Example sentences of "this [be] [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 61 | The benefit of all this is estimated to be a saving on annual costs of about $4,000m beginning in 1993 — but all the cost-cutting that the company already has under its belt has done no more than enable it to stand still , which is why several analysts question whether even the latest cuts will prove sufficient . |
| 62 | This is guaranteed to be an entertaining evening of railway nostalgia . |
| 63 | This is expected to be a ballot calling for industrial action . |
| 64 | This is expected to be a ginger group for ‘ new thinking ’ in foreign policy . |
| 65 | In 1982 this rose to 70% and by 1990 this is expected to be comfortably exceeded . |
| 66 | For the first 10 months of this year , it totalled £362 million , although this is expected to be wiped out by outflows this month and last month . |
| 67 | This is expected to be particularly revealing as Mr Camber , a curator at the British Museum before he went to work for Sotheby 's , heard about the hoard from an ex-colleague and became involved in negotiations over it in Switzerland some time before Lord Northampton , presenting himself as the single owner of the treasure , first approached Sotheby 's in 1988 with a view to selling . |
| 68 | This is expected to be the first of many similar cases to come to light as local councils draw up registers of contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act . |
| 69 | The efficacy of speed limits thus depends on drivers ' self-discipline , but this is known to be lax , particularly as modern cars are neither designed nor advertised to encourage low-speed driving . |
| 70 | This is known to be German fertiliser manufacturer Hermann Schnabel , whose consignment of fourteen paintings included the cover lot , ‘ La Loge ’ by Renoir . |
| 71 | This is known to be a life threatening condition and antibiotic treatment was started while awaiting bacterial cultures of the biopsy specimens and gastric contents . |
| 72 | It should also be remembered that s 19(l) ( a ) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1927 provides that where there is a covenant , condition or agreement against assigning , underletting , charging or parting with possession of the premises or any part thereof without licence or consent , this is deemed to be subject to a proviso to the effect that such licence or consent is not to be unreasonably withheld . |
| 73 | This is considered to be the minimum needed to allow a GIS to function in a mixed data environment . |
| 74 | The snowy owl assemblage has a deficit for the molars of their prey but an excess for the incisors , but this is considered to be an inconsistency due to small sample size for the incisors . |
| 75 | Since 1945 conversion rates have fallen to a lower level , of about 15,000 — 17,000 ha , and this is considered to be the direct result of stricter planning controls . |
| 76 | Although not strictly part of the academic programme , this is considered to be an important part of the project because if you enjoy your last experience of school , then you 're more likely to return to studying something at a later stage in life . |
| 77 | This is considered to be the commonest cause of chronic primary intestinal pseudo-obstruction . |
| 78 | As for the programmable gateway , this is designed to be used when there is no automatic gateway available for a specific non-Oracle data source , such as a file system on a microcomputer robot controller . |
| 79 | I always find much of interest in each issue as it reaches me and if I do criticise from time to time , this is meant to be constructive and helpful . |
| 80 | Henson has done a lovely job of placing his famous characters in the novel 's context while never letting us forget that this is meant to be a huge extravaganza . |
| 81 | And this is meant to be hush-hush . |
| 82 | Under the 1977 Health Service Act this is meant to be a ‘ full cost ’ fee which the Secretary of State fixes . |
| 83 | This is meant to be the sexy bit , but do n't get excited , chums . |
| 84 | I 'm not in the mood for co-stars : this is meant to be a solo . |
| 85 | This is meant to be something special . ’ |
| 86 | There 's no toilets , nothing for them , I mean they 're doing everything in public , I mean it 's not right , it 's making life bad and this is meant to be a holiday resort . |
| 87 | This is thought to be a mite higher than the brewery workers in Hartlepool will draw on the dole even if the management buyout of Cameron 's Brewery is successful . |
| 88 | In my trade this is thought to be par for the course . |
| 89 | This is thought to be widespread , and is causing institutional investors , big holders of junk from the late 1980s , to complain that they are getting a raw deal . |
| 90 | This is thought to be the first such judgment on a privatised water company . |