Example sentences of "he is [adv] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from anything else , that 'll ensure the court that he is not tempted to be involved in any similar incident in the future with is girlfriend . |
| 2 | Police said they had not yet been able to identify the man but he is not believed to be local . |
| 3 | However , he is not presumed to be financially accountable for such decisions . |
| 4 | But he is also said to be intensely loyal to the woman who stood by him during his 27 years of imprisonment . |
| 5 | He is also believed to be embarrassed that one person should be earning so much when the recession and heavy unemployment has badly affected Coventry and the surrounding area . |
| 6 | He is also thought to be the same as the Asclepiodatus who was patricius of Provence , and was the recipient of letters from Gregory the Great in 599 and 601 . |
| 7 | He is also thought to be considering bringing members of the public into every school inspection team . |
| 8 | He is even said to be at liberty to play golf . |
| 9 | The Booksellers and Publishers Associations are concerned that the trade and the public will be lulled into a false sense of security by recent press reports that the Prime Minister is taking control of economic policy and that he is widely believed to be against increasing taxes , including VAT . |
| 10 | He is generally believed to be commemorated in the place name Caradon , which formerly applied only to the hill around which he held sway but now covers a complete District of South East Cornwall . |
| 11 | He can be a ‘ character ’ , a source of quaint rustic humour or homespun rural philosophy on such matters as the seasons and the weather , but he is rarely expected to be either forward-thinking or ‘ forward ’ in his demeanour . |
| 12 | Raper 's last known address was Quezon City in the Philippines though he is now thought to be in Switzerland . |
| 13 | It might come as something of a surprise to learn that he is now considered to be an Englishman . |
| 14 | He is still intended to be in control of his environment . |
| 15 | He is usually taken to be the author of a polished English version of Alain Chartier 's poem ‘ La Belle Dame Sans Mercy ’ , a fashionable contribution to the courtly debate about love provoked by the Roman de la Rose . |
| 16 | He is often said to be fixing a ‘ tariff ’ period ; and there is no harm in using that expression provided that one realises that it is the Home Secretary 's tariff , not the judges ' tariff . |
| 17 | He is commonly said to be mad , and may indeed be so , but his unreasoning rage is backed up by a keen and artistic mind . |