Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [verb] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 What is much more interesting , I have already suggested , is the idea that there could be patterns of behaviour which human beings are entirely capable of wanting and indeed , on an individual or limited scale , of achieving , but which for biological reasons are bound to be psychologically costly , or confined to a small group of otherwise unusual individuals , or otherwise bound to fail as general social institutions .
2 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 .
3 Yes , but do you agree your houses are going to be somewhat above that ?
4 Catholic identity is not essential for membership of the catholic — nationalist group , but consent to the understanding that catholic values will predominate in the public sphere is essential , for these religious values are viewed to be eminently suitable , natural , and self-evidently of high moral quality , safeguarding the fabric of state and public morality .
5 Opinions are seen to be less stable than values and relate to less important or transient issues .
6 ‘ If the financial rewards are perceived to be grossly unfair and inadequate - and they are — we shall simply not have the staff to sustain the quality of legal education and research , ’ it warns .
7 Once this has occurred , risks are known to be very high , in some cases one in four for further births .
8 The risks are thought to be very small : ( 1 ) because the balance of the natural environment is primarily controlled by the species already present which appear to operate to the detriment of new introductions ; and ( 2 ) because in new releases of microorganisms to date , all very closely monitored , there has been no evidence of any of them getting out of control or adversely affecting the environment .
9 With so much pollution flowing down the Taff and Ely rivers , there is little or no prospect of the 600-acre lake being used for contact water sports — the health risks are expected to be far too high .
10 Organizations are seen to be not unlike armies engaged in battle with the armies of other enterprises .
11 Offices are deemed to be permanently related to one another in a structure of kinship .
12 All prospective owners are vetted to make sure that the animals are going to be properly cared for .
13 So , which utilities are going to be hardest hit by the latest version of DOS ?
14 But the roadworks and contra-flow system are expected to be in place for some time during which drivers are urged to be extra careful .
15 If this view is held then it makes sense to borrow funds now at low rates to obviate the need for borrowing later , when funds are expected to be more expensive .
16 If all goes smoothly , she now has the chance to become the first ‘ young British designer ’ to be internationally recognised ( oddly , in the fashion business , designers are believed to be as young as their clothes look , which , in Hamnett 's case , is about 19 ) .
17 Outputs are said to be up to 1 million litres ( 200,000gal ) /day .
18 Teenagers are said to be especially sensitive to the financial implications and aware of their own lack of power in the matter .
19 Therefore , letter strings that form words are considered to be more plausible than letter strings that do not form words .
20 Hence character combinations that form words are considered to be more probable than character combinations which are not words .
21 It was then necessary to determine the ’ neighbourhood size ’ around each word , i.e. the limit beyond which words are deemed to be too far apart to be considered as neighbours .
22 As in discourses of class , deviant subjects are expected to be less abstract and rational thinkers , and more emotional , sexual , and biologically determined .
23 The savings are estimated to be more than £250,000 annually .
24 some of the confusions are going to be sexually harassing .
25 The next few months are going to be very important to us . ’
26 Even if the consumer can cover the risk by insurance , the position is much more complicated for him , and his insurers are going to be less likely to waive their rights of subrogation , without which his assumption of liability and his taking on of the insurance for the risk will not work .
27 The wealthy nations are going to be better able to use and organise information , whose value will be very much more closely linked to the value of goods .
28 Exactly what the sea anemone gains from this relationship is not known , but crabs with anemones on their shells are known to be much less vulnerable to attack by octopuses .
29 English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all .
30 These low amplitude propagated contractions are reported to be more frequent .
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