Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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31 The advantages to management of so doing are claimed to be that wage costs are reduced , that the relatively powerful skilled craft union is replaced by the weaker general union , and , perhaps most importantly , management can exercise much tighter control over what happens on the shop-floor .
32 New immunosuppressive agents have been used recently and are claimed to be beneficial in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease .
33 The products are claimed to be cabable of operating as a client to Novell 's NetWare SAA communications server across Novell and TCP/IP networks .
34 The men are claimed to be dishonest and immoral .
35 These are claimed to be fatigue-resistant to cope with the high amplitude vibrations that are generated by fast stunters .
36 Lightweight boots with this construction are claimed to be cooler and less sweaty in hot weather , since they breathe so much more freely than leather boots .
37 When the systems of government in Britain , the United States , most of Western Europe and much of the Commonwealth are claimed to be democratic , that rests upon a view that a form of representation of the people prevails in their governmental systems .
38 Skanform panels are claimed to be ideal for covering large wall areas in environments where surfaces are constantly cleaned and a high degree of hygiene is necessary .
39 The new U/V units from Aegean are claimed to be unique as their body casing and other parts are purpose designed and made .
40 Chill Pads , which maintain chilled products at temperature , are claimed to be longer-lasting than ice and more effective than eutectic plates .
41 The life-times of Digital Audio Tapes ( DAT ) and Exabyte tapes ( similar to home video cassettes ) are claimed to be longer , but how will they perform over ten , twenty or fifty years ?
42 Results this year are expected to be better than last .
43 Accountants are expected to be loyal first and foremost to their company , and not to their profession .
44 US companies are expected to be involved in the research , backed by £65 million of EC money .
45 One example of this is that the CEGB 's engineering costs for a new coal plant are expected to be 16 per cent higher than for the completion of the coal-fired Drax power station while for a new AGR it expects engineering costs to be 20 per cent lower than for the Heysham II prototype .
46 The first products supporting the Telnet/OLTP extensions are expected to be available in the middle of the year .
47 They work six days a week or more , on no fixed terms , with no formal protection and are expected to be available all day long including late into the evening .
48 Some development work has already been done by pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers of bottles and caps , and satisfactory child resistant containers are expected to be available for use with liquid medicines in the near future .
49 The new integrated SVQs , probably at levels II and III , are expected to be available in early autumn 1992 .
50 Full-year results for the bank are expected to be higher than last year .
51 Results for 1990 , unlike so many other retailers ' , are expected to be strong , with profits up on the '89 figure of £64 million .
52 Downstream , in light of high product stocks , industry refining margins in the USA and Europe are expected to be lower in the first quarter of 1993 than in the fourth quarter of 1992 .
53 Speeds are expected to be low — less than 20 km/h in most cases — and entrance ramps , changes in surface materials , and tree and shrub planting may be used to ensure compliance .
54 But you are expected to be competent with such material even if you feel this is not what you would eventually choose to work with .
55 Although passenger cars are expected to be 80–90 per cent ‘ cleaner ’ ( and lorries 75 — per cent ) under the plan , there obviously comes a point where , unless there is an endless expansion of the road system , so many vehicles will defeat their purpose , mobility , and still be , however ‘ clean ’ , a pollution problem .
56 The walkers are expected to be grateful for the left-over street space that is allocated to them and to not object when more is taken for road widening and comer-shaving , or when motorists use the remaining pavement to park on .
57 Erm as you can see the sales in the first two are expected to be four point nine almost five million pounds .
58 A friend once remarked : ‘ We are expected to be living sacrifices , but the problem is we keep crawling off the altar . ’
59 Citizens are expected to be law-abiding .
60 Citizens are expected to be law-abiding .
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