Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] to be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we had won all the Tests but lost all the one-dayers , then it would have been considered to be a successful trip . ’ |
| 2 | An unemployment rate well in excess of what had hitherto been considered to be a stable NAIRU was failing to produce sustained reductions in the rate of inflation beyond the initial impact effect of the fall in aggregate demand . |
| 3 | The electricity industry had always been considered to be a natural monopoly and plans to privatise it were preceded by lengthy discussions about the ideal structure for the industry . |
| 4 | It has been said to be a fundamental contradiction in the Weberian model of bureaucracy . |
| 5 | The fact that a prominent member of the current community council and an integrated education supporter was a member of official Sinn Fein , the Workers ' party , appeared to figure in the reasoning , as this party has always been suspected to be an anti-clerical and secularist force . |
| 6 | Dictionary definitions constitute a valuable source of semantic knowledge , and the definitional overlap technique has been shown to be a suitable method for applying such knowledge . |
| 7 | Hotel leisure facilities have been shown to be a worthwhile investment in that they can : |
| 8 | The mythopoeic power of music has already been shown to be a decisive force in Greek literary history . |
| 9 | There is a famous sequence of " Going over the top " in the First World War which has been shown to be a staged sequence . |
| 10 | In addition to its biological activities in stimulating platelets and neutrophils , and enhancing vascular permeability , exogenous platelet activating factor has also been shown to be a potent ulcerogen , inducing extensive gastric mucosal damage and hamorrhage associated with septic shock . |
| 11 | The 1983 Conservative Party manifesto argued ( p. 37 ) that the six metropolitan county councils and the GLC had ‘ been shown to be a wasteful and unnecessary tier of government ’ . |
| 12 | Garlic extract has also been shown to be a valuable first line of defence against oral thrush . |
| 13 | Formation of clusters with unprimed T cells has thus been shown to be a functional feature of dendritic cells ; this may explain the striking appearance of S-100 protein + cells in Peyer 's patches , which are considered important sites for induction of primary immune responses . |
| 14 | This claim has been shown to be a considerable misstatement . |
| 15 | Cannabis Teenagers often insist that cannabis is harmless , but it has been shown to be a high risk for certain users . |
| 16 | RAP30 has been reported to contain a sequence homologous to region 1b and 2 of σ factors of bacteria , which has been shown to be a binding site for the core component of E.coli RNA polymerase and possibly for mammalian RNA polymerase II ( 19,40 ) . |
| 17 | However , linear precedence has been shown to be a significant factor affecting the manner in which words associate with each other [ Church & hanks , 1989 ] . |
| 18 | This has been shown to be an effective and rapid method of training but it does require intensive supervision from an adult . |
| 19 | Collaborative problem solving has previously been shown to be an effective stimulus to individual learning in certain circumstances , using somewhat ‘ artificial ’ tasks . |
| 20 | The colon weight/body weight ratio was calculated as an increase in this ratio has been shown to be an accurate marker of colonic inflammation . |
| 21 | It is much more disconcerting that the CD4 count has been shown to be an unreliable indicator of the effectiveness of drug treatment in HIV infection . |
| 22 | A pair of researchers arrived at the extraordinary conclusion that fusion of deuterons could be achieved without the application of massive external energy , which had previously been thought to be an indispensable condition . |
| 23 | Human PGA has been known to be a complicated protein polymorphism . |
| 24 | The authorities ' earlier identification of Lembarek Boumaraaf as the assassin [ see p. 38981 ] was endorsed ; the commission confirmed that he had previously been known to be an Islamist sympathizer , but rejected as improbable the suggestion that he had acted alone . |
| 25 | The dipper , a small bird that feeds underwater in fast-flowing streams , has been found to be a good indicator of water acidity , Studies in Scotland by Dr Juliet Vickery of Oxford 's Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology found a clear correlation between acidity in a stream and dippers ' breeding success . |
| 26 | In many large series of critically ill patients sepsis has been found to be a major determinant of mortality . |
| 27 | In your advert give the name of the person to whom the reply is to be made since this has also been found to be a positive factor in encouraging people to reply . |
| 28 | The defendants argued that the proviso could not be severed and that as it had been found to be an unreasonable restraint of trade the whole of the clause was void . |
| 29 | Smoking has been found to be an important factor , increasing this loss of bone density and resulting in an increased risk of osteoporosis [ 13 ] . |
| 30 | Empirically , the assumption of constant interest rates has usually been found to be an acceptable approximation . |