Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fairies are reported to be thick on the ground living in grassy mounds all over the island . |
| 2 | Additionally , drugs widely used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis such as sulfasalazine and 5-ASA are known to be potent anti-reactive oxygen species agents . |
| 3 | Practice Notes are intended to be persuasive , rather than prescriptive , and have a lower level of authority than Statements of Auditing Standards . |
| 4 | The evidence presented is consistent with a standard single equation approach to asset demands as the level and growth of wealth together with expected relative returns are shown to be important determinants of the level of investment . |
| 5 | It is an inescapable fact that , despite all the care taken in passing legislation , some statutory provisions when applied to the circumstances under consideration in any specific case are found to be ambiguous . |
| 6 | If cash flows are expected to be predictable then there will be no special virtue in liquidity and you would earn a higher rate of interest from a straightforward money market deposit . |
| 7 | Frontrunners are said to be British Aerospace and Daimler Benz . |
| 8 | Most of the insiders ' skills are assumed to be firm specific , acquired over the years and difficult to replicate in the short to medium run . |
| 9 | Because mathematical skills are perceived as being easy to define and to recognise , and because such skills are perceived to be relevant , schools may be attacked if it is believed that they are not teaching such skills effectively . |
| 10 | These problems or investigations are expected to be diverse . |
| 11 | in pairs are thought to be clever dicks , sorry . |
| 12 | Frequently , classes I , II and III(N) are taken to be middle class , and III(M) , IV and V to be working class . |
| 13 | Interestingly these regions of the mouse genome are thought to be paralogous or ancestrally related ( 71 ) . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , increased delegation will depend on government carving out more areas of activity for which authorities are seen to be responsible , and central intervention is improper . |
| 15 | As a general guideline the following levels of attainment in BTEC National Diploma and Republic of Ireland Leaving Certificate at Higher level are taken to be equivalent to the ranges of ‘ A ’ level grades shown : |
| 16 | Xorandor examines the narrative aspect of the novel by exploring the theoretical problems of story-telling from the point of view of children whose minds have been formed by their exposure to computers ; here techniques specific to narrative are shown to be central to even the most logical of sciences . |
| 17 | It is well known that responses to a stimulus presented off-centre will be faster when made by the limb on the same side of the body as the stimulus appears , that is , when stimulus and response are said to be compatible ( Fitts and Seeger , 1953 ) . |
| 18 | The company 's two daily commuter coach services from Braintree and Chelmsford are expected to be busy , but managers will wait to see what demand there is before deciding whether to run additional vehicles . |
| 19 | Cyclists are asked to be aware of pedestrians and to take special care when approaching them , particularly elderly , disabled or blind people and young children . |
| 20 | Cyclists are asked to be aware of pedestrians and ride considerately . |
| 21 | Cyclists are asked to be aware of pedestrians and to take special care when approaching them , particularly elderly , disabled or blind people and young children . |
| 22 | The thrombi are considered to be secondary to local injury , stasis or cor-pulmonale . |
| 23 | Winter puddings are meant to be lavish . |
| 24 | Female artists are allowed to be vulnerable , frail , because this corresponds with the idea of woman as lack . |
| 25 | There are few descriptions of the histological features of gold induced colitis , but a preservation of glandular architecture and diffuse inflammatory cell infiltrate sometimes with a prominent eosinophil component are said to be characteristic . |
| 26 | The second is that the proposals are considered to be impracticable for most small companies and their auditors . |
| 27 | The usual aim is to carve up a constituency in such a way that first-preferences will be spread evenly between candidates whose chances of election are judged to be good . |
| 28 | ( d ) Overflow can not occur on multiplication if the values are assumed to be integral , but multiplication of two operands both of which are the maximum negative number causes overflow under the fractional convention . |
| 29 | Certain principles and values are assumed to be unchallengeable and therefore to be nurtured . |
| 30 | The Kestrels breeding in Sussex are thought to be resident , but winter status needs further and more exact investigation ; some changes may have occurred since 1938 . |