Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] was [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mistaken biological beliefs , such that the male alone was thought to be a full human being , underlay western culture , making this seem the more plausible . |
| 2 | Where normality for each group separately was found to be appropriate by using probability plots a two sample t test was used to compare the mean values of each variable of interest between the regulated and random groups . |
| 3 | One of the waterwheels that drove machinery here was said to be the biggest in England . |
| 4 | Their first encounter today was going to be a tense and difficult one . |
| 5 | The objection here was held to be irrelevant . |
| 6 | Fontenoy too was designed to be a watershed — washing away the detritus of the past , opening up a clear future . |