Example sentences of "[vb pp] to be [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watching her , Trent recalled sailing towards what he had expected to be his death the previous morning on Golden Girl … his sense of deprivation , of having been robbed of his right to a normal life . |
| 2 | These recent theories , whether they deal with an intellectual movement — the invention of a new doctrine — or with the social process of industrialization , are obviously concerned mainly with the nationalism of the twentieth century and with what are claimed to be its roots in the social , cultural and political changes which occurred in Western Europe during the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | " My parents have died and I have come to be your wife , " she told the fisherman . |
| 4 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 5 | The King appointed them to high offices of state , which the aristocracy and landed gentry considered to be their prerogative . |
| 6 | Their ‘ 81 ‘ Points ’ LP is considered to be their least successful venture by those who know , but what rattles out from every angle imaginable sounds pretty damn good to me . |
| 7 | Subject to some negotiation , the level of any such limits was set by reference to what the organization considered to be its " core " level of business , and again there were substantial variations to be observed . |
| 8 | If you are not living in the property ( or a part of it which you have let out for rent ) , then the house — or that section of it — is no longer considered to be your main home . |
| 9 | This story did the rounds some years ago , when Romanians already had the measure of their leader , but while the West was still honouring President Ceausescu for what was considered to be his independent stand on foreign policy issues . |
| 10 | Dave Davies wearing what might be considered to be his next Kowabunga range . |
| 11 | The Stephen Joseph Theatre is proud to present the play generally considered to be his finest , Rocket to the Moon . |
| 12 | His boast did not succeed in warning Swainson off what Gould now considered to be his territory . |
| 13 | ‘ Great Expectations ’ was one of his last three novels and was published in 1861 , and is often considered to be his greatest novel . |
| 14 | On the contrary , I was mocked within the family for my ‘ posh ’ accent , and for what was considered to be my general childishness , especially as far as my sense of humour was concerned . |
| 15 | ( Book III , Ch. 15 ) Once you transfer your right of self-government to someone else , even if that person is deemed to be your " representative " , you are no longer free . |
| 16 | Although social , political and economic factors were obviously important , the administrative machinery of government was geared ultimately towards creating a culture which earned God 's endorsement and fulfilled what was deemed to be His will . |
| 17 | Under the income support system , if a person 's resources are less than what is deemed to be his or her ‘ applicable amount ’ of Income Support , then eligibility is gained . |
| 18 | It was said that one result of reading the Section as I read it would be this : that Mr Astor would be liable to pay tax in respect of the income received by the trustee in the United States as income deemed to be his ( Part XV ) and also likely to pay tax on the income which the trustee was bound to pay over , the latter being ( within the decision in [ Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1930 ) 15 TC 693 ] ) the income springing from a foreign possession , namely , his right of action against the trustee . |
| 19 | The ravages committed by man subvert the relations and destroy the balance which nature had established between her organized and her inorganic creations ; and she avenges herself upon the intruder , by letting loose upon her defaced provinces destructive energies hitherto kept in check by organic forces destined to be his best auxiliaries , but which he has unwisely dispersed and driven from the field of action . |
| 20 | Many villages , too , kept festivals and holidays on what were reckoned to be their ‘ proper ’ days , but that habit gradually died out , only the tax year surviving from a bygone calendar . |
| 21 | To return to the central question about how the boundaries of special educational provision and therefore of support teaching are to be defined , I shall argue in the remainder of this chapter that although the ‘ individual ’ approach represents what has always traditionally been accepted to be our role , to continue to define our responsibilities in these purely individual terms could have serious consequences , not only for the future of support teaching when we come to evaluate it , but for the development of comprehensive education as a whole . |
| 22 | The strength of Oulton 's art is now revealed to be its sympathy with decorative rather than ‘ masterly ’ traditions . |
| 23 | She was big and busty and wore the sort of extravagant ‘ gowns ’ favoured by La Cogan in her prime , and now only to be glimpsed on BBC1 's ‘ Come Dancing ’ which Grunte proclaimed to be his favourite programme . |
| 24 | Behind the resignation is said to be her discontent with the management style of the American board and their way of treating her market . |
| 25 | ‘ And what are said to be her feelings about him ? ’ |
| 26 | Could also be said to be its maturity value . |
| 27 | They are said to be his own work , although the truth is that he probably has the final say . |
| 28 | One reason why she brought Michael Heseltine in as Secretary of State for Defence is said to be his ability as a public-relations man . |
| 29 | When a three- or four-year-old child first comes to school , his real concern could almost be said to be his own identity . |
| 30 | A named 40-year-old nurse who was said to be his previous girlfriend for seven years was reported as saying about her sex life with the man : ‘ We had a good love life . |