Example sentences of "[is] sometimes [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not , as it is sometimes believed to be , a matter of crude protectionism ; it is a measure of Japanese difference , and has to be recognized as such . |
| 2 | It is also difficult to understand how what is sometimes believed to be the essential ‘ minimum ’ syllabus of the three-year single subject degree can be halved without loss of disciplinary integrity . |
| 3 | Ndembu say that the sapling 's pliancy stands for the girl 's immaturity and youth : the tree is sometimes stated to be the novice 's ‘ matrilineage ’ , and its leaves her ‘ children ’ . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the nuclear family is sometimes said to be selfish and inward-looking , failing in its wider duty , especially towards the elderly . |
| 5 | Public disagreement about a school is sometimes said to be bad for the education of its pupils . |
| 6 | Thirdly , it is doubtful whether the General Strike could be regarded as the watershed in British labour history , which it is sometimes claimed to be , or that it changed in any significant form the pattern of industrial relations . |
| 7 | Is this a very one-sided picture , as it is sometimes claimed to be ? |
| 8 | Then is sometimes claimed to be necessarily anaphoric in nature , and to have no gestural deictic usage , but rather complex usages show this is not so — consider , for example , the following said pointing at a 1962 model Chevrolet ( Nunberg , 1978 : 33 ) ) : ( 55 ) I was just a kid then As an initial step towards seeing how time deixis interacts with cultural measurements of time in an absolute or non-deictic way , consider words like today , tomorrow , yesterday . |
| 9 | Indeed , archaeologists now believe it was due to agricultural mismanagement combined with a booming population , for investigation of a major palace in the site at Copan , Honduras , has revealed that there was only a small contingent of specialist workers employed in constructing the elaborate structure , in other words that this was not enough to overburden the economy as is sometimes alleged to be the cause of the collapse of that civilization . |
| 10 | This liturgical elaboration is sometimes considered to be a special feature of the monastic movements of the tenth century radiating from Gorze-Trier , Cluny in Burgundy , Gerard of Brogne , and from Ethelwold of Winchester and others in England . |
| 11 | So often , in fact , that the presence of such a dome is sometimes considered to be a characteristic feature of Peleean eruptions . |
| 12 | Indeed this is sometimes thought to be one of the justifications for diversification . |
| 13 | Thus for example it is sometimes held to be of significance that the first appearance of the resurrected Christ is said to have been to a woman . |