Example sentences of "they be [vb pp] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the effects of loss vary from one individual to another , on the whole it seems that men tend to fare a little better in bereavement than women , and fewer of them are found to be in need of psychiatric treatment for chronic grief and depression . |
| 2 | Rather , organizational goals are what they are perceived to be by officials who have been socialized into the organizational ‘ way of life ’ and who strive in a highly co-ordinate fashion to bring about collectively their realization . |
| 3 | ‘ I have a feeling they will react to the big occasion at Ibrox and they are bound to be on a high after Denmark winning the European title in Sweden . ’ |
| 4 | But they are set to be without injury victims Robert Lee and Carl Leaburn for Tuesday 's game against Tranmere at Upton Park . |
| 5 | Conspiracy theorists do not address their argument to the enemies identified by the theory , for they are deemed to be beyond argument . |
| 6 | The rocks primarily consist of unfossiliferous conglomerates the age of which is not known with certainty , other than being post-Caledonian , but they are considered to be of probable Trias age . |
| 7 | They are thought to be under the aegis of the Soviet military . |
| 8 | They are thought to be from south China . |
| 9 | They 're bound to be at least sixty , to eighty pounds a pan I would think , if not |
| 10 | His estranged wife and two children lived nearby , they 're said to be on holiday at the moment . |
| 11 | They 're thought to be from an old church , and are helping archeologists to piece together a picture of life in medieval times . |
| 12 | Apparently what the erm busmen do is they have to make sure that they get to where they 're meant to be on time otherwise they get their pay docked but they like to stop off and see their friends on the way , and stop and have cups of tea |
| 13 | Nor can they be found to be in contempt of court in relation to words spoken in the course of proceedings in Parliament . |
| 14 | They were said to be behind the acts of violence against the opposition parties , against the minorities , and against peaceful demonstrators . |
| 15 | For a married couple they were reckoned to be between 50 and 60 per cent of post-tax earnings in France , Germany and the United States , about one-third in Britain and Italy , and probably barely one-fifth in Japan . |
| 16 | They were meant to be for his weight but I 'm not sure I believe that . |
| 17 | No-one was quite sure whether they were meant to be in fancy dress but anyhow there were a couple decent Santa 's , a smith grinding policeman , and a ridiculous looking Dave ‘ Kowabunga-Mutant-Ninja-Turtle-Most-Unfortunately-named-clothing-company-of-the-century ’ Davis , dressed in poncho and sombrero . |
| 18 | He said and I do n't think that they were meant to be perhaps they were meant to be in order of importance . |
| 19 | Anti-English slanders they were held to be by the genteel Victorian travellers who continued to come to the Pyrenees . |
| 20 | Nevertheless they were held to be in contempt but , the strike having collapsed , no penalty was imposed . |
| 21 | Clearly the existence of this sub-committee indicates many other , unminuted , meetings had taken place , and even the architect and contractor already appear to have been briefed , for they were reported to be at work , although the references in the minutes to their activities are unhelpful in pin-pointing what stage they were at . |
| 22 | At best , a family might be given two shillings weekly if , after being willing to submit to a very strict investigation into their financial position ( this was called a ‘ Means Test ’ ) they were found to be at starvation level . |
| 23 | Well , not that bad really , but they 'd laden a van in London bound for Torquay , and managed to overfill it somewhat , so that when membership services executive Kevin Ramage ( driver ) and conference executive Meryl Halls ( navigator ) were stopped on the road to Torquay and instructed by the police to proceed to the nearest weighbridge , they were found to be in contravention of the law . |
| 24 | Women and girls were not expected to go off after work and sing in choirs or play games — they were expected to be at home catching up on household chores . |
| 25 | However , hags could assume many appearances ; often they were thought to be of enormous proportions , such as the giantess Grendel of Scandinavian legend , or the Blue Hag of the Highlands in Scotland , whose grey-blue cape was the swirling mist of the glens . |
| 26 | Five paintings by a mass murderer , once withdrawn from auction because they were thought to be in bad taste , have been bought by a collector . |
| 27 | Some of them were said to be at least a hundred years old . |