Example sentences of "[pron] be [vb pp] by some " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Commission accept that both the 1968 and 1978 Theft Acts and the case law on them are thought by some to be " seriously defective " , but the draft Code was a restatement not a Code to reform the substance of the law . |
| 2 | It is my one great regret about this whole sorry business that at this crucial time in the Government 's fortunes , when I should so much have liked to be seen as a tower of strength , I am perceived by some as a point of weakness . |
| 3 | In a more general sense I am fascinated by some of the things you 've just mentioned in your introduction , the question of continuity in German history , how we , how this marvellous nation , the nation of Beethoven and Wagner and Marx and Freud , actually finishes up going to war twice against its European neighbours , and in the Second World War in particular committing these awful atrocities . |
| 4 | I am chilled by some of the things Sinead is coming out with nowadays . |
| 5 | I am told by some Kenyan cynics I fell in with that the commission was appointed largely to satisfy demands from one aid donor ( was it the World Bank ? ) . |
| 6 | I was cheered by some superficial damage to the station at Cologne . |
| 7 | ‘ We have battled well in recent games but I was heartened by some of our football in the midweek win over Grimsby Town . |
| 8 | ‘ I was approached by some of the victims of that situation ( the Northern Ireland conflict ) to help them in whatever way I could . |
| 9 | It seemed that I was asleep for just a few minutes when I was awakened by some noisy bastard shouting into the trench . |
| 10 | I was about to say , Harry , that I was accused by some friends last night of being sanctimonious . |
| 11 | At 19 miles I was greeted by some close friends from college and again this gave me the extra energy I needed . |
| 12 | Also excepted are certain contracts which are governed by some other piece of legislation : contracts of insurance to which the Insurance Companies Act 1982 applies ; investment agreements within the meaning of the Financial Services Act 1986 and certain agreements for the making of deposits within the meaning of the Banking Act 1987 . |
| 13 | It would be tempting to focus on ‘ video nasties ’ , which are seen by some as the ready harbinger of many of our social ills . |
| 14 | Its long half life ( 67 hours ) permits faecal excretion studies , which are considered by some as the ‘ gold standard ’ parameter of disease activity in Crohn 's disease . |
| 15 | Another form of entry is available in the form of pre-foundation courses which are offered by some colleges . |
| 16 | ‘ It would however be quite unreasonable to expect the accidents were never to happen when the wire gauze lamps are used ; for it must be remembered , setting aside the chance of their being damaged by some of the casualties incidental to coal mining , they are to be entrusted to the management of a body of men among whom negligent individuals will be found . ’ |
| 17 | This practice was not adopted enthusiastically by the LGB , partly due to fears that its cheapness would encourage Guardians to send children to unsuitable homes — fears which were justified by some unfortunate and tragic incidents of maltreatment and exploitation of child labour . |
| 18 | Further data , for example , concerning teachers ' reasons for using these texts , were collected during these visits both through informal discussion and through the use of questionnaires which were completed by some of the staff and returned at a later date ( see appendix 1 . ) |
| 19 | The New Deal welfare state initiatives , which were extended by some of the successor administrations , notably Lyndon Johnson 's , involved complex Federal-State inter-relationships . |
| 20 | These questions appeared in pairs of parallel tests , both of which were taken by some pupils with an interval of about two months between testings . |
| 21 | The Tropical Forestry Action Plan ( TFAP ) , which is seen by some as a loggers ' charter , is to be reformed . |
| 22 | A well-known example is ‘ controversy ’ , which is pronounced by some speakers as and by others as ; it would be quite wrong to say that one version was correct and one incorrect . |
| 23 | Cornwall will be fielding an unchanged side from the semi-finals and Glyn Williams , their captain , stressed the importance within the county of the ADT championship , which is derided by some for its supposed second-class quality . |
| 24 | Change which is imposed by some form of ‘ authority ’ or ‘ expert ’ is rarely effective in the long run . |
| 25 | The term ’ conceptual ’ arises because each node is a ’ concept ’ which is defined by some predicate . |
| 26 | The consequences of such a reduction in the level of armaments ( and more generally of ‘ military preparedness ’ ) are considerable , for as I noted in the first edition of this book , if there is any generalization about the causes of war which is supported by some empirical evidence , it seems to be that which establishes a connection between an arms race and an increased probability of war ( Richardson , 1960 ) . |
| 27 | Is a hypertext to be just a static database structure which is browsed by some entirely external program ? |
| 28 | Brilliantly presented and documented , the report argues that BSL , used by about fifty thousand deaf people , should be accorded the status of a minority language like Welsh , which is used by some five hundred thousand Welshmen , and Scots Gaelic , used by some eighty thousand Scots . |
| 29 | In other words , action which is predetermined by some external constraints can not be seen in the same light as action which accords with some convention , though , on occasion , constrained action may be glossed as rule-governed in an associated account , particularly where the agency of a person is in doubt . |
| 30 | of which he violently disapproves and which was written by some cunt |