Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to be [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lightweight boots with this construction are claimed to be cooler and less sweaty in hot weather , since they breathe so much more freely than leather boots . |
| 2 | Chill Pads , which maintain chilled products at temperature , are claimed to be longer-lasting than ice and more effective than eutectic plates . |
| 3 | The life-times of Digital Audio Tapes ( DAT ) and Exabyte tapes ( similar to home video cassettes ) are claimed to be longer , but how will they perform over ten , twenty or fifty years ? |
| 4 | Results this year are expected to be better than last . |
| 5 | Full-year results for the bank are expected to be higher than last year . |
| 6 | Downstream , in light of high product stocks , industry refining margins in the USA and Europe are expected to be lower in the first quarter of 1993 than in the fourth quarter of 1992 . |
| 7 | In addition , the nucleation time from more concentrated gall bladder bile has been reported to be quicker than that from hepatic bile in cholesterol gall stone patients . |
| 8 | The majority in favour of allowing sole practice on the traditional model to continue without restriction might have been expected to be larger given the preponderance of sole practitioner respondents to the consultation as a whole . |
| 9 | The 7% margin against the Council 's plans for monitoring visits to sole practitioners might have been expected to be larger in view of the fact that the response as a whole was weighted so heavily in favour of sole practitioners . |
| 10 | There is a move by many environmental agencies both in Mexico and elsewhere for a return to traditional forms of agriculture , as they are considered to be better for the environment . |
| 11 | It is strong where personal liberty or property rights are affected , but has been said to be weaker in the case of modern statutes , particularly those establishing a sophisticated regulatory regime , such as the FSA . |
| 12 | The so-called chiral drugs ( from chiros — the Greek word for hands ) made with these molecules are said to be safer and more effective . |
| 13 | cos they er they 're bound to be cheaper than they are in the shops . |
| 14 | Whilst ambulatory surgical care has been shown to be cheaper than hospital care in Cali , Colombia , such evidence can not be taken as a general rule . |
| 15 | This probe had been shown to be better than actin as a control for the amount and quality of total ribonucleic acid loaded . |
| 16 | Mental handicap can also be reduced in cases where the likelihood of having a mentally handicapped child has been shown to be higher . |
| 17 | In New Zealand mortality from sudden infant death syndrome has been known to be higher in Maori children for some time , but the reason has been unclear . |
| 18 | Further , the inequality in child survival probabilities ( by level of mother 's education ) has been found to be greater in urban than in rural places and small towns , indicating that the former offers better educated , knowledgeable mothers means of compensating for child health hazards that are unavailable to uneducated , poorly informed women . |
| 19 | Technology is ‘ old-style ’ Philips 16 bit , the system that preceded the current and mor fashionable Bitstream process , but which has been found to be easier to ‘ tweak ’ for a desired effect . |
| 20 | Digestion can therefore be expected to be greater in mammalian predators , and so it has been found here . |
| 21 | The return on money spent or lent in Eastern Europe can be expected to be better , politically and commercially , than those from similar outflows into the gurgling sink of Latin America and other parts of the South . |
| 22 | In brief , requisitioning was unpopular , not least since it was often carried out in the period between spring and autumn when trading and fishing conditions might normally be expected to be better than at other times of the year . |
| 23 | In addition , coelocentesis does not involve puncture of the amniotic membrane and therefore the risk of direct trauma to the embryo or chronic amniotic fluid leakage would be expected to be lower than with amniocentesis . |
| 24 | Transit time was not measured but it would be expected to be shorter . |
| 25 | One might interpret this in relation to stronger group orientation , as expected of those who are field-dependent , nevertheless the task might be expected to be easier for those who are more used to visual processing . |
| 26 | Consolidation and centralisation have been effected to a much greater degree than here , and so a reaction to their effects may be expected to be stronger . |
| 27 | I have no doubt that , when the time comes and we push our tax through , it will be seen to be fairer than the Labour alternative . |
| 28 | Some of Freud 's patients became more rational in their understanding of their problems , and they could therefore be said to be nearer than non-patients to the standard Freud held up as worthy of human beings . |
| 29 | However , it may be said to be fairer than the Community Charge in that the tax does , at least , rise with the value of the house and it is reasonable to assume that those living in more expensive houses have higher incomes than those living in less expensive dwellings . |
| 30 | The presentation appearance of the horizontal moon , for instance , can properly , though falsely , be said to be larger than the presentation appearance of the meridian moon . |