Example sentences of "[adj] [adj] [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The marginal costs of providing this particular public good are assumed to be constant . |
| 2 | The old Gothic was felt to be as inadequate in the 1890s as the old meeting-house had been in the 1860s so plans were made for a new building worthy of their pastor whose fame was rapidly increasing . |
| 3 | The cumulative total of adult HIV infections in Latin America and the Caribbean as of early 1991 was estimated to be close to 1,000,000 , and the total number of adult AIDS cases slightly over 100,000 . |
| 4 | In the first place , though the sense of want is acute and even painful , yet the mere wanting is felt to be somehow a delight . |
| 5 | With just over two months still to go before the opening of the fair , 517 of the 540 stands available have been sold , and the remaining 23 are expected to be taken up shortly . |
| 6 | But it is reasonable to assume that Eastern Europe is still considerably better off than Brazil , which in early 1990 was reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt and facing the prospect of 2200 per cent inflation during the year . |
| 7 | Moreover , land use planning , which in the early 1980s was alleged to be an obstacle to investment , is very much back on the agenda . |
| 8 | Although the private good is assumed to be reputation from complying with an established custom of membership , it could also be regarded as any other form of excludable union benefit that is increasing in membership . |
| 9 | Now as you can imagine it depends what you leave and where you leave it as to how effective that is going to be on how er distressing that 's going to be . |
| 10 | Yes I 'm sure that 's going to be straight forward . |
| 11 | Dave 's book , yes I 'm sure that 's going to be straight forward , book for Jackie not quite so straight forward . |
| 12 | He echoes Wattam 's concerns : ‘ There 's a tremendous amount of anxiety about how effective this is going to be and how such an important change can be introduced without monitoring . |
| 13 | I had a record company screaming for final mixes , not even sure that they wanted this album because ‘ Space Oddity ’ did n't do too well and as far as they were concerned this was going to be the last they had to do with David Bowie , and I was n't delivering the goods . |
| 14 | Gastric emptying was confirmed to be abnormally slow in 31 ( 20% ) patients . |
| 15 | Gastric emptying was shown to be very rapid or biphasic with a rapid early component in 85 ( 79% ) patients , normal in 14 ( 13% ) , and abnormally slow in eight ( 7% ) patients . |
| 16 | In September , one MP investigating Maxwell 's pillaging of his employees ' pension funds claimed that Mrs Maxwell controlled trusts in the tax haven of Liechtenstein , where some of the missing millions are thought to be hidden . |
| 17 | Provided then that function of the anal sphincter is confirmed to be normal before operation and is kept ormal at operation by preservation of the entire anal sphincter , we suggest that age alone should not be regarded as an absolute contraindication to the use of restorative proctocolectomy . |
| 18 | and idiopathic anorectal incontinence , in which the intrinsic innervation of the internal anal sphincter is known to be abnormal . |
| 19 | We did n't realise how difficult this was going to be . |
| 20 | AIl five have been offered the vacancies they wanted : one to be a military policewoman , another a driver , the third to train as an administrative assistant , While the other two are destined to be a staff clerk and a telecommunications operator . |
| 21 | Aberystwyth lifeboat secretary David Jenkins said one of the missing men was wearing a wetsuit but the other two were thought to be wearing shirts . |
| 22 | While this downswing will not be as sharp as the previous downturn ( in 1979-81 ) , not least given the very much lower level of inflation that we now have , a dull 1989 is bound to be followed by a difficult 1990 . ’ |