Example sentences of "of [noun] are [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | For details of the secret itinerary for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain are understood to be in the hands of the IRA . |
| 32 | Rules of interpretation are thought to be effective in the orderly ascription of meaning to objects and events . |
| 33 | In Japan , an estimated 45 per cent of members are known to be campaigning , compared with 15 per cent in Britain , |
| 34 | Okay Now expect , farmer 's expectations of prices are assumed to be revised , right , each year , farmers revise their own expectations of future prices so that makes some sense . |
| 35 | Now how a man who works on can think there 's anything funny about species I just ca n't understand erm but there it is. erm well , suppose , however , that in my view wrongly one did suppose that there was something erm in this sort of idea of the decoupling between the processes which we observed in single populations and erm the sort of mechanisms leading to large scale evolution , what kinds of processes are held to be important when it comes to large scale evolution events ? |
| 36 | However , in order to prevent students gaining an honours degree by ‘ attrition ’ , a maximum number of modules are allowed to be taken , if a student extends Stage II beyond six terms , in order to retain honours eligibility . |
| 37 | In respect of a registered contract the obligations of LCH are declared to be , as counterparty , to perform the contract as principal in accordance with the regulations , but subject to certain specified restrictions . |
| 38 | Whether they can predict the future remains to be seen , Short-range time-series projections of fertility are reported to be promising ( de Cooman , Ermisch , and Joshi 1988 ) . |
| 39 | Second , even if straightforward authoritarianism and minimisation of wages are assumed to be universal features of capitalist rationality , it is difficult to claim that this ‘ rationality ’ is uniformly imposed in practice as a function of the ‘ undisputed authority of the capitalist ’ ( Marx ) . |
| 40 | Roxanne Shante 's put-downs of men are meant to be feminist ; and suddenly we 're meant to respect Salt'n'Pepa 's greed , opportunism and exploitation of their own bodies . |
| 41 | The simplicity and flexibility of the notation of DC are recognized to be two of its strengths . |
| 42 | In addition , the specific details of treatment are bound to be influenced by the particular orientation or general approach of each individual unit or ward . |
| 43 | He refrains from criticising the Government 's plans explicitly , but he points out : ‘ Whereas everything is under one roof at the moment , different types of activity are going to be under different roofs . |
| 44 | The kudos of the job , the implied associations and the admiration of others are felt to be more than enough compensation . |
| 45 | It should have been a problem because the personal details of Flora are meant to be secret , under the terms of a high court injunction granted in the middle of last month , Sarah is not allowed to discuss anything about her daughter with anyone , other than her legal and medical advisors . |
| 46 | Whereas a majority , 54 per cent , of households in Birmingham would have gained under the poll tax if it had been levied in 1988–9 , only 39 per cent of adults are shown to be gainers . |
| 47 | Synthetic drugs such as quinacrine and chloroquine , were developed to replace natural quinine but some strains of malaria are found to be resistant and doctors are using quinine again to treat malaria in Vietnam , fortunately , trees grow well in Java which is now the main global source . |
| 48 | Keith Pringle ( ‘ Gender politics ' 4 March ) asserts that because of male socialisation and the fact that 77 per cent of abusers are thought to be male , all men may have some potential to commit sexual abuse . |