarer . |
| 28 | Preparations to provide mains electricity on Rathlin island are progressing satisfactorily , and supply is expected to be available to consumers in September . |
| 29 | Any sociology of the state in the sense of empirical study of actual administration and events is bound to be instrumentalist . |