Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] are [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The costs of its route are claimed to be about £2.5bn . |
| 3 | Artists whose cash-pressed dealers have ended their stipends are said to be climbing on board . |
| 4 | Exactly what the sea anemone gains from this relationship is not known , but crabs with anemones on their shells are known to be much less vulnerable to attack by octopuses . |
| 5 | But the roadworks and contra-flow system are expected to be in place for some time during which drivers are urged to be extra careful . |
| 6 | Thom 's theoretical analysis was based on the work of S.R. Broadbent , a statistician whose quantum hypothesis allows the extent to which data are quantised to be assessed objectively . |
| 7 | A second and more serious line of criticism is that the empress 's claims to real enlightenment and concern for the welfare of her subjects are shown to be a hollow pretence by the intensification and geographical extension of serfdom in Russia during her reign . |
| 8 | It was then necessary to determine the ’ neighbourhood size ’ around each word , i.e. the limit beyond which words are deemed to be too far apart to be considered as neighbours . |
| 9 | Agility , speed , muscular power , sharpness of reflex , accuracy of judgment , these I presume to be some of the attributes with which blacks are thought to be born . |
| 10 | That cultural regulation , as we have seen , is controlled by men , for ( and this brings me to the third point ) , within this scheme of thought , woman herself is placed more fully within the realm of nature than man in consequence of the fact that more of her time and her body are seen to be taken up with the natural processes surrounding reproduction of the species . |
| 11 | Second , MI5 alone determines who and which organisations are judged to be subversive . |
| 12 | Within the other major departments , reflecting the other phases of design , their responsibilities are seen to be in responding to direct requests for schemes or analysis . |
| 13 | The Heritage was working out of Scarborough and her crew are believed to be from Bridlington . |
| 14 | The statements of their writers are presumed to be evidence of judicial decisions that have been lost and are therefore accepted if not contrary to reason . |
| 15 | The problems posed by authors changing their names are thought to be very limited . |
| 16 | The problems posed by authors changing their names are thought to be very limited . |
| 17 | Certain features of their performance are found to be correlated with and hence to convey information about direction and quality and distance of food source . |
| 18 | The type of government in power and its stability are bound to be of concern to expatriates . |
| 19 | ( 6 ) If no request is made pursuant to para 1 ( a ) above within 15 months of the day on which pleadings are deemed to be closed ( or within nine months after the expiry of any period fixed by the court for making such a request ) , the action shall be automatically struck out . |
| 20 | If their discharges are seen to be causing harm they can be liable in the civil courts . |
| 21 | The self-regulation of the profession and the high standards demanded of its members are said to be the justification for the monopolies enjoyed by those engaging in the activity and by the restrictive practices permitted . |
| 22 | But its members are thought to be waiting to see what its British equivalent comes up with . |
| 23 | They stress the theory-laden character of our pictures of the world and the extent to which scientists are said to be influenced in their thinking by the social factor of the spirit of the age . |
| 24 | It is an issue both of absolute shortages of the wood .. and the distributions of available wood supplies between different uses and users … its causes are seen to be closely linked to the distribution of economic and political power between classes and social groups which determines who gets how much of a scarce resource . |
| 25 | What that points to , minimally , is a developmental process in which students are enabled to be critical and to be self-critical in an informed way . |
| 26 | On the other hand , the Hague Convention deals with a limited issue , that of service abroad ; it does not affect the rules as to the extent of the jurisdiction of the courts of a particular state , the rules of the forum court as to which documents are required to be served , nor the time-limits set for procedural steps under that law . |
| 27 | In a world in which women are understood to be the equals of men , and in which we must promote the equality of people of different races , such a Christology as that which I was proposing would seem to be fruitful . |
| 28 | In ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ Jane Austen describes a society in which women are considered to be chattels — independent-minded chattels , certainly , but nevertheless objects to be handed from man to man until they are suitably married . |
| 29 | Some claim to extrude ectoplasm , the substance out of which spirits are said to be made . |
| 30 | But in the pluralist system it is important , when comparing the relative power of bureaucrat and politician , to ask which politicians are deemed to be in competition with officials . |