Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have noticed in this puritan America of ours that beautiful women are rarely permitted to be clever . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , different viewpoints have emerged over the range of activities which can be justified under the name of academic freedom , over the kinds of threat which are most felt to be present , over the circumstances in which appeal can be made to academic freedom , and over the justifications which academics employ to claim a right to ‘ academic freedom ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ A lot of people are obviously going to be disappointed , but others who are willing to take a chance right up until the match may be lucky to get their hands on a ticket . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | . The patched lines on the plan which you have in front of you erm are only intended to be indicative . |
| 6 | They 're not trying to push , they are only trying to be helpful , but I think it is a material matter for the committee to consider . |
| 7 | Many collars , sprays and powders are only claimed to be effective against fleas . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | He had been so determined to be ungullible , city-wise that perhaps he had gone too far in the other direction , and so read a threat in everything the big city had to offer . |
| 10 | These do not meet the sentencing requirement but are nevertheless deemed to be arrestable offences . |
| 11 | People are normally considered to be risk-averse over amounts of the order of magnitude of their incomes . |
| 12 | ‘ No , I am not going to be sick again , ’ she added fiercely as Elise eyed her in alarm . |
| 13 | But this explanation is not sufficient to explain the phenomenon : there is a definite difference between , shall we say , an amoeba and a crystal , yet the crystal grows and ( in a very limited sense ) reproduces — two activities that are generally assumed to be characteristic of living material . |
| 14 | Controlled processes are generally assumed to be voluntary , flexible and capacity limited while automatic ones are highly efficient , unavoidable , resistant to modification , not subject to capacity limitations and able to occur without awareness ( LaBerge , 1981 ) . |
| 15 | Immunological abnormalities are generally accepted to be involved in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis . |
| 16 | Such enzymes do exist — they are known as reverse transcriptases — but they are generally believed to be exclusive to RNA viruses , which need them to transcribe their RNA genes into DNA for replication inside cells . |
| 17 | Partnerships between education and business are generally believed to be good , useful and worthwhile . |
| 18 | Many of these straits are noted for strong tidal currents , but although such currents may assist in moving away the debris of erosion , they are generally held to be impotent as a cause of marked marine erosion , at least of those which outcrop in this locality . |
| 19 | We should not underestimate the power of official systems of classification of children , even when they are generally held to be inadequate by those that work with them . |
| 20 | It has to provide the financial resources for at least a minimum number of services — defence , roads , education , income support , etc. — which are generally deemed to be necessary for the survival of any modern society . |
| 21 | Rational thought and behaviour are generally thought to be dependent in some ways upon an ability to reason logically . |
| 22 | C. oncophora and C. curticei are generally considered to be mild pathogens in calves and lambs respectively although in some studies they have been associated with inappetence and poor weight gains . |
| 23 | Road conditions in the county are generally considered to be inadequate and the construction of the remaining Maidstone-Ashford section of the M20 is programmed for completion in 1991 . |
| 24 | But in that there is common ground with Psychiatry : people who believe that they themselves are God are generally considered to be insane . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | As the name suggests , these Guidelines are not intended to be binding or prescriptive , but rather to provide impartial guidance for the perplexed . |
| 27 | These are not intended to be prescriptive but centres may find them a useful resource in the delivery of the module . |
| 28 | These are not intended to be prescriptive but centres might find them a useful resource in the delivery of the modules . |
| 29 | These suggestions illustrate the flexibility of the provision and are not intended to be prescriptive in any way . |
| 30 | They are not intended to be prescriptive but are illustrative of the flexibility of National Certificate Modules in planning a curriculum . |