Example sentences of "by [noun pl] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are usually seen by researchers to be deep-seated concerns about standards . |
| 2 | There were no significant differences between the total , autonomic , and neuroglycopenic scores reported by subjects to be important to them at the beginning of a hypoglycaemic attack or later during its progression . |
| 3 | The cycle is repetitive : abandoned children of irresponsible fathers , women forced by circumstances to be strong and to take sole responsibility for their children . |
| 4 | So this notion of the evidence of one 's senses is held by empiricists to be basic in epistemology , and also to be basic in the theory of meaning . |
| 5 | The extent to which central training staff of local authorities were seen by libraries to be involved in their training was examined , and the provision of central courses they offered was also looked at ( in Chapter 5 ) , leading to the conclusion that central training provision reflects the overall policy of , and general commitment to training of the parent authority , and thus is likely to coincide with existence of other resources . |
| 6 | Given the general distrust of authority amongst the user population and the problems encountered in obtaining treatment and successfully coming off in the community , there is obviously a need for a service which is seen by users to be impartial . |
| 7 | The Act was often said by advisers to be powerless to deal with problems of insufficient , inadequate or poor quality management services . |
| 8 | In this research social information , as opposed to psychiatric diagnosis , was not considered by psychiatrists to be central to their task , although they were aware of the influence of social factors on psychiatric symptomatology . |
| 9 | Water from other sources , such as streams or shallow wells , should be regarded with suspicion unless it is proved by tests to be free from organic and bacterial contamination . |
| 10 | It had become an oppressive force , felt by citizens to be distant , beyond control and beyond comprehension . |
| 11 | That weapon has been shown by events to be inadequate . |
| 12 | The conclusion can only be this : that if a ‘ radical extension ’ of industrial democracy means the appointment of trade union representation to the boards of companies , then the case for it — always improbable in principle — has been shown by events to be insupportable . |
| 13 | For example , the behaviour of many species is assumed by ethologists to be dependent on motion-perception and object-concepts of some sort . |