Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] [adv] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , a series of dimensions are identified which have been agreed both to be important aspects of child development and/or of particular relevance to separated children . |
| 2 | Our model , although it requires more than one site of learning , accounts for data from multiple laboratories and reconciles observations that had been thought previously to be contradictory . |
| 3 | After the return to civilian rule , the newly formed state radio corporations , which had been set up to be independent of Federal Government authority , were immediately subjected to local political control . |
| 4 | The ingredients of some pesticides have been found not to be injurious to fish , but when an otter consumes a large amount of fish which have absorbed those chemicals , then the otter can become affected and may die or become sterile . |
| 5 | I did n't want to hurt their feelings , having been brought up to be polite , so I tried to look happy and muttered something about Helen playing the piano very well . |
| 6 | Interrupt — difficult to do if you 've been brought up to be polite , but necessary to learn . |
| 7 | I 've always been brought up to be domesticated — to do the housework and dust and wash up and cook — so it 's a natural instinct really . |
| 8 | She had been brought up to be thrifty and careful . |
| 9 | Whilst the famous photographs of the Cottingley fairies , taken in 1917 , have been admitted not to be genuine , it is equally clear from the researches of author Joe Cooper that at least one of the girls concerned , Frances Griffiths , did see fairies in Cottingley Glen , as did Geoffrey Hodson . |
| 10 | The ex MFV had been fitted out to be self sufficient in every way , with the latest navigational aids , long range fuel and water tanks and a very comprehensively fitted out workshop on board for mechanical and other repairs . |
| 11 | I could understand one man imagining that he saw a person in the immediate area of the box but it is hard to believe that two level-headed signalmen could have been mistaken enough to be confused by the same phenomenon . |
| 12 | MEN working for Darlington council have been urged not to be shy about reporting incidents of sexual harassment . |
| 13 | In such a case an adult might be held liable either for breach of his contract to use proper care or for a wrong independent of the contract ; an infant has been held not to be liable at all . |