Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] is [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Goran now plays his futba in Turkey ( where money is rumoured to be good ) |
| 2 | Even in such classic areas as the Mississippi delta , where sediment is thought to be accumulating rapidly , there is plenty of evidence to suggest that , after building up for a while , much of it is carried away again . |
| 3 | In Malaysia , a single tiger whisker ground up in the animal 's flesh or bone is thought to be powerful enough to kill an enemy . |
| 4 | I am aware — and so are local social workers — of at least one large housing estate in a provincial town where incest is thought to be the norm rather than the exception even today ; and such is the difficulty of its location and proof that cases coming to light are probably only the tip of an iceberg . |
| 5 | It is clear that where service is required to be effected in a Contracting State , the provisions of the convention , as given effect in national law or as a self-executing Treaty , will prevail over the general law as to service of process . |
| 6 | However where demand is known to be variable , for example if a large share of output is exported , any major internal expansion carries the danger of periodic over-capacity with consequent higher average costs just as the market is weakest . |
| 7 | Any symptom or illness is intended to be a source of growth . |
| 8 | The Gooding-Sanken company will be located at Aberaman in the Cynon Valley where unemployment is estimated to be 21 per cent — the highest in south Wales . |
| 9 | ( In the year 2000 the number of homes with either cable or satellite is expected to be just over 10 million . ) |
| 10 | We must also ensure that teaching is seen to be important , and a simple way to start is to insist that all doctors must document their experience when applying for jobs and that all appointments committees should ask about it . |
| 11 | Both Jesus and Paul will say that marriage is designed to be a one-flesh lifelong relationship , but they both recognise the human realities . |
| 12 | They are everything and nothing that rock'n'roll is meant to be . |
| 13 | It is in this sense that monopoly is said to be economically inefficient , and to misallocate resources through the restriction of output . |
| 14 | Its current scarcity and decreased egg laying in Wales and Galloway is thought to be the result of lack of appropriate food . |
| 15 | This was clearly identified in the consensus statement from the King 's Fund : ‘ Until teaching is recognised to be an important professional activity ( comparable in status to clinical service , research and management ) it is unrealistic to expect those involved to devote the necessary time and effort to planning and implementing any new curriculum . ’ |
| 16 | Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss , but now they need pine no longer . |
| 17 | It is widely believed that the United Kingdom has a rising crime wave , and crime is thought to be more widespread in the United Kingdom than in other western countries . |
| 18 | Plainly , any questions about sex or gender are necessarily non-philosophical , if philosophy is taken to be conceptual analysis in this narrow sense . |
| 19 | The new unit will be at Kingsport , Tennessee , US , and capacity is expected to be 60 000 t pa . |
| 20 | But licensing details have yet to be agreed , and availability is expected to be late this year or early next . |
| 21 | Modesty in looks and behaviour is considered to be the ideal in Judaism . |
| 22 | On the other hand , in the neo-classical version of the model , which applies when full employment is reached , the price level is determined by the nominal money supply and output is assumed to be determined exogenously . |
| 23 | If price is thought to be a significant factor in the product 's success , then the manufacturer should only deal with distributors who are willing to agree a mark-up and selling price with the manufacturer . |
| 24 | THE Coopers and Lybrand report on how Ferranti came to be defrauded of £215m after buying American arms firm International Signal and Control is expected to be handed to the Serious Fraud Office within days . |
| 25 | SFO to get Ferranti report : The Coopers and Lybrand report on how Ferranti came to be defrauded of £215m after buying American firm International Signal and Control is expected to be handed to the Serious Fraud Office within days . |
| 26 | There are only a limited number of tickets available and demand is expected to be high . |
| 27 | If competition is perceived to be open , the ‘ rules ’ are seen to be fair , and the determinants of success are within the competitors ' control , competition can be extremely fruitful . |
| 28 | The VUE desktop management system lost out to IXI Ltd ‘ s X.desktop manager in the failed ACE initiative and HP is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 29 | It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record . |
| 30 | We are young and youth is said to be fickle , mutable , and we have both looked at the possibility of ourselves not being exceptions to that supposed rule . |