Example sentences of "to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 He wore a bow tie , a corduroy jacket , and suede shoes and appeared to Millet to be well-distanced from any workshop floor .
2 The teacher 's conduct has to be obscene or criminal before sterner measures are employed .
3 … an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect … is , if taken as a whole , such as to tend to deprave and corrupt …
4 an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or ( where the article comprises two or more distinct items ) the effect of any one of its items is , if taken as a whole , such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely , having regard to all the relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it .
5 Some earlier critics of the deprave-and-corrupt test had suggested a return to a test based on ‘ outrage ’ , with the Longford Report proposing in 1972 that an article might be deemed to be obscene ‘ if its effect , taken as a whole , is to outrage contemporary standards of decency or humanity accepted by the public at large ’ .
6 They declared the video to be obscene , confiscated it and imposed an on-the-spot fine on my friend .
7 No pornographer has ever been punished for being a woman-hater. but not too long ago information about female sexuality , contraception and abortion was assumed to be obscene .
8 She drove slowly in Conterchi so as not to miss the turning and Italians hooted at her or raised their fingers in gestures she knew to be obscene .
9 GUIL : ( Shaking with rage and fright ) It could have been — it did n't have to be obscene
10 Jessica was tempted to be obscene , but fought it back .
11 The complete statutory definition of obscenity is contained in s1 of the Obscene Publications Act : For the purposes of this Act an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or ( where the article comprises two or more distinct items ) the effect of any one of its items is , if taken as a whole , such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely , in all the circumstances , to read , see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it .
12 This recommendation was duly embodied in the 1959 statute , which provided that " an article shall be deemed to be obscene if its effect or ( where the article comprises two or more distinct items ) the effect of any one of its items is , if taken as a whole , such as to tend to deprave and corrupt …
13 The fact is that any so called sport which involves the exhaustion , distress and eventual death of an animal has got to be obscene in the eyes of any human being .
14 There are some observers who think this to be admirable ; but there are others who believe that in such cases the basic obligations that should keep such enthusiasts at home have been obscured by pretension and sentimentality .
15 But that is a very different matter from the exegetically unjustified expedient adopted by some modern students of mission , of divorcing the Spirit from Jesus , evading the scandal of his particularity , and attributing to the Spirit 's agency whatever seems to them to be admirable in the beliefs and practice of other faiths .
16 In all the arts , we may prefer the abnormal and regard that which is entirely sound and healthy as commonplace ; but late Turners have gone too far , in Lieberich 's opinion , to be admirable .
17 Does the BBC really want to be inhumane ?
18 For instance , Hickey includes many conversational passages that purport to be verbatim records , but must be reconstructions of what Hickey thought was appropriate to have been said on the occasion .
19 An interesting point is raised at the end of the book , where it estimates that out of 210 Mustangs that survive worldwide , 112 are reported to be airworthy .
20 Included are a number of ex-Aeroflot Antonov An-2 biplanes which are reported to be airworthy and available for sale at $600 each .
21 So just at the time when that first vital relationship between parent and child is in its most tenuous stages ‘ external tensions and difficulties are most likely to take their toll and may cause the baby to become fractious and the parent to be over-tired and irritable .
22 Anne was sort of expecting blubbery cabinet ministers and worn clergymen , slavering and ready to practise their secret vices , but the guests turned out to be unidentifiable nobodies .
23 The notes below are intended to consider three areas only and to be illustrative rather than prescriptive as an inflexible attitude towards fees can adversely affect the generation of new business .
24 Wear clothes which are appropriate to the interview " conventionally this might be a business suit or smart sportswear , If the interview is to be on-site then usual working clothes will be more appropriate .
25 I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised .
26 As soon as McQuaid met Moran 's domination of the evening with this sudden violence he was anxious to be conciliatory .
27 Once peace returned , the government made genuine efforts to be respectful and protective of national cultures , languages and traditions , to be conciliatory towards peasant and middle-class interests , and to create regimes composed of members of the nationality concerned .
28 Branson felt in no mood to be conciliatory , let alone generous — even to Oldfield .
29 The Z-rock ( Cinoptilolite Zeolite ) which we placed in a test tank has split into pieces along what appear to be sedimentary lines and turned yellow .
30 In a section dealing with relations with clients , the Code highlights the need for lawyers to act on instructions and to be prompt , conscientious and diligent in handling work .
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