Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Advent fabric on back — designed to be fast drying . |
| 2 | Furthermore , several pairs of the reaction primers can be mixed in the same tube and allowed to ‘ analyse ’ different point mutations at the same time ( all the different products of the polymerase chain reaction are deliberately designed to be different sizes ) . |
| 3 | Although they all have powers either to initiate or recommend criminal prosecution , they are primarily designed to be regulatory bodies whose main weapon against corporate misbehaviour is administrative , i.e. ( occasional ) inspection coupled with ( polite ) correspondence . |
| 4 | A friend once remarked : ‘ We are expected to be living sacrifices , but the problem is we keep crawling off the altar . ’ |
| 5 | Erm as you can see the sales in the first two are expected to be four point nine almost five million pounds . |
| 6 | But inflation is expected to be 0.4 percentage points higher in both years , while interest rates might rise by half a point in 1991 and perhaps by 30 basis points in 1992 . |
| 7 | Boys are expected to be assertive go-getters , so parents tend to approve of aggression in their male offspring as ‘ manly ’ . |
| 8 | To some extent this is true , since Michael Chisholm 's research has shown that subsistence land use results in settlements being not more than 1 kilometre ( ½ mile ) or so from most of their land ( Fig 59 ) and hence settlements should perhaps be expected to be 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart . |
| 9 | According to an International Wheat Council report in April 1989 , world wheat stocks at the end of the 1988-90 season were expected to be 103,000,000 tonnes — down from 135,000,000 tonnes at the end of the previous year — with the biggest decline being in US stocks [ see p. 36280 ] . |
| 10 | It 's expected to be some weeks before all the shops damaged in the arson attack can be re-opened . |
| 11 | The former has now left the SVR and the latter is due to do so in early June , the last chance to sample the flavour of an unrebuilt Bulleid Pacific on ‘ the Valley ’ is expected to be this weekend . |
| 12 | His last game is expected to be next week 's Division Two game between Billingham Town and Cleveland Bridge . |
| 13 | ‘ People expect this to be a male-dominated field and female accountants are expected to be dreary number-shufflers . |
| 14 | McLeod 's main rivals are expected to be Valli Harrier Gary Nagel and clubmate and Welsh marathon international Ieaun Ellis . |
| 15 | Fleming 's Level was expected to be 35 fathoms before intersecting the lode and was assessed at a likely £4 : 10s. per fathom with £23 10s. for the metals and sleepers . |
| 16 | A security agreement signed by the Tunisian and Egyptian governments on July 13 envisaged a regular exchange of information and co-operation in the training of security personnel ; the main focus of co-operation was expected to be Islamist groups . |
| 17 | Triton SCI will offer bridges to VME-based systems and is claimed to be five times faster than systems that will be built around the emerging Futurebus+ standard . |
| 18 | Priced at £4.95 a bottle which when diluted equals 82p per usable litre , AirX is claimed to be good value , say the manufacturers , when compared to spending money on products that only mask smells . |
| 19 | The advantages to management of so doing are claimed to be that wage costs are reduced , that the relatively powerful skilled craft union is replaced by the weaker general union , and , perhaps most importantly , management can exercise much tighter control over what happens on the shop-floor . |
| 20 | Although this is claimed to be standard practice , Labour denounced the move last night as ‘ the most serious breach yet of the Tories ’ general election promises ’ . |
| 21 | Claimed to be more user friendly is a product from Interpet , Pond Balance , which is said to be environmentally safe and actually encourage plant growth . |
| 22 | The second view is that Judas told the chief priests that Jesus had claimed to be some sort of Messiah ; perhaps one who would lead a rebellion against the Romans . |
| 23 | Pollution in such places is claimed to be ten times worse than in the West and the tonnage of sulphur dioxide said to fall every year on the average square kilometre sounds like the equivalent of a heavy snowfall . |
| 24 | Coun Jack Warwick ( Lab ) a retired Yorkshire Water authority official and Coun Eric Dixon ( Ind ) a retired education authority officer , have both been nominated to be next Mayor of Scarborough . |
| 25 | Item five erm I 'm also pleased to say that er Chris was the only person nominated to be Honorary Treasurer and it would give me great pleasure er to propose that he be elected Honorary Treasurer and may I have a seconder for that proposal please . |
| 26 | Immediate matters arising from the appointment of Louis Gerstner as the next chairman and chief executive of IBM Corp : Gerstner says he made three IBM executive decisions — all of them undisclosed — during the five-block walk from the Midtown Manhattan Hilton where the announcement of his appointment was made and IBM 's Madison Avenue offices ; and while many say that it has looked to be that way for most of this year , it seems that for a couple of days , IBM really will be leaderless , because John Akers says he will resign at today 's board meeting , and Gerstner is not due to take up his posts until Thursday . |
| 27 | Investment over the 1992–1994 period at £5.4 billion is forecast to be 22 p.c. down on the 1989–91 levels after allowing for inflation and the lowest since 1984–86 but still 30 p.c. higher than the depth of recession in 1981–1983 . |
| 28 | Alternatively , all three persons , programmer , database developer and user , might be considered to be joint authors . |
| 29 | C. oncophora and C. curticei are generally considered to be mild pathogens in calves and lambs respectively although in some studies they have been associated with inappetence and poor weight gains . |
| 30 | The timing of the election was also influenced by disarray within the opposition Liberal-National Party coalition arising from what were considered to be ill-conceived policies regarding health care and labour relations , and continuing problems within the leadership . |