Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] are [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Research and development split between the two lines — currently 50–50 — will soon tip the balance in favour of AViiON , since three years ' worth of products are expected to be squeezed out of the last round of investment in the proprietary line . ) |
| 2 | On coasts of coral atolls the effects of hurricanes are shown to be significant not only to the reef morphology but also to the organisms and the total environment ( Stoddart , 1962 ) and in drainage basins in general and along river channels in particular the impact of rare floods and the time necessary for recovery has been investigated . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Redefinitions of chronology are claimed to be part of the process of improvement of understanding , but may as easily be viewed as an infinite series of alternatives none of which are demonstrably correct unless they are somehow related to the reality of the society in question . |
| 5 | Only exceptional damp , unusual cold , excessive rot , and decrepitude to the point of collapse are felt to be legitimate subjects of discussion . |
| 6 | Nerves that communicate with the use of acetylcholine are said to be cholinergic and are found in the peripheral and central nervous systems . |
| 7 | Births in the first seven months of marriage are assumed to be pre-maritally conceived . |
| 8 | The bags of fertiliser are thought to be similar to those found at Fallswater Street in west Belfast last week . |
| 9 | The final stages of formation are expected to be of the nature of an lhb . |
| 10 | It follows that technically it is possible to dispense with " truth-talk " altogether , and if so , the alleged puzzles surrounding the concept of truth are shown to be more artificial than real . |
| 11 | Thus , unionised groups of workers are seen to be leap-frogging one over the other in the struggle to keep real wages rising . |
| 12 | The current levels of service are perceived to be ‘ good ’ with response times rated a little higher than availability times . |
| 13 | For all these states of affairs are said to be united within the complex whole . |
| 14 | They are used on a much smaller scale in Britain , but concern over their use and their effect on populations is escalating , especially as certain species of dolphin are believed to be in decline and sightings of porpoises have become rare . |
| 15 | In the meanwhile , the British system devised by Lord Waverley forty years ago to retain the works of art most essential to Britian 's artistic and historical heritage will be a largely pointless administrative hoop-la as works of art are declared to be national patrimony by the committees of experts , and then are exported anyway for lack of funds . |
| 16 | Increasingly the qualities of leadership are deemed to be desirable for those working in the public sector . |
| 17 | A substantial but prudent investment of finances is therefore essential to provide a safe service in which the clinical needs of patients are held to be primary . |
| 18 | The generic and common names of mint are said to be taken from the Greek myth of the nymph Minthe , who was being pursued by Hades , the god of the Underworld . |
| 19 | The various parts of society are seen to be interrelated and taken together they form a complete system . |
| 20 | Truck loads of antiques are reported to be disappearing from Croatia . |
| 21 | For details of the secret itinerary for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain are understood to be in the hands of the IRA . |
| 22 | Rules of interpretation are thought to be effective in the orderly ascription of meaning to objects and events . |
| 23 | In Japan , an estimated 45 per cent of members are known to be campaigning , compared with 15 per cent in Britain , |
| 24 | Okay Now expect , farmer 's expectations of prices are assumed to be revised , right , each year , farmers revise their own expectations of future prices so that makes some sense . |
| 25 | Now how a man who works on can think there 's anything funny about species I just ca n't understand erm but there it is. erm well , suppose , however , that in my view wrongly one did suppose that there was something erm in this sort of idea of the decoupling between the processes which we observed in single populations and erm the sort of mechanisms leading to large scale evolution , what kinds of processes are held to be important when it comes to large scale evolution events ? |
| 26 | However , in order to prevent students gaining an honours degree by ‘ attrition ’ , a maximum number of modules are allowed to be taken , if a student extends Stage II beyond six terms , in order to retain honours eligibility . |
| 27 | In respect of a registered contract the obligations of LCH are declared to be , as counterparty , to perform the contract as principal in accordance with the regulations , but subject to certain specified restrictions . |
| 28 | Whether they can predict the future remains to be seen , Short-range time-series projections of fertility are reported to be promising ( de Cooman , Ermisch , and Joshi 1988 ) . |
| 29 | Second , even if straightforward authoritarianism and minimisation of wages are assumed to be universal features of capitalist rationality , it is difficult to claim that this ‘ rationality ’ is uniformly imposed in practice as a function of the ‘ undisputed authority of the capitalist ’ ( Marx ) . |
| 30 | Roxanne Shante 's put-downs of men are meant to be feminist ; and suddenly we 're meant to respect Salt'n'Pepa 's greed , opportunism and exploitation of their own bodies . |