Example sentences of "[adj] to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such expansions of police power were forecast by E. P. Thompson ( 1980 ) , who considered this to be a period which has no equal . |
| 2 | He took this to be a truth ‘ so near and obvious to the mind , that a man need only open his eyes to see ’ it . |
| 3 | Fru Blicher continued , ‘ We 've not had time to print Herr Eberhardt 's programme — in any case , he wants this to be a somewhat informal occasion — so Herr Eberhardt will introduce each of his songs himself . |
| 4 | With a number of stocks going ex-dividend , market-makers estimated the combined effect of this to be a 6½ point knock to the Footsie . |
| 5 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 6 | However , crude calculations of the cost per QALY gained from cataract extraction show this to be a high value for money procedure ( Drummond , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | It is popular to believe that managers are responsible for developing their people but closer examination reveals this to be a nonsense . |
| 8 | I believed this to be a private row , and became even more incensed . |
| 9 | I immediately took this to be a delusion — a sign that I was shortly to withdraw forever into a blissful lunatic world of favourite food fantasies . |
| 10 | Ian Coffey of the Evangelical Alliance : ‘ I just sense this to be a confirmation of what God is saying to the church . |
| 11 | Those keeping to a strict 1,000 calories a day allowance will usually find this to be a realistic target . |
| 12 | One swing with a pick proves this to be a big , bold beastie with enough power to out-boot many a dreadnought . |
| 13 | Naturally you should not expect this to be a full consultation , but it should give you time to see how you relate to the particular therapist concerned and how much confidence you feel in him . |
| 14 | Instead of allowing this to be a frustrating and pointless event , ask yourself why you created it . |
| 15 | ‘ People expect this to be a male-dominated field and female accountants are expected to be dreary number-shufflers . |
| 16 | If your camcorder has a record-review button , you will find this to be a most useful facility to have at your disposal when you are out on a shoot because it enables you to make a quick check on the previous shot before starting to record the next . |
| 17 | She had not shared anything about what the Lord had said to her back home , so she feels this to be a confirmation about the work the Lord wants her to do . |
| 18 | Pilate obviously did not consider this to be a threat to Roman authority and tried to have him released . |
| 19 | And yesterday Jasmine , whose three-year-old son Robert is named after her father , vowed : ‘ For all our sakes I want this to be a happy occasion with no thoughts of Ulster . ’ |
| 20 | Special needs post-holders have in this way been able to develop their consultation skills with teachers , while educational psychologists who have begun to extend their remit in this way have found this to be a realistic way of meeting the supporters ' own need for ongoing support . |
| 21 | Per Andersen of IDC 's European Unix Expertise Centre believes this to be a significant trend that will shape the industry over the next two years . |
| 22 | We presumed this to be a regular ford and drove across with the water slopping in over the floor of the Land rover , but we eventually made it up on to the high inland plateau . |
| 23 | But a nonamer peptide from liver-stage-specific antigen-1 ( LSA-1 ) elicited secondary CTL responses in HLA-B53-positive individuals and sequence analysis showed this to be a conserved epitope in the local parasite population . |
| 24 | We are convinced that those people you mention who depend on Unix ( and NetWare ) for their living will find this to be a very satisfying and profitable combination . |
| 25 | Martin Anderson is one conservative insider who believes this to be a misconception . |
| 26 | But the President wanted this to be a joint operation and Bailey managed to convince him to use CIA men as bodyguards . |
| 27 | And on the third day , some men who thought this to be a favourable sign went forth to water the bumpouses and to bring them to their maturity and wholesomeness . |
| 28 | The Committee of Privileges found this to be a contempt but no action was taken when the General Secretary of the Union gave assurances that sanctions would not be imposed on M.P.s . |
| 29 | Now unc and for this to be a minimum , its differential with respect to x ( see 1.11 ) must vanish ; i.e. unc which is our original set of Equations ( 2 ) with e = 0 , premultiplied by AT ; it gives m equations for the m unknowns . |
| 30 | Their Lordships consider this to be a false analogy , since it presupposes that intellectual property rights have a situs similar to immovable property . |