Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [adv] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some countries where religion is not acknowledged to be in any way a necessary part of life , and also to a lesser degree in some where it is , the very important regular holidays , i.e. the single days or short periods of relief from work , which are spaced throughout the year , and which are additional to the long summer vacations , are fixed by arbitrary law and not by reference to religious feast days . |
| 2 | ( The privately rented sector has low values for a number of reasons : it contains a larger non-married proportion , and the form of stock is often considered to be less suitable for childrearing . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) Where a sale by auction is not notified to be subject to a right to bid on behalf of the seller , it is not lawful for the seller to bid himself or to employ any person to bid at such a sale , or for the auctioneer knowingly to take any bid from the seller or any such person . |
| 4 | However in this situation the auctioneer may not accept a bid on behalf of the seller ; s57(4) and ( 5 ) provide : ( 4 ) Where a sale by auction is not notified to be subject to a right to bid by or on behalf of the seller , it is not lawful for the seller to bid himself or to employ any person to bid at the sale , or for the auctioneer knowingly to take any bid from the seller or any such person . |
| 5 | It may be scholarly to give many references to work done in the 18th century and to plumb the depths of graph theory , but the result is not going to be of very much help to a working chemist . |
| 6 | The result is ultimately destined to be a four-track flop . |
| 7 | If the end result is eventually going to be thrown away ; memos , reports , flyers , price lists and so on , then page printer output is probably more than adequate . |
| 8 | Coaching is also beginning to be recognized as an essential tool which has to be developed systematically , not left to chance or the interest of a few concerned managers . |
| 9 | We have found evidence for a possible aetiological link between anal cancer and cervical cancer , ; for which a sexually transmitted agent is strongly suspected to be involved . |
| 10 | Serum gastrin concentration is also known to be raised in patients with H pylori infection , and this is seen in the non-uraemic patients in the present study . |
| 11 | Copywrite fraud is now thought to be costing software companies £20m pounds a year . |
| 12 | Copywrite fraud is now thought to be costing software companies £20m pounds a year . |
| 13 | Department or the County Treasurer 's Department is not considered to be relevant to the needs of erm , the County Council , the people of Lincolnshire , and I think it 's reasonable to ask that question , and to hope that erm future conservatives speakers in this meeting , on this paper will give a clear indication as to what will be the effects of a budget reduction . |
| 14 | R.5(6) provides that a shareholder shall not exercise any voting rights in respect of any share held in breach of any part of R.5 — a breach could come about either because a shareholder is not permitted to be a shareholder or because a shareholder is holding for another person who is not permitted to be a beneficial owner . |
| 15 | This instrument is thus seen to be a splendid complement to the other members of the woodwind fraternity . |
| 16 | Britain 's clinical research is widely acknowledged to be in very bad shape . |
| 17 | Research is commonly taken to be the specialist and reserved occupation of theorists , an activity which is carried out in detachment from the immediacy of actual events and requiring knowledge and expertise of a kind which only academic intellectuals can legitimately claim to have . |
| 18 | Kurk wool is generally considered to be among the very best available . |
| 19 | The ability to win over an informant who is undecided whether or not to grant the interview is important , as is the ability to put people at their ease and reassure them that the interview is not going to be some sort of viva voce examination . |
| 20 | Hidden for centuries under plaster , the architrave of the main doorway is now revealed to be a monumental inscription from the time of the Emperor Trajan , which must have come from either the Roman baths or the imperial mint , both of which are nearby . |
| 21 | Greater examination of vehicles entering the complex is now expected to be introduced , and additional security staff may be deployed . |
| 22 | Unionists may not be ready to judge the republic on its merits for years yet , and the hatred bred by three centuries of religious animosity is not going to be bartered away by any group of politicians . |
| 23 | The kraken is generally believed to be a type of giant cephalopod which normally lives and feeds at the bottom of the ocean . |
| 24 | In fact the speed of light is now defined to be a constant . |
| 25 | Now my submission is not intended to be representation that the new settlement should be in the greenbelt and great weight must still be given to it 's protection . |
| 26 | Non-deglutitive motor activity of the oesophagus is usually considered to be a sign of disordered motility . |
| 27 | The review is not expected to be completed for three or four years but initial findings could be implemented by this autumn 's statement on spending . |
| 28 | And remember that if Riddle was murdered on Friday night his killer is not going to be anxious to admit having had a visit . ’ |
| 29 | This anomaly is now seen to be largely explained by the intervention of the patron — the broker land agent — who set the objective for both lawyer and client in two of the three cases . |
| 30 | In response to our request to film at Tempelhof airport , the headquarters in California has replied : ‘ Unfortunately , cooperation in this screenplay is not considered to be in the best interest of the US Armed Forces and the Department of Defense . |