Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [be] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that Sir William Keith and a handful of others had surreptitiously managed to enter the town could by no means be claimed to be a relief and succour for the besieged . |
| 2 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 3 | It further adds that an object ‘ normally dedicated to civilian purposes , such as a place of worship , a house or other dwelling or a school ’ shall in case of doubt be presumed to be making no effective contribution to military action . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Reasons for decisions referred to in subsection ( 1 ) above ma be required to be given by the board in writing on a request being ma e to the clerk of the board , not more than 48 hours after the decision is made , by the applicant or , as the case may be , by the holder of the licence , or by any objector , or by any complainer who appeared at the hearing . |
| 5 | Should a fossil reptile found in Scotland be allowed to be sold to Germany ? |
| 6 | It involves a depoliticisation of the citizen , who by definition should in truth be acknowledged to be a political being . |
| 7 | May these , as we go to still higher energies , in turn be found to be made from still smaller particles ? |
| 8 | But in what sense can the conditions in prisons be said to be unjust ? |
| 9 | How far can the characteristics suggested for tribunals be said to be true of tribunals to the exclusion of other forms of dispute resolution ? |
| 10 | It is a story in which the case of Primo Levi , that of a dissident , gifted , magical , mustardly Jew , might at moments be thought to be implicated . |