Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was widely considered to be indicative of the government 's increasing unpopularity . |
| 2 | One of the main reasons for the Soviet failure to undermine Latin American reliance on Western imports is that Soviet industrial machinery and equipment is widely considered to be inferior in quality to its capitalist produced counterparts . |
| 3 | Although the charge carried a maximum penalty of one year 's imprisonment and a $100,000 fine , Barry 's sentence was widely considered to be harsh for a first offence . |
| 4 | An end to the worst bloodshed in recent years and the prospect of national peace and increased democracy was widely considered to be dependent on the successful outcome of three events taking place simultaneously . |
| 5 | It remained unclear to many analysts , however , whether the " no " vote was a rejection of demilitarization , or the expression of general uncertainty about the preservation of national sovereignty , given that Endara owed his installation in office to the December 1989 US military invasion of the country [ see pp. 37112-13 ] and that his government was widely considered to be subservient to US interests in the region . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Their requirements may be similar to those of others , but at present the vast majority of goods and services on offer are only designed to be user-friendly for fit , athletic members of MENSA ! |
| 8 | In otder to minimise the influence of complications from the initial bleed , patients were only considered to be eligible for entry into the trial once they were stable with no evidence of any bleeding for five days and also no evidence of any other destabilising medical conditions ( such as septicaemia and renal failure ) . |
| 9 | Many collars , sprays and powders are only claimed to be effective against fleas . |
| 10 | He had obviously decided to be pleasant to her . |
| 11 | On the other hand , Virtual Network Architecture is nicely positioned to be scalable to the wide area . |
| 12 | Marriage and the family were only thought to be relevant in considering young women 's careers , not young men 's . |
| 13 | It is fundamentally important that these 12 Steps are actually worked rather than recited or merely thought to be nice in theory . |
| 14 | But here he confuses the issue , for while print may well have initially encouraged authors to focus on an individual 's perception and cognition of the world , this does not mean that this technique is necessarily bound to be dominant in printed texts , for as the novel evolved , so did the concept of point of view . |
| 15 | The fact that work performed-by one group is not necessarily found to be repeatable by another is nothing new . |
| 16 | At the same time she had fiercely wanted to be proud of Phoebe , to support Phoebe 's admirable fight on her behalf . |
| 17 | We ride a long way and in late afternoon ( sun time rather than clock time , which has long ceased to be important to us ) we stop for coffee so that Odd-Knut can work out a route . |
| 18 | Children are not only encouraged to be proud of who they are , but to discuss any differences . ’ |
| 19 | In cases where the terms are likely to be subjected to such scrutiny , they must therefore be sufficiently balanced to be acceptable to the client 's trading partners . |
| 20 | But it was always tempting to indulge in whatever small luxuries were available and people were constantly warned to be aware of the squanderbug . |
| 21 | There can be no doubt that the way of life argument is widely felt to be relevant to the issue of primary school closure in rural areas . |
| 22 | A certain amount of attention is paid to colonialism in seeking an explanation for the political power of the bureaucracy in post-colonial states , and in particular its ‘ overdevelopment ’ in relation to other political institutions , since the role assigned to bureaucracy under colonialism is widely reckoned to be responsible for its present dominance . |
| 23 | Many early treaty collections , nevertheless , were not intended to be available to the general public at all . |
| 24 | The use of Strings 1 and 2 is not intended to be indicative of levels . |
| 25 | These suggestions illustrate the flexibility of the provision and are not intended to be prescriptive in any way . |
| 26 | in Matthey v. Curling [ 1922 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 208 already averted to is consistent with this . |
| 27 | Then , again , and in this they point ahead to the invention of collage , the letters and numerals stress the material existence of the painting in another way : by applying to a canvas or sheet of paper letters , other pieces of paper or fragments of glass and tin — elements generally considered to be foreign to the technique of painting or drawing — the artist makes the spectator conscious of the canvas , panel or paper as a material object capable of receiving and supporting other objects . |
| 28 | If lemon verbena was not included to be tender in cool temperate climates , it would be in every herb garden or wherever perfume is valued by the gardener . |
| 29 | All they are interested in — all they are generally permitted to be interested in — is whether they get a reasonable pension at the end of the day . |
| 30 | It will be seen that much Christian teaching on love is reflected in what has been outlined above , and that Gandhi 's teaching concerning non-possession goes beyond what is normally considered to be involved in the vow of poverty in certain Christian orders . |