Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to [be] an " in BNC.

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1 It also provides that after six months , unsolicited goods are deemed to be an unconditional gift to the recipient .
2 As to the artists themselves , they will be able to take out of the country an unlimited number of their works unless , of course , they are considered to be an integral part of the national heritage .
3 Improved communications are considered to be an asset both to traditional local industries such as oil , fish and drink and important for new investment .
4 Gender factors are seen to be an integral part of mental illness in women and a woman 's limited resources are often a significant factor in her ability to extricate herself from oppressive , unsupportive environments .
5 The fact that a prominent member of the current community council and an integrated education supporter was a member of official Sinn Fein , the Workers ' party , appeared to figure in the reasoning , as this party has always been suspected to be an anti-clerical and secularist force .
6 This has been shown to be an effective and rapid method of training but it does require intensive supervision from an adult .
7 It is much more disconcerting that the CD4 count has been shown to be an unreliable indicator of the effectiveness of drug treatment in HIV infection .
8 The concept of four major glacial events , based on classic studies in the European Alps ( Penck and Brückner , 1909 ) and supported by observations in Scandinavia , North America and Siberia , has in the last decade been shown to be an oversimplification .
9 Collaborative problem solving has previously been shown to be an effective stimulus to individual learning in certain circumstances , using somewhat ‘ artificial ’ tasks .
10 The colon weight/body weight ratio was calculated as an increase in this ratio has been shown to be an accurate marker of colonic inflammation .
11 Within private care where the element of choice might have been thought to be an advantage it was found that a third of residents did not choose , and for 22 per cent the unsolicited efforts of either a relative , the general practitioner or a social worker led to their admission ( Weaver et al . ,
12 A pair of researchers arrived at the extraordinary conclusion that fusion of deuterons could be achieved without the application of massive external energy , which had previously been thought to be an indispensable condition .
13 Waiting lists are known to be an inaccurate indicator of need , as many doctors do not refer patients if they know the wait will be long ( this is as true for instance for hearing aids as it is for hip replacements ) .
14 The authorities ' earlier identification of Lembarek Boumaraaf as the assassin [ see p. 38981 ] was endorsed ; the commission confirmed that he had previously been known to be an Islamist sympathizer , but rejected as improbable the suggestion that he had acted alone .
15 Smoking has been found to be an important factor , increasing this loss of bone density and resulting in an increased risk of osteoporosis [ 13 ] .
16 Empirically , the assumption of constant interest rates has usually been found to be an acceptable approximation .
17 The defendants argued that the proviso could not be severed and that as it had been found to be an unreasonable restraint of trade the whole of the clause was void .
18 This may well be considered to be an important factor , but , like other arguments for restricting popular influence or control over political systems and assemblies , it is not a democratic argument .
19 Although ‘ teleworking ’ might be considered to be an old idea — anyone who has done the odd bit of paperwork at home while keeping in touch with the office by telephone can be said to have been doing it — the opportunity to have computer-aided design , back-office and data entry work carried out full-time away from the office has widened immeasurably .
20 For an ideal solution consisting of two components A and B , Raoult 's law may be expressed mathematically as The vapour of an ideal solution may be considered to be an ideal gas , and Dalton 's law ( see section 3.1 ) therefore applies .
21 New Zealand copyright law is very similar to United Kingdom law , although , in the United States , it would be likely that the design features indicated in the specification would be considered to be an unprotectable idea .
22 The " appearance " exception ( that is , the second part of the exception ) could only apply if the soundproof box and printer , when taken together , could be considered to be an integral unit .
23 The courts have developed some complex tests based on control whereby the subsidiary may be deemed to be an agent of the parent company .
24 ‘ However , the law must not be seen to be an ass .
25 That is to say , Tolkien 's stories could be said to be an embodiment of that Northernness with which Lewis and Greeves had been in love since early adolescence .
26 From a socio-economic point of view , the low-input/low-output farm , which predominates especially , but not exclusively in the Mediterranean and upland regions , can be said to be an adaptation to the extremely difficult conditions under which it operates .
27 Since the unit almost certainly operated some Piper Cubs , it could loosely be said to be an airfield memorial !
28 The question which arises is whether the family proceedings court can make an order for no contact ; that is whether it could properly be said to be an order which was ‘ appropriate ’ with respect to the contact between the child and the parent .
29 It could also be said to be an example of the developed use of experienced laymen to assist in the determination of disputes .
30 If the scheme is comprehensive , it may also be said to be an unwieldy instrument for judges and juries to use .
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