Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] are [vb pp] to be " in BNC.

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1 These linear relationships are plotted in Fig. 1 where both the consumption and saving relationships are seen to be straight lines .
2 A spokesman for the National Farmers Union in Oxfordshire says members are encouraged to be very careful to avoid slurry leakage .
3 Benefit cuts are expected to be a critical part of the autumn public spending statement to be made by Chancellor Norman Lamont next week .
4 These low amplitude propagated contractions are reported to be more frequent .
5 Notice secondly that the general laws governing nature are said to be ‘ necessary and constant ’ .
6 RIG owners are expected to be the main losers from oil tax changes announced in the Budget , according to a study issued yesterday by the Edinburgh energy consultants , Wood Mackenzie .
7 Tariffs and import quotas are deemed to be equivalent if the domestic prices of the good are identical following the imposition of the policy .
8 The technical and professional activities of teaching staff are perceived to be so important that the task predominates to the subordination or exclusion of the process .
9 It remains true that only teaching staff are expected to be routinely exposed to both bottom-up evaluation and top-down development .
10 Intrastrand crosslinks are considered to be relatively difficult to repair ( 2 ) and this may be the reason for their marked effectiveness of cisplatin against tumours of germ cell origin ( e.g. testicular and ovarian tumors ) .
11 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 .
12 Pricing arrangements are set to be finalised in New York tonight and announced in London tomorrow morning .
13 Pseudoaneurysms complicating pancreatitis are thought to be the most life threatening of all splanchnic artery aneurysms with death rate greater than 50% .
14 Other cost cutting measures are expected to be incurred in ZDS manufacturing divisions .
15 From these extensive and varied surveys the detrimental effects of ionizing radiations are found to be somatic ( manifest in the exposed individuals themselves ) and genetic or hereditary ( affecting descendants ) .
16 The overall winning designs are expected to be adopted by the European Central Bank and be legal tender by 1999 .
17 Both share stakes are expected to be put up for sale over the next few months if the Hafnia merger goes ahead , and could allow a large French company to buy a key stake in the Nordic market .
18 Straightforward leave applications are often decided without an oral hearing ; but even when there is a hearing in order to clarify issues , leave proceedings are meant to be very brief : a recent practice statement requires special notice to be given if it is anticipated that the leave application will last for more than 30 minutes .
19 Host factors are thought to be important in determining the severity of the response to this parasite .
20 Therefore , letter strings that form words are considered to be more plausible than letter strings that do not form words .
21 Hence character combinations that form words are considered to be more probable than character combinations which are not words .
22 He contrasts the ‘ highly developed theory of market interaction ’ with the simplistic treatment of the public sector : ‘ the ‘ public choices ’ that define the constraints within which market behaviour is allowed to take place are assumed to be made externally or exogenously , presumably by others than those who participate in market transactions ’ ( Buchanan , 1972 , p. 11 ) .
23 Indeed , many trees that look as though they might be adapted to wind pollination are known to be pollinated by insects — like Mallotus oppositifolius ( Euphorbiaceae ) in West Africa , which has an attractive sweet scent — and it has been suspected that even forest grasses are animal pollinated .
24 Notice boards are meant to be noticed , and therefore must look attractive .
25 The point is that working people are bound to be concerned about issues which can not be tackled effectively without central government involvement , issues such as mass unemployment , inflation , industrial decline , poverty , the social effects of government expenditure cuts .
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