Example sentences of "what it be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having found that Vendale 's identity is not what it is believed to be , he tries to use this discovery , but is thwarted by Bintrey . |
| 2 | Their liability will not be based on what they have actually paid for their house but what it is deemed to be worth without discount . |
| 3 | Heterosexism ensures that the gut reaction of every heterosexual woman and young woman , as well as many lesbian workers and young lesbians , is to deny the ‘ accusation ’ — for that is certainly what it is meant to be . |
| 4 | But the signs are that street-wise teenagers who caused the Chipie boom are moving on again , leaving the brand to settle back to what it is meant to be , a broad-based fashionable collection with an appeal to all members of the family who like off-beat colours and tradition given a twist . |
| 5 | Organised by Brian and Anna Houghton , the London ceramics dealers who have launched two highly regarded specialist fairs in London during the past few years , it offered New Yorkers two innovations ; an expert vetting committee , which checked that every item was genuinely what it was said to be — there had never been vetting in America before — and a showcase in their own city of top European dealers ' wares . |
| 6 | However , where it is discovered that the tax law does not have the effect that the Government and taxpayers generally thought it had , there are circumstances in which it is right to introduce legislation to restore the position retrospectively to what it was thought to be . |
| 7 | The smile has to be understood by the other person as what it was meant to be — a friendly greeting . |
| 8 | In the middle was a rosy little naked cupid ; the shaft of the one short hand came through his loins , and the rounded tip at its end made it very clear what it was meant to be . |