Example sentences of "and [noun sg] be [verb] 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 | If their commitment and reliability are seen to be less than that of a paid worker then the stereotype will be reinforced and the many totally committed and reliable volunteers will be misjudged . |
| 3 | In addition , social disruption and discontent are said to be fostered by temporary visitors , and ghost communities may be created out-of-season . |
| 4 | Traditional music and hymnody are seen to be for an older audience . |
| 5 | Inspection and monitoring are expected to be done by mobile robots capable of pattern recognition . |
| 6 | Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss , but now they need pine no longer . |
| 7 | It is well known that responses to a stimulus presented off-centre will be faster when made by the limb on the same side of the body as the stimulus appears , that is , when stimulus and response are said to be compatible ( Fitts and Seeger , 1953 ) . |
| 8 | Community satisfaction and attachment was found to be relatively low , hovering around 50 per cent . |
| 9 | That is , descriptions of perception and action are assumed to be unproblematic which in fact are deeply puzzling . |
| 10 | By the First World War , musical production and dissemination are coming to be concentrated in a new alliance consisting of a centralized publishing system ( in New York 's Tin Pan Alley and London 's Denmark Street ) , the quickly developing gramophone companies ( by 1910 dominated , world-wide , by Victor of the USA and the Gramophone Co. of Britain ) and , a little later , the new medium of radio ; by the late 1920s , we can add the movie industry as well . |
| 11 | Pockets of Iraqi troops continued to resist until Feb. 2 , and fighting was reported to be continuing between allied forces and retreating Iraqi units elsewhere in the border region . |
| 12 | However , this attempt to end the NPFL offensive failed and fighting was reported to be continuing as the month ended , with the ECOMOG headquarters in the capital a particular target of the rebels . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Even when a building is relatively plain inside , as time passes all historic finishes and fabric are seen to be of greater significance ; so it is desirable to preserve as much of the original interior as possible . |
| 15 | Some of the men who took part in this , like Sir Walter Raleigh and his brother-in-law Sir Humphrey Gilbert , were also attracted by the idea of getting lands on the other side of the Atlantic , and the success of the Spaniards encouraged them in the widespread belief that an immense amount of gold and silver was waiting to be discovered all over the Americas . |
| 16 | Once the problem of ‘ boy labour ’ found its way into middle-class consciousness , recreation and religion were deemed to be insufficient for coping with this new and alarming aspect of the youth question . |
| 17 | Changes in output which can not be accounted for by changes in the input of capital and labour are assumed to be accounted for by autonomous shocks in technology . |
| 18 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 19 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 20 | The dilemma is simple : if the Sistine Chapel 's wall and ceiling were intended to be preserved as form , they should not have been painted with frescoes , it means that someone wanted to remove forever their original architectural character and create something else , which is acceptable ’ . |
| 21 | The synthesis of modifications in the anticodon stem and loop were shown to be the most sensitive ones . |
| 22 | Thinking about this now , I know that what I was saying in wanting my periods back was that I wanted to be a woman , that I wanted and liked my female body , that my years of confusion and self-dislike were beginning to be over . |
| 23 | Similarly , if subjectivity and interiority are deemed to be essentially ‘ modernist ’ characteristics , then it has to be said that these are also challenged in a number of ways in novels such as Le Voyeur and L'Herbe . |
| 24 | GCE O level and CSE were designed to be wholly different kinds of examinations . |
| 25 | One example can be given to show how this attitude contains its own potentiality for tilting from implicit justification to explicit criticism , should the balance between cost and benefit be thought to be changed . |
| 26 | Underlexicalisation and metaphor are shown to be inadequate for the development of analytical reasoning skills . |
| 27 | The new unit will be at Kingsport , Tennessee , US , and capacity is expected to be 60 000 t pa . |
| 28 | The behaviour of the crowds — vulgar , noisy and violent — immediately excited considerable apprehension , and the excesses of the transfer market and professionalism were thought to be ruining the native traditions of ‘ fair play ’ and sportsmanship . |
| 29 | A whole world of colour and sound is waiting to be brought back on video tape , and camcorders are now so simple to operate , and so portable , that you can take pictures just about anywhere . |
| 30 | Rationalisation and reform were felt to be needed , and it was assumed that the resulting improvements would benefit all the interested parties . |