Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] to be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | In most primary schools certain teachers have , or can acquire , special strengths which ought to be made available , on a rational division of labour , to children outside their class and to their colleagues . |
2 | First there are contributory benefits , which used to be called national insurance benefits . |
3 | The direct start to Canol , Joe Brown 's classic E1 on Craig Ddu in the Llanberis Pass , is a hard pitch which used to be graded Severe because Doug Belshaw , who ascended it first , ‘ only led severes ’ . |
4 | His great strength is that he looks a small-'c' conservative , with that appealing moderation which used to be thought Tory . |
5 | The second tendency is what used to be called Black nationalism but is now fragmented into multiple varieties , each with its own claim to ethnic particularity . |
6 | It has the difference , if there is the implication , that in many perhaps in most cases of AIDS , it could have been avoided by , what used to be called clean living . |
7 | What used to be considered basic back-to-school items — schoolbags , pencil cases , stationery , lunch boxes and the like — have now become fashion accessories in the classroom . |