Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] to be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreign Secretary and MP for Witney , Douglas Herd , wants English to be the second language in Eastern Europe rather than Russian . |
| 2 | Following these discoveries one of the most noticeable trends in skin care over the next few years looks set to be the development of products which are specifically ‘ Retin-A compatible ’ . |
| 3 | The London International Book Fair , which runs from 21st to 23rd March , looks set to be the largest in the fair 's 22 year history . |
| 4 | Derelict St Andrews School , on Haughton Road , Darlington , looks set to be the site for four new terraced houses . |
| 5 | Classical elasticity assumes this to be the case and it has been very successful with continuous media . |
| 6 | He appears content to be the father , rather than the designer , of the new constitution . |
| 7 | Pearce et al. ( 1989 ) have argued that the effects of government , commercial and other actions on the environment can and should be assessed on a cost/benefit basis and this seems likely to be the basis on which at least the UK government will proceed . |
| 8 | The law seems still to be the same in Australia : see T. A. Sundell & Sons Pty Ltd. v. Emm Yannoulatos ( Overseas ) Pty Ltd. [ 1956 ] S.R. ( N.S.W. ) 323 . |
| 9 | Now if Goscelin was correct in believing that the translation occurred immediately after Cnut 's return from Rome , this seems unlikely to be the visit of 1027 . |
| 10 | Now Roger Guillemin and Wylie Vale , working separately , have each isolated and characterised a peptide ( chain of amino acids ) that seems certain to be the missing hormone . |
| 11 | The fourth is electronic distribution — North considers this to be the long-term answer for supplying customers with software . |
| 12 | Some doctors have interpreted this broadly , since an unwanted pregnancy can be catastrophic to the life of a woman , so that abortion is granted to any woman who considers this to be the case . |
| 13 | Collingwood considers this to be the Black Scar Workings which are located high above Levers Water , between Gt. and Little How Crags , or , " Hookriggs " . |
| 14 | The Department of Social Security ( DSS ) considers 250 to be the amount at which prosecution becomes cost-effective . |
| 15 | The policy of facilitating access to the Court suggests this to be the preferable approach . |