Example sentences of "is [adj] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had been working about a mile along a blind underground roadway , ending at what is due to be a new coal face , when the roof fell in 500 yards behind them . |
| 2 | Chairman , is that to be the case . |
| 3 | Just as it is possible to enjoy taking part in a favourite sport without either joining a dub or belonging to a team , so it is possible to be a spiritual person even if you never enter a church , synagogue , mosque or any other place of religious worship . |
| 4 | Whether the Ephesian disciples were Christians or not before Paul 's arrival — and the development of the story suggests that he finds they were not — Paul 's initial question still assumes that it is possible to be a believer in Jesus without receiving fully the Holy Spirit . |
| 5 | " Alarmist and badly educated people " , he wrote , " do not understand that it is possible to be an outright enemy of the entire contemporary order without being a liberal " . |
| 6 | Is this to be the beginning of a demise for Gloucester , the only unbeaten side in the first division ? |
| 7 | This at least can not be true , that it is proper to be the cause of avoidable ill … this at least is dogma . |
| 8 | He had preached a sermon in which he had said these words : ‘ It is dangerous to be a Christian in our nation . |
| 9 | But somewhat surprisingly ( given that the representational theory of the mind is supposed to be a theory of thinking , not of how we handle inputs ) he concludes that a psychology of the central systems is beyond our reach : the more global a mental process is the less we are likely to understand about it . |
| 10 | Hans Modrow , Party leader in Dresden , is supposed to be a reformist , but there is no evidence for this . |
| 11 | This is supposed to be a stag party , not an annual general meeting . |
| 12 | Although Dundalk is supposed to be a seaside town , I could find no trace of a harbour . |
| 13 | This is supposed to be a social occasion . ’ |
| 14 | If anyone older than you , even someone you know , tries to kiss or touch you in a way you do n't like or that confuses you , or which they say is supposed to be a secret , say NO in a very loud voice . |
| 15 | Another point which has given me some concern is that the present book is supposed to be a directory of Cabinet Committees . |
| 16 | Though the Cabinet is supposed to be a decisive body , much of its time [ in 1955 ] was taken up with postponing decisions : whether to legislate against immigrants from the Caribbean or of Indian ancestry ; whether to help the Egyptians build the Aswan High Dam ; what to do about Cyprus or Malta , about admitting Japan to GATT [ the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ] , about the textile market , about the death penalty . |
| 17 | A large proportion had substantial additionality , although some projects could have been supported by other than public-sector funds , bearing in mind that UDG is supposed to be a last-resort lender . |
| 18 | ‘ This is supposed to be a nice place , ’ he said . |
| 19 | At a human level , knowledge or science is supposed to be a pure objective description of experience , derived either directly from our senses or from instrumental extensions thereof . |
| 20 | After all , life is supposed to be a struggle ! |
| 21 | Well , it is supposed to be a joke . |
| 22 | Our spies report that Bonkers Bono is so excited he 's decided to have it built in the shape of a guitar , though we at Public NME think a huge shoe-shape would be more relevant as the new album U2 are currently working on is supposed to be a load of old cobblers . |
| 23 | This is supposed to be a bright exercise in bittersweet recognition . |
| 24 | A neighbour said : ‘ This is supposed to be a peaceful , prosperous village , a safe haven for any family . |
| 25 | THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL is supposed to be a neato film . |
| 26 | Perhaps this was because Galileo had claimed of heat that its ‘ generally accepted notion comes very far from the truth … inasmuch as it is supposed to be a true accident , affection , and quality really residing in the thing which we perceive to be heated . ’ |
| 27 | The UN , trawling the net wide , has not yet found the troops it wants for Mozambique , which in contrast to Angola is supposed to be a model operation , or the mechanised battalion it has been told to send to the Kuwait-Iraq border . |
| 28 | Sun Microsystems Inc has sent its third-generation Viking plans out to bid with the various semiconductor houses : this thing is supposed to be a very high-end piece that wo n't turn into product for another three to five years . |
| 29 | The thing is supposed to be a defense against Trojan horses , worms , viruses and weak passwords . |
| 30 | Learning how to apply alien Western ideas is supposed to be a special Japanese attribute and the US provided practical lessons of democracy in action down to 1952 . |