Example sentences of "been [verb] to [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Endometrial reactions with the antibody CA125 have been reported to be 84% sensitive in frozen sections .
2 Tribromoethanol has been reported to be irritant to the viscera of mice and this can cause intestinal problems and death .
3 In February the Interior Minister , Col. Djibril Ould Abdullah , who had generally been considered to be second in the political hierarchy and had been involved in 1986 in the vigorous suppression of unrest among black Mauritanians , was dismissed and replaced by Col. Mohammed Sidina Ould Sidya , a southerner [ see p. 37239 ] .
4 In Western civilization this has generally been considered to be Christianity , as this is the religion which has most powerfully moulded the values and beliefs on which society is based , just as in a Muslim country for example the religion to be handed on would be Islam .
5 Much of what has been considered to be poststructuralism 's wild disregard for history can be accounted for by the fact that it was operating within this — largely unknown outside France — anti-empiricist and anti-positivist tradition .
6 Hyperpepsinogenaemia I has been claimed to be marker for the DU diathesis .
7 When the General Commissioners reviewed the facts , they had regarded three matters as important : first , that the storage racking was bolted to the floor for safety purposes — the Commissioners took the view that there was no distinction between the racking ( which was plant ) and the platform ; second , that members of the public were rarely admitted to the platform which was essentially for storage ; and , third , that , although the platforms were large , there were cases where very large structures had been deemed to be plant .
8 Non-flying mammals have for some time been suspected to be pollinators in a number of vegetation types outside the tropics and , in recent years , this has been proved to be so in both South Africa and Australia .
9 If Deane been told to be target man and also lay the ball off for the likes of rodders and Speed then he 's OK this season , but £3 mil for a STRIKER ! !
10 A major contributory cause of many recent accidents has been shown to be management failure ( see Appendix 3 ) .
11 Detailed ultrasound scanning has been shown to be cost effective as it detects most cases of Down 's syndrome as well as other life threatening conditions .
12 The antigen associated with the perinuclear staining pattern ( p-ANCA ) in Wegener 's granulomatosis has been shown to be myeloperoxidase , while the antigen associated with the cytoplasmic staining pattern ( p-ANCA ) in Wegener 's granulomatosis has been shown to be myeloperoxidase , while the antigen associated with the cytoplasmic staining pattern ( c-ANCA ) is a serine proteinase .
13 The antigen associated with the perinuclear staining pattern ( p-ANCA ) in Wegener 's granulomatosis has been shown to be myeloperoxidase , while the antigen associated with the cytoplasmic staining pattern ( p-ANCA ) in Wegener 's granulomatosis has been shown to be myeloperoxidase , while the antigen associated with the cytoplasmic staining pattern ( c-ANCA ) is a serine proteinase .
14 The incidence of colonic adenoma and carcinoma has been shown to be age related .
15 By using chromatofocusing techniques and enzyme assays , the enzymes involved in the biocontrol action of Trichoderma have been shown to be chitinases. glucanases and proteases .
16 That might have been thought to be intune with the Cold War music of the era .
17 It transpired rather late in the planning of Overlord that what had been thought to be beaches of hard sand actually had bands of exposed clay .
18 The world is in turmoil with civil strife and stress ; as Christ 's followers , we have been called to be peacemakers , and so we pray for peace in God 's world .
19 Three weeks ago , we looked at God 's call to Jeremiah ; it taught us about God , and about the prophet who had been called to be God 's spokesman to His people Israel .
20 However , only four people had been found to be HIV positive during the last two years , he said .
21 Thomas Baker of Fobbing in Essex , whose resistance to the poll tax was the earliest recorded sign of revolt , had indeed been appointed to be village collector of the tax ( 11 , p.205 ) , but instead led the opposition to it .
22 It is to be constitutionally independent of member countries ' governments and its principal objective has been defined to be price stability in the Community .
23 There was a vacancy for a permanent inspector , for one of them had been promoted to be solicitor of customs , and Robert Fullerton was considered satisfactory by the customs commissioners .
24 Humphrey of Bassingbourn 's wood of Bamfield , and the dowager Countess of Pembroke 's manor of Thorpe Waterville had likewise been adjudged to be part of the forest of Rockingham ; the Prior of Kenilworth complained that his wood of Wolverton , pertaining to his manor of Salford Priors in Warwickshire , and Robert Burdet that his wood of Arrow had been re-afforested as part of the forest of Feckenham .
25 Candidates have hitherto been required to be UNIP members and endorsed by the party 's central committee .
26 Some have been held to be sources of knowledge .
27 In solus agreements efficiency of distribution , and in cases concerning sporting organisations the proper promotion of the sport , have been held to be interests meriting protection .
28 The following have been held to be contempts of Parliament : 1 .
29 It is not , however , necessary that the defendant should assert rights of ownership over the goods : taking for the purposes of acquiring a lien or of temporary use have been held to be conversion .
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