Example sentences of "be understood to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This of course was also a severe blow to the emerging Labour Party and again the politicians had to try to restore what had been understood to be the position by passing the Trade Union Act 1913 . |
| 2 | More recently , the quest for " ultimate meaning " has been understood to be at the heart of RE — and something which all can share in . |
| 3 | Arts Council officers are understood to be considering changing the practice of handing out separate information about the arts to the different political party conferences . |
| 4 | Other directors are understood to be satisfied that he was not implicated in the fraud and had no knowledge of it . |
| 5 | Mirror directors are understood to be deeply concerned about the mounting costs as the company continues to work on its 1991 results figures and a report on on its financial health , now expected later this month . |
| 6 | Mirror directors are understood to be deeply concerned about the mounting costs as the company continues to work on its 1991 results figures and a report on its financial health , now expected later this month . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , investigators are understood to be examining an uncompleted property transaction between the French company and a Leichtenstein trust connected with Robert Maxwell . |
| 8 | Others are understood to be considering similar action . |
| 9 | Miss Boothroyd 's supporters are understood to be ready to put the issue to a vote , while there is an equal determination on the Tory side to put forward their preferred nominee . |
| 10 | In Italy , out of over two hundred listed companies , only seven have 50% of their shares in public hands and five are understood to be effectively controlled by family groupings . |
| 11 | Sometimes authorities are understood to be limited by the kinds of acts which they can or can not regulate ( given some restrictive ways of classifying acts ) . |
| 12 | BBC insiders are understood to be relieved by the appointment of David Mellor to head the new heritage ministry , which will oversee the Corporation 's charter renewal in 1996 . |
| 13 | Italian giants Inter Milan are understood to be watching the situation closely , with Pearce hoping Clough changes his mind and puts him more in line with the kind of wages being picked up by some of his England team-mates . |
| 14 | For what it 's worth , Silicon Graphics Inc and MIPS Computer Systems Inc are understood to be drawing together a new executive-level technical committee of the Advanced Computing Environment . |
| 15 | Moreover , members of other cultures are understood to be themselves active participants in such model building and so their social and linguistic ‘ grammars ’ have to be taken into account also . |
| 16 | In a world in which women are understood to be the equals of men , and in which we must promote the equality of people of different races , such a Christology as that which I was proposing would seem to be fruitful . |
| 17 | Other nations , which are not signatories to the treaty , are understood to be developing nuclear weapons . |
| 18 | However in South Armagh the security forces are understood to be facing a blank wall in their search for an IRA sniper who has killed three members of the security forces and for the IRA 's mortar team . |
| 19 | The forgeries are understood to be changing hands at up to £60 a time across the province in pubs and clubs . |
| 20 | For details of the secret itinerary for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain are understood to be in the hands of the IRA . |
| 21 | Security chiefs are understood to be deeply annoyed that information about today 's celebrations has fallen into the hands of the IRA . |
| 22 | Discussions are understood to be under way with several companies which have expressed an interest in setting up alongside the plant to supply components to Motorola , which operates on a just-in-time principle of bringing in materials just as they are required for the production process . |
| 23 | In the run-up to next month 's Twickenham showdown , discussions are understood to be taking place on the staging of a floodlit fixture to officially hansel the completed Murrayfield super-stadium in the autumn of 1994 . |
| 24 | The plans come as ministers are understood to be finalising plans for legislation to introduce voluntary membership of student unions , with a bill likely next parliamentary session . |
| 25 | The plans come as ministers are understood to be finalising plans for legislation to introduce voluntary membership of student unions , with a bill likely in the next parliamentary session . |
| 26 | Individual governors are understood to be unhappy at the tax arrangements and the way it appears to have damaged Mr Birt 's credibility in the eyes of licence payers . |
| 27 | He is expected to leave within the next couple of weeks , and his lawyers are understood to be negotiating a settlement . |
| 28 | Central and Fife are understood to be less enthusiastic but agreed to support the idea . |
| 29 | Other car makers are understood to be evaluating coil coatings which are commonly used in the automotive industry in Japan . |
| 30 | It is not to be wondered at if , when a request is made of one person , another is obliged by a trust : for if the following is written in a will ‘ I ask you , Titius , having received a hundred to manumit that slave ’ or ‘ to give something to Sempronius ’ , certainly it is not adequately expressed , but a trust must all the same be understood to be charged on the heir to pay the money to Titius : and so Titius himself will sue the heir , and will be compelled to give freedom to the slave or to Sempronius what he was asked to . |