Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were felt to be a circular situation a formal decision not to ratify could be deemed to negate signature . |
| 2 | The reparations on this were going to be cosmic . |
| 3 | It was students demonstrating , as a result of which a number of them were arrested and I later learnt that a few were sentenced to be flogged . |
| 4 | Many of her associates were intellectuals and artists ; some were thought to be liberals , even leftists . |
| 5 | This was perceived to be a ‘ loophole ’ in the previous law , and according to the White Paper , the new formulation under consideration is designed to resolve this problem . |
| 6 | In addition , Wagaddon , publishers of the magazine , had its own legal bill , but this was said to be less than £35,000 . |
| 7 | This was said to be because of the risk of radioactive iodine emitted during the fire getting into people 's thyroid glands . |
| 8 | This was said to be ‘ the first Peruvian book of poetry that does not make tribute to a colonial aesthetic . ’ |
| 9 | This was said to be ‘ erring wildly on the cautious side . ’ |
| 10 | Too much sugar was being produced , so the excess was made into aguardente ( sugarcane rum ) but this was said to be causing alcoholism as the unemployed took to drinking cheap aguardente . |
| 11 | A 1986 U.S. study found an increased risk to expectant mothers , but this was said to be a small sample , which was followed by two further studies . |
| 12 | The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat . |
| 13 | The justification for this was expressed to be that it would thus be open to a court at a later date to review the matter of sex determination Ormrod J. 's decision , much cited and approved of in the House of Commons debate , evidently will remain the law . |
| 14 | Indeed , in Tolson this was expressed to be the case even where the crime was held to be one requiring proof of a mental element . |
| 15 | This was destined to be of particular importance to the measurement of time , because the blacksmith was the forerunner of those who constructed the first mechanical clock . |
| 16 | This was understood to be the result of an agreement between the Cabinet and the Moslem Brotherhood by which the government would gain in exchange the co-operation of the Islamist opposition with some of its policies . |
| 17 | The order could , for example , provide for the child to live with his grandmother during term time and his parents during the school holidays if this was felt to be in his best interests . |
| 18 | This was seen to be the democratic process at work . |
| 19 | As priests controlled the local school directly , this was seen to be a direct attack on their role in the school system . |
| 20 | This was seen to be a reference to Iran 's standing position calling for the death of Salman Rushdie for the anti-Islamic " blasphemies " contained in his novel , The Satanic Verses . |
| 21 | This was seen to be a problem and in the 1960 's a change was made to a method known as ‘ total communication ’ . |
| 22 | This was done to be sure that the constipation was and would be adequately treated . |
| 23 | The songs fell together in a muddy pool of short-sighted production : not a bad début album by any standards but this was intended to be a complete signal post in the history of popular music . |
| 24 | This was intended to be a temporary measure , but it was so successful that the Chinese authorities gave it formal recognition for the whole of Aglen 's term as inspector-general ( 1911–27 ) . |
| 25 | Although the document did not mention him , this was believed to be Chris Burrows , previously with Henderson Adminstration . |
| 26 | Although the document did not mention him , this was believed to be Chris Burrows , previously with Henderson Administration . |
| 27 | During the 1960s , ozone concentrations generally increased by up to 10 per cent at some monitoring stations ( Komhyr et al. , 1971 ) , and this was believed to be associated with variation in solar radiation over the 11-year cycle ( Keating , 1978 ) . |
| 28 | This was believed to be the first time that an international bank indicted on US money-laundering charges had agreed to co-operate in an investigation against specific individuals . |
| 29 | In July it was disclosed that the Soviet Union was owed the equivalent of 87,500 million ( 25 per cent in convertible currencies ) , but much of this was believed to be for arms sales to poorer countries who were unable to repay it . |
| 30 | This was proving to be a stroll . |