Example sentences of "these [noun pl] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These pairs were chosen to be balanced for frequency , imageability , etc. , in the same way as if selected for human subjects . |
| 2 | The so-called chiral drugs ( from chiros — the Greek word for hands ) made with these molecules are said to be safer and more effective . |
| 3 | On close examination by the American Consumers ' Union , some of these switches were found to be connected to no vital function of the machine whatever . |
| 4 | The cultural value of all these activities was thought to be negligible but at least some useful qualities were being inculcated and above all their commercial basis bound them in to the mainstream organization and values of middle-class society . |
| 5 | In the homes these activities were intended to be a major source of participation by the people served , with appropriate levels of staff help . |
| 6 | These meanings are considered to be organised in a cognitive system equivalent to a word memory or internal dictionary , which is called the lexicon . |
| 7 | These solutes are thought to be the origin of cements within the subsurface , either as quartz overgrowth cements ( e.g. Sibley & blatt , 1976 ) or as calcite cements . |
| 8 | The purpose of these Acts was stated to be to enable the purchasers to exclude the deer and ‘ commonable cattle ’ , after compensation paid to the commoners , and to enclose the forest wastes and ‘ use ( them ) as Farms ’ . |
| 9 | As the temperature fluctuations appear the same on all scales , the spectral index on these scales is constrained to be ( ref. 9 ) , and we shall discuss only the asymptotically scale-invariant form , originally introduced to explain galaxy clustering , and later shown to be a consequence of inflationary models . |
| 10 | These peaks are believed to be a consequence of the inner Lindblad resonance ( ILR ) of the galactic bar . |
| 11 | By the end of the war , the bodies of these cars were found to be very worn and loose . |
| 12 | The date of these vessels was thought to be late second century ( although , as I write this , a more accurate date is from c . |
| 13 | These shapes are said to be common to each of the three pictures . |
| 14 | These losses were expected to be offset by increases in the value of oil exports , which doubled to $210,000,000 a month in July-September . |
| 15 | These savings were thought to be of the order of £0.5 million at the most . |
| 16 | Not all of these addresses are meant to be read by the person involved : Sophronia would have dismissed Leapor all the sooner if she had read ‘ The Disappointment ’ and ‘ The Consolation ’ . |
| 17 | A word on these computers is defined to be a set of four consecutive bytes ( 32 bits ) , and is specified by the store address of its left-hand byte . |
| 18 | The management of these relationships is expected to be an important determinant of success in the use of new technology by customer firms and should provide a route for product innovations by suppliers . |
| 19 | But deliveries even to these companies are expected to be severely attenuated . |
| 20 | These ratios were found to be mainly associated with recent returns on equity , growth rates and debt/equity ratios . |
| 21 | These countries were believed to be Romania and Yugoslavia . |
| 22 | These buckets were held to be of merchantable quality ( but see paragraph 7–22 below ) . |
| 23 | The presence of incomers was presented as the most immediate and tangible aspect of the general threat to the Shetland ‘ Way of Life ’ Although Shetland is reputed to be something of a melting pot , given the many different influxes of people over the centuries ( one native council official saw the typical Shetlanders as a bit of a ‘ mongrel ’ ) , these incomers were presumed to be somewhat different : most of them are here because their jobs brought them here ( those who are not here because of their jobs are eccentric ! ) , their stay will be temporary , there are more of them , they represent mainstream and hence dominant ways of life , they regard Shetlanders as peasants or country hicks . |
| 24 | Having found water , which in these circumstances is bound to be tainted with sand , the elephant uses its trunk as a filtering device , swinging the tip until all the sand is thrown out and only the water is left . |
| 25 | Furthermore , these circumstances are said to be essentially heterogeneous , so that they can not be seen as aspects of one large contradiction ; each is a contradiction within a particular social totality . |
| 26 | These expectations are rumoured to be confirmed by an Audit Commission report on fundholding due for publication last September but delayed . |
| 27 | Both these appointments were expressed to be rewards ‘ for assistance against the rebels ’ . |
| 28 | All these gases are known to be highly chemically reactive . |
| 29 | These bases were alleged to be incompatible with the principles of the peaceful coexistence of states with different social systems , to constitute an ‘ international crime ’ and to contradict the ‘ most important principles of international law ’ . |
| 30 | The danger of over-embalming is not there because these fluids are designed to be mixed , not like old fashioned fluids with which nothing could be mixed except some Fairy Liquid for lanolin content . |