Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Detective Eddy has received word from London that someone he wants to see is expected to be here today . |
| 2 | An algorithm which performs this trick before it starts searching is said to be goal directed , or a backwards searcher . |
| 3 | The latter declares *John was seen leave ungrammatical because the embedded clause seen leave is " unsupported " , i.e. constitutes " a subject — predicate sequence that exhibits none of the internal inflectional structures of a full sentence or clausal complementation " ( i.e. neither tense , nor infinitival to , nor progressive -ing ) , whereas John was seen to leave is said to be grammatical because here leave is " supported " ( by to ) , and can therefore serve as an argument for the verb see ( pp. 123 – 4 ) . |
| 4 | In Sumatra , the northern highlands seem to have been begun to be cleared about 17500 BP but the firmest evidence is from 6200BP , while the central regions may have begun being cleared some 7500BP but certainly by 4000BP ; both areas had major clearances by 2500BP , perhaps associated with irrigated rice culture . |
| 5 | These seem to have been designed to be worn on the finger , although the oval design-disc was so big as to he unwieldy ; possibly they were normally worn on a string round the neck , or simply reserved for a leisured elite . |
| 6 | A GANG stealing to order are believed to be behind the theft a £28,000 Mercedes from an Ulster garage . |
| 7 | In the second place , the account that has been provided has been shown to be open to differing interpretations of value ; in other words , while we may agree what the main changes in the family have been , we may disagree over whether or not we approve of these changes . |
| 8 | In particular , politicians sought to examine why so many volunteers to fight had been found to be unfit to do so . |
| 9 | What he had said was meant to be consoling . |
| 10 | It is just because whatever one has planned to do is bound to be altered in the process that it is important to start at the right moment , he wrote . |
| 11 | Special collars which give a small yet painful electric shock to deter barking are permitted to be sold in some countries , but really have no part in training a dog properly . |
| 12 | Based on our research , we concur with the earlier observation that ‘ paraprofessionals who come from the communities which they serve have been found to be more effective in working with the people as they have close ties and may have insights and information not readily available to the outsider ’ ( IASSW , 1979 , p. 8 ) . |
| 13 | Demands to bring forward the age of retirement come to the fore ; for older people to continue working is seen to be selfish , depriving younger people of opportunity . |