Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But over the following 24 hours it gradually emerged that late on Thursday night she had undergone an hour-long operation under general anaesthetic for a throat obstruction , which was later disclosed to be a piece of fish . |
| 2 | This project carries out a study of the electorate , designed to be a continuation of the uninterrupted series of academic studies started by Butler and Stokes in the 1960s , taken up by Sarlvik and Crewe throughout the 1970s , and by the present investigators in 1983 . |
| 3 | The site was designed to be a mirror-image of Ford 's main US plant . |
| 4 | It was designed to be a troop transport plane . |
| 5 | It was designed to be a communication between experts , discussing technical issues within their own subject field and hence was not intended for ’ public consumption ’ . |
| 6 | To help another major city — chosen by competition — to hold an international trade fair designed to be a showcase of British innovation for the twenty-first century . |
| 7 | It is designed to be a place for SATELLITES , SHUTTLES , PLANETS and THE SHIP . |
| 8 | Fontenoy too was designed to be a watershed — washing away the detritus of the past , opening up a clear future . |
| 9 | Designed to be a showpiece for the new series , the very ambitious script , even in its final form , called for every stage in Polo 's journey to Peking from the Himalayas to be represented with sumptuous interior sets , exterior sets done in the studio , animated map graphics , and a vast array of costumes , props and backdrops . |
| 10 | The Centre is designed to be a focus for social work research in Scotland . |
| 11 | I detest the architect Luís Fernández-Galiano , according to whom the mirror that is ‘ Guernica ’ , like a chameleon changing colour , will acquire the golden hue of its true commercial destiny in its seventh incarnation in the armour-plated chamber ‘ designed to be the flagship of socialist cultural policy ’ . |
| 12 | The carving is done generally in that portion of the temple designed to be the sanctum , and the doors are closed during three , five , seven or nine days . |
| 13 | In terms of the ultimate political objective of integration , the Common Assembly was designed to be the repository of ultimate control . |
| 14 | Primarily it was designed to be an animal fountain for the herds of beasts that sauntered around on market day . |
| 15 | The 230 is designed to be an entry desktop workstation or server and has 8Kb of mixed instruction and data cache , and an additional 128Kb of level 2 cache . |
| 16 | The 230 is designed to be an entry desktop workstation or server and has 8Kb of mixed instruction and data cache , and an additional 128Kb of level 2 cache . |
| 17 | Bullingdon Prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire is designed to be an answer to overcrowded cells and primitive conditions for Category B inmates , those serving sentences of up to 20 years . |
| 18 | Bullingdon Prison near Bicester in Oxfordshire is designed to be an answer to overcrowded cells and primitive conditions for Category B inmates , those serving sentences of up to 20 years . |
| 19 | SAF Bulk Chemicals is committed to be a quality , reliable and versatile supplier to the chemical industry . |
| 20 | The front cover of this brochure says that Guinness Brewing Worldwide is committed to being the world 's foremost brewer . |
| 21 | GUINNESS BREWING WORLDWIDE IS COMMITTED TO BEING THE WORLD 'S FOREMOST BREWER . |
| 22 | There is also expected to be a wave of public support for health workers especially as hospitals like those in London face closure . |
| 23 | The production of compound documents requires a different approach , no single program can really be expected to be a word processor , graphics package , illustrator and page makeup in one . |
| 24 | Alexander Vass , the shipping magnate who had recently taken over the local firm of G.W. Fashions after a bitter struggle with his rivals , she had expected to be a man well into middle age , in spite of the fact that she knew him to be single . |
| 25 | Also replaced in the ensuing Cabinet reshuffle was Petroleum Resources Minister Jibril Aminu , who was widely expected to be a candidate in the presidential elections scheduled for Dec. 5 . |
| 26 | An adult woman was normally expected to be a wife and mother . |
| 27 | But the violet number is expected to be a hit with larger-than-life stars such as Madonna and Kylie Minogue who like to give their unmentionables an outing . |
| 28 | But , generally speaking , you 're expected to be a self-starter at college . |
| 29 | This was expected to be a clue to changes in stellar magnetic fields . |
| 30 | Yes — but you are not expected to be a nurse . |