Example sentences of "[adj] [am/are] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's it 's on the basis that any employer has a duty of care to employees and what I mean by that is that er an employer has a responsibility to not work employers er er employees under conditions that that are known to be unsafe . |
| 2 | The 4th and 15th are bound to be days when the tide of fortune may appear to turn against you . |
| 3 | They are communities in the sense that one has a sense of ‘ belonging ’ in them , and in the sense that Shetlanders belonging to each are said to be distinguishable by special characteristics in dialect or , less often ( and more humorously ) , by difference in mentality and general attitudes . |
| 4 | The propane/butane fridges use no chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons ( HCFCs ) in their production ; 285,000 are expected to be made this year . |
| 5 | Sometimes they demonstrably were not ; for example , portraits of the Emperor Augustus struck at the end of his reign , when he was seventy-six , do not depict a man of that age and do not correspond with the unflattering description given by his biographer , Suetonius. portraits such as this are intended to be the embodiment of a political ideal rather than a realistic likeness ( though in some cases , such as that of Nero , they might be both ) . |
| 6 | More instances that this are required to be certain that the possible parts of speech of the word are found . |
| 7 | At least half are believed to be switched off by remote control every night . |
| 8 | A further 12 are expected to be created . |
| 9 | The combined payments for March 1993 and June 1993 are expected to be about £9m , a more than 50% increase over the payment in March 1992 . |
| 10 | So far about 35 of the exclusive cars have been delivered by Jaguar , though few are expected to be seen on the road . |
| 11 | Quite a few are waiting to be unveiled at the bike shows this autumn . |
| 12 | THE BRITISH are said to be fascinated by the weather and talk of little else when the talk is small . |
| 13 | For even at the generally modest level of competition that Beckenham offers , the British are shown to be dismal failures . |
| 14 | Because the individual organisms vary , some are bound to be better able to survive in particular circumstances than others . |
| 15 | Some are said to be getting cold feet . |
| 16 | Through chauvinism or lack of thoroughness they omitted the many Scottish versions of the rhyme , even though some are known to be very old . |
| 17 | In all , there are thousands of extinct or dormant volcanoes , but only forty-five are considered to be ‘ active ’ . |
| 18 | Official projections of the spread of Aids have mercifully been revised downwards , but around 50,000 are believed to be infected in Britain , and the disease is pandemic in parts of Africa . |
| 19 | The greatest effect is in Indomalesia , where some 85 000 km 2 are thought to be lost each year . |
| 20 | Yet because the old are seen to be more ill , more often than other age groups , illness and old age have become closely associated in our minds , leading to the belief that the old have to suffer and bear an unavoidable amount of pain and discomfort . |
| 21 | As a general rule , documents which are more than 20 years old are deemed to be " ancient " and are presumed to be authentic unless proved otherwise ( Evidence Act 1938 , s4 ) . |
| 22 | Therefore , word sequences that are grammatically acceptable are considered to be more plausible than word sequences that are grammatically unacceptable . |
| 23 | Therefore , word sequences that are semantically acceptable are considered to be more plausible than word sequences that are not semantically acceptable . |
| 24 | If this be thought to be disingenuously restrictive , an attempt to define away the opposition , then consider the alternative . |
| 25 | At least 80% of heart attacks in men under 45 are thought to be due to cigarette smoking [ 5 ] . |
| 26 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 27 | The Japanese are said to be keen to invest more , but worry about the safety of their executives there . |
| 28 | They 've been banned from sale in Oxfordshire , but hundreds are believed to be in circulation across the country . |
| 29 | The two electromagnetic field components in the initial regions I , II and III are taken to be . |
| 30 | Dicta to the contrary in McPhail v Persons Unknown [ 1973 ] 3 All ER 393 are thought to be applicable only if in the High Court . |