Example sentences of "[adj] [vb pp] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Bilalian ’ replaced ‘ Muslim ’ ( Bilal was an Ethiopian thought to be the first black follower of the prophet Muhammad ) . |
| 2 | The new dietary proved to be an improvement although the youngest children were still wasting a great deal of the milk porridge , and alternation of a diet with tea and bread-and-butter was advised , similar to that given to children over the age of nine . |
| 3 | He accused the Chancellor of forcing the lowly paid to be the ‘ scapegoats ’ of his economic failures . |
| 4 | Election ‘ 92 : Old-style Corinthian destined to be a key player |
| 5 | And it is very much intended to be an educational experience for people as well as fun . |
| 6 | That 's that used to be the part there that 's gone big there , was sailors . |
| 7 | Later , as Mr Bagley , at 21 thought to be the youngest scheduled service pilot in the country , prepared finally to take off with the delayed passengers , he was playing down the incident . |
| 8 | In addition to Benghazi , a series of raids on the airfields in the vicinity had been planned , but these proved to be a disappointment . |
| 9 | These proved to be the isolated buccaneer haunts we were looking for , and the hidden source of most of the nation 's sailing prahus and their mariners . |
| 10 | In many parts of the country these proved to be the most open elections ever to take place under Soviet rule , and gave ample demonstration of collapsing support for the Communist Party ( CPSU ) . |
| 11 | What all pointed to was the growth of a considerable Wealden timber and brick industry , another attraction for the casual labour for which the area was becoming notorious . |
| 12 | They are all intended to be the same place : in Gentile country across the Sea of Galilee . |
| 13 | Armstrong , dismissed from the directorship of the Whitney Museum of American Art several years ago , presided over what many considered to be a collapse of curatorial standards of that institution . |
| 14 | His most nefarious recorded act was to defame York 's new wife Anne Hyde [ q.v. ] , in the hope of dissolving the marriage , which many considered to be a disaster . |
| 15 | The ideal time to pursue the sport which many considered to be the purest form of hunting . |
| 16 | Yet since January he has faced four different boats fielded by Koch — first Jayhawk , then Defiant and , more recently , America and Kanza — all reported to be an improvement on each other , at a cost to the America Foundation of some £38.25 million . |
| 17 | It is important for practitioners to remain flexible , sometimes widening the focus to include extended current or previous family members , to avoid triangulation or colluding with anyone family member , and to avoid judging which includes the assumption that problems are all related to being a step-family . |
| 18 | oh we 've all got to be a little wary a wee bit |
| 19 | But the issue as to whether feminism and Christianity are compatible is not entered upon , let alone shown to be the case . |
| 20 | These troops , clearly oblivious to danger , were at first thought to be a Dutch contingent , and had come so close that the Bren gunner could fire only two magazines before grenades knocked out his weapon . |
| 21 | The plates flickered past , solemn and beautiful faces , sleeping soldiers , angels carrying flutes , and then a page fell open more easily because , slipped into it , she found a sheet of the villa 's notepaper on which was typed what she at first thought to be a shopping-list , but , as she began to read , discovered it was no such thing . |
| 22 | The psychology of groups is first asserted to be the oldest form of human psychology , but then individual psychology , of the leader , chief or father , is also added as the oldest individual psychology . |
| 23 | Further research revealed that what had at first appeared to be a bizarre anomaly was in fact a cultural feature shared by many different Indian peoples . |
| 24 | Pisco sour proved to be a local brandy whisked up with white of egg and the juice of fresh limes with a few drops of angostura bitters lying like dark bloodstains on the white bed of foam . |
| 25 | We were all highly individualistic — in fact , what we had in common seemed to be a reputation for rebellion and trouble-making — but we shared a way into adult life , influencing each other and creating a collective strength . |