Example sentences of "[noun] be [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nirvana are also believed to be working on cover versions of several seminal punk tracks for possible future release . |
| 2 | The mechanisms behind these interactions are still waiting to be unravelled , but there are indications that small messenger molecules may be important . |
| 3 | At least twelve prisoners are still thought to be inside the jail and refusing to give themselves up . |
| 4 | Arithmetical skills are often considered to be ‘ basic skills ’ , and the implication is drawn that such skills are relevant to everyday life . |
| 5 | The odds are likely to be fairly restrictive , and sadly those about Romany King are probably going to be no better in the Whitbread Pub Partnerships Handicap Chase . |
| 6 | Attitudes are generally seen to be more stable , opinions more variable , but this is an entirely imposed language rather than a reflection of some inherent stability . |
| 7 | Chapter 12 will examine the challenge to the notion that the shareholders are uniquely qualified to be holders of residual rights , and the argument that a form of productive organisation in which the trading surplus accrues to the employees rather than the providers of capital is capable of operating no less efficiently , at least as far as the control of shirking is concerned , than the existing corporate form . |
| 8 | Example In an essay on an eighteenth-century play , which has argued that the women in the play are generally seen to be a source of disruption or confusion , you could conclude by asking whether women are general sources of disruption , broadly understood , in eighteenth-century drama . |
| 9 | Families whose incomes are not more than 40 per cent above the sb level are often considered to be ‘ living on the margins of poverty ’ ; in 1985 , seven in ten of all one parent families had incomes below this level compared with two out of ten two parent families . |
| 10 | to find time to do your work because your exams are still going to be on the same day are n't they ? |
| 11 | Clark ( 1990 ) has recently referred to the ‘ myth ’ of the Anglo-Norman scribe and has collected a large number of comments from early in the century up until very recently from the work of distinguished scholars , in which attested forms are typically said to be ‘ Anglo-Norman ’ and therefore rejected . |
| 12 | Your bones , your eyes , your hair , your teeth are all going to be scrutinised by a panel of judges who are looking for your all-round potential , not just an impressive academic display . |
| 13 | Any of these packages which are not currently managed by the specified user are temporarily updated to be so , provided the current manager is a descendant of the specified user . |
| 14 | In general , Beccaria 's philosophy exhibits what could be regarded as a curious combination of concern with the rights of the individual under the social contract on the one hand , and utilitarian reductivism on the other — curious because rights theory and utilitarianism are often thought to be philosophically incompatible . |
| 15 | ‘ Friendly but restrained ’ is a phrase often used to describe this attitude , and interviewers are usually encouraged to be as non-directive as possible . |
| 16 | Despite volunteers raising £55,000 to overcome the immediate financial nightmare , attempts are now having to be made to ensure the line 's long-term security . |
| 17 | Another strand of our present voluntary sector are the self-help groups which of course are also going to be extremely individual , and one third point , Madam Chairman , the development of not for profit companies and things like that could also have a very individual strand to them as well since they sound a little bit like our existing small business sector under a community name . |
| 18 | Once legislative proposals are sufficiently advanced to be put to Ministers for endorsement they will go before the Legislation Committee of the Cabinet which must give its approval before a place is found in the programme . |
| 19 | The effects of serotonin on gastrointestinal motor function are generally believed to be mediated through myenteric plexus neurons . |
| 20 | Tacoma 's needle-exchange programmes are already thought to be showing results . |
| 21 | Such essays are usually judged to be lacking a necessary dimension for achieving high marks . |
| 22 | My feeling is that , provided the difference between neighbouring intermediates in our series leading to the eye is sufficiently small , the necessary mutations are almost bound to be forthcoming . |
| 23 | Indeed , although such characteristics are commonly thought to be the domain of animals and birds , the evidence shows that thermogenic regulation first occurred in the reptiles . |
| 24 | If he were the only ‘ rookie ’ in defence , I would not be so worried , but Newsome and Wetherall are hardly going to be a stabilising influence . |
| 25 | The proximal colon and the small intestine are also thought to be dysfunctional in IBS . |
| 26 | Since neither its eyes nor its ears are sufficiently developed to be functional at this stage , it probably finds its way to the pouch by smell . |
| 27 | Meat production is obviously inefficient for all sorts of reasons and meat production from beef reared intensively is really wasteful by all sorts of criteria ; it is very expensive on fossil fuel , it is not very productive in terms of food energy and the animals are obviously having to be killed in the process . |
| 28 | Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting . |
| 29 | ( Chinese and Japanese mustards are also said to be strong , but I have not tried them . ) |
| 30 | CASE 1 : when a headword has been specified in the Start column a two possibilities arise as to how the form should be filled in when a number of subsequent entries are also requested to be proofed : |