Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] are [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sufferings of the young when first they go away from home and try to hold their own with cruel contemporaries are felt to be very great even when they are not . |
| 2 | Labour hours are expected to be limited to 800 next year . |
| 3 | It is an inescapable fact that , despite all the care taken in passing legislation , some statutory provisions when applied to the circumstances under consideration in any specific case are found to be ambiguous . |
| 4 | Traditional patterns of family life and cultural values are said to be breaking down under the pressure of geographical and social mobility , and the power of the mass media . |
| 5 | These terminal direct repeats are believed to be generated by the mechanism through which migrating transposons reinsert themselves into the chromosomal DNA . |
| 6 | Most Iraqi cities are reported to be without electricity or telephones . |
| 7 | The empty houses are expected to be re-occupied . |
| 8 | For example , the concept of ‘ role ’ is usually understood universally , in that social roles are presumed to be found in all societies , whether developed or pre-literate , modern or historical . |
| 9 | Four British manufacturers are believed to be fighting for the contract to supply Virgin with machines . |
| 10 | Several big British companies are said to be ‘ extremely interested ’ . |
| 11 | The expectations and priorities of social workers are seen to be very low in relation to the children 's education ; changes of placement lead to changes of school and this is seldom taken into account in placement decisions . |
| 12 | German firms are said to be dumping in Eastern Europe waste which it would be costly for them to dispose of in Germany itself , including radioactive uranium , used tyres and banned pesticides . |
| 13 | Such social changes are shown to be prior to , and necessary precursors of , any technological changes , such as industrialization ( Marx 1974 : 318–47 ) . |
| 14 | Decrements at high levels are assumed to be the result of the impairment to short memory . |
| 15 | They point to the increasing numbers of very old people who live on their own , and draw the invalid conclusion that kinship ties have weakened , and that obligations are no longer recognized , so that old people are left to be cared for predominantly by strangers . |
| 16 | Certainly the social sciences are seen to be the arbiters of revolutionary change which might somehow dismantle the police institution and its processes , and this has led it to negate the reforming social scientists , keeping them as outsiders beyond the system . |
| 17 | The conditions which must be satisfied before effectively the non-resident trustees are deemed to be resident in the United Kingdom are the settlor , or where there is more than one any one of them , is at any relevant time : 1 . |
| 18 | Improved communications are considered to be an asset both to traditional local industries such as oil , fish and drink and important for new investment . |
| 19 | A group of English players are reported to be bitter at having been left out of the squad for next week 's world team championships , and inevitably , the name of the game for the next couple of days in the Open , which starts today , will be to try to make monkeys of those who omitted them . |
| 20 | With his concept of the linguistic sign Saussure created the basis of structuralism , both in linguistics and as a more broadly based movement of thought , in which all forms of social and cultural life are seen to be governed by systems of signs which are either linguistic or analogous to those of language . |
| 21 | It feeds on a wide variety of fish — 43 different species are known to be taken as prey . |
| 22 | BRITISH children are believed to be among 160 being held in care today after being rescued from a religious sex cult in Argentina . |
| 23 | AROUND 3,000 white-collar jobs at British Coal are set to be axed and more pits could close if the industry does not become more competitive , the corporation 's chairman admitted yesterday . |
| 24 | This is an important conclusion because it applies not only to the Benguela ecosystem off the coast of southern Africa , but to all marine ecosystems where marine mammals are perceived to be competing with commercial fisheries . |
| 25 | Similarly , the child fixated at the anal stage will develop an ‘ anal character ’ , whose most marked traits are said to be orderliness , parsimony and obstinacy . |
| 26 | ‘ Tin Can Island ’ proclaim the postage stamps , and old ones are said to be almost as sought after as British Guiana Triangulars or Penny Blacks . |
| 27 | Changes in social structure are said to be overdetermined by numerous contradictions . |
| 28 | Generally , social inequalities are presumed to be justified , often in terms of tradition . |
| 29 | Although our sexual practices are considered to be a low risk for HIV transmission , being a lesbian does not provide immunity from HIV . |
| 30 | There is one flat , broad , apical papillae flanked by two rows of each of about 5 papillae flanking on each side , the row situated on the surface of the oral plates are considered to be supplementary . |