Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun pl] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the CEGB agreed the hypotheses to be tested with the UCL geographers , every conceivable explanation had been included . |
| 2 | ‘ We consulted the maps to be sure . ’ |
| 3 | Nobody expected the pupils to be paragons of perfection The standards the principal expected of herself were a different matter entirely . |
| 4 | At that time most people expected the galaxies to be moving around quite randomly , and so expected to find as many blue-shifted spectra as red-shifted ones . |
| 5 | and Elizabeth asked the children to be quiet |
| 6 | Disagreement over the wording of the joint statement led the talks to be extended for a third day . |
| 7 | When he provided the details to be entered in his Workbook , Joyce 's past career sounded as impressive as his future was promising . |
| 8 | Fellow councillor Margaret Crooks said it was clear the bombing had been an ‘ inside job ’ and she called for those who helped the bombers to be ostracised . |
| 9 | Conversation on the topic gave Flaubert a colique des wagons ; in June 1843 he pronounced the railways to be the third most boring subject imaginable after Mme Lafarge ( an arsenic poisoner ) and the death of the Duc d'Orleans ( killed in his carriage the previous year ) . |
| 10 | They overwhelmingly reported the roads to be more difficult to cross than five years previously , the change being ascribed to increased volumes of traffic ( 89 per cent ) and faster traffic ( 28 per cent ) . |
| 11 | Palmer ( 1988 : 199 ) proposes that when followed by the to infinitive , verbs of perception function as verbs of reporting , so that He saw the children to be eating their lunch means " He reported the children to be eating their lunch " . |
| 12 | Nothing of the walls or vaulting remained intact , but we found the substructures to be choked with debris fallen from above , including several more pieces of the poem and various richly carved capitals , cornices , and piers . |
| 13 | On my short acquaintance with Victorian Cichlids I found the males to be single-mindedly aggressive when breeding , but their harassment of tank-mates soon diminishes after spawning . |
| 14 | Clinton 's explanation for this brazen reversal of his campaign promises — that once elected he found the figures to be worse than he had thought — may be glibness on a heroic scale , yet the increases have the virtue of consistency with the rest of the package . |
| 15 | Note that there is no implication that this ‘ quality check ’ found the modules to be of particularly high quality : merely that they were fit for the purpose intended for the baseline . |
| 16 | At last some passed me with books ; I stopped them , and found the books to be Bibles : it was all clear now , they were going to a week-day preaching , and shortly after , as the road wound down a glen over a burn , I met the Free Church minister on his way to the place of meeting . |
| 17 | Even the Romans recognised the Greeks to be a leading culture and referred to their turn of wit and wisdom as Attica salt . |
| 18 | This reflects the pressures that caused the documents to be produced in the first place . |
| 19 | At that time a determined campaign backed by parents and many MPs of all parties caused the proposals to be dropped . |
| 20 | On a mixed farm , there would be a larger number of buildings for cattle , while on a pastoral farm the reduced need for waggon horses caused the stables to be small and there would be little accommodation for crops . |
| 21 | Then he replaced his white-and-gold helmet , caused the horns to be blown , and proceeded south once again with his army . |
| 22 | What caused the men to be so desperate to contact the Girls ? |
| 23 | He estimated the goods to be worth about £3,000 . |
| 24 | The tank was still covered as I assumed the eggs to be light sensitive . |
| 25 | A notice declared the ruins to be a Dominican Priory . |
| 26 | The turnout was given as up to 70 per cent of the electorate , the balloting was reported incident-free , and observers declared the elections to be " free in accordance with Malaysian law and circumstances " . |
| 27 | But later in the day , a detailed analysis showed the concentrations to be safe . |
| 28 | It also allowed the commissions to be representative of the whole Church . |
| 29 | The late Mrs Schofield was a past President of Skelton W.I. and she allowed the grounds to be used for various events . |
| 30 | Santerre ordered the torches to be lit . |