Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [be] [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impact of the Tiananmen massacre is bound to be detrimental in this respect . |
| 2 | Ian Ian Ian 's going to be best at it . |
| 3 | Full IBM CICS support is said to be on its way . |
| 4 | A boycott campaign aimed at hitting Timex products is set to be wound up . |
| 5 | The retirement of the Rev William Sleight was intended to be partial . |
| 6 | MADONNA 's new contract with Warner Brothers is said to be worth a cool $60 million . |
| 7 | POWELL : Ah , ah , I , I am saying in addition that that either meant that the thing was going to be vetoed anyhow by the Falkland Islanders , and that therefore even if Britain wanted to get rid of , of sovereignty , she was n't going to get rid of it in terms of her own statement ; or that the Falkland Islanders were going to be put under so much pressure , ah — we need n't go into the details of what is meant in those connections , by pressure ; I 'm sure the Foreign Office will supply the details if requested — ah , would be put under so much pressure that eventually they would collapse and give way . |
| 8 | The glossy magazine Vogue is working on a major fashion cover story in the California deserts where top models Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista are expected to be photographed in natural coloured clothes and decked with bracelets , necklaces and belts made from coarse ropes . |
| 9 | Richard Ledes was considered to be in a position of trust and was recommended as a fit person to be consulted in any investigation to be made by Scrope . |
| 10 | Because NMDA receptors are assumed to be located on dendritic spines , it is believed that spines may act to localize the Ca 2+ signal . |
| 11 | Unlike Western governments , which have been careful to avoid giving the appearance of fomenting unrest in eastern Europe , the Norwegian Nobel committee is thought to be ready to try to advance the cause of democracy in a country which has shown only the most rudimentary signs of change . |
| 12 | Barton Bank 's trainer David Nicholson is refusing to be scared away after watching his imposing gelding beat Young Hustler seven lengths at Cheltenaham . |
| 13 | The government rejected an offer from the alleged Cali drug cartel leader Jorge Luis Ochoa to mediate their release , but an unofficial " Committee of Leading Citizens " led by former President Alfonso Lopez was reported to be trying to arrange talks between the cartels and the government . |
| 14 | LATE summer sightseers flocking to the famous Antrim Coast Road are warned to be on the alert for stone-throwers . |
| 15 | Midfielder David Batty is battling to be fit for tomorrow 's trip to Aston Villa after missing the second half of Saturday 's win with a damaged calf . |
| 16 | Miss Hepburn is said to be ‘ in good spirits ’ . |
| 17 | AUSTRALIAN David Richards is expected to be named the first full-time chief executive of the International Cricket Council in February . |
| 18 | The families of republican murderer Anna Moore and loyalist killer Bobby Corry are believed to be bitterly divided over their controversial decision to wed . |
| 19 | Midfielder Ronnie Whelan is expected to be out of action for another month following his latest injury setback , a thigh injury which required surgery . |
| 20 | One of the very special things Christine did for her was to write notes to leave for the tradesmen when Miss Miggs was going to be out when they called — like NO MILK TODAY , THANK YOU , or ONE SMALL LOAF , PLEASE . |
| 21 | ‘ Ali Muhammad al-Akrami , al-Ajili Muhammad ‘ Abdul Rahman al-Ashari , ‘ Ali Muhammad al-Qajji , Salih Omar al-Qasbi , Muhammad al-Saadiq al-Tarhouni and ‘ Abdul Qadir Muhammad al-Ya'qubi are believed to be in Abu Salim Prison in Tripoli , although AI received reports that ‘ Abdul Qadir Muhammad al-Ya'qubi had died at the end of 1988 . |
| 22 | OIL-company Amerada Hess is said to be about to announce job losses at its Aberdeen HQ within the next few weeks . |
| 23 | When Bobby Moore — still trim , still neat , the Mod That Time Forgot — stepped forward to unveil the portrait , Bobby Charlton was shown to be wearing a halo — a luminous skidmark , or slather in the paint , lighting the night sky above his head . |
| 24 | Jean Alesi is said to be trying to disentangle himself from his 1993 Ferrari contract in order to make himself available to Williams . |
| 25 | Recent introductions from America such as N. Charlene Strawn and N. Texas Dawn are proving to be promising and therefore becoming popular . |
| 26 | Furthermore , ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey is known to be in favour of the World Cup returning to England , where it was first staged in 1975 , 1979 and 1983 , on a rotational basis . |
| 27 | However , ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey is known to be in favour of the competition returning to England , where it was first staged in 1975 , 1979 and 1983 . |
| 28 | In a pre-election press conference on Dec. 24 , President Chadli Benjedid was understood to be referring to the FIS when he criticized those " who adopt violence as a method of political conduct " . |
| 29 | The firm has been at pains to correct this recently , however , and points to a ban of all flags in the workplace ( Union Jacks were seen to be intimidatory ) and its monitoring of the composition of the workforce . |
| 30 | After primary dispersal by a range of vertebrates in a dry-seasonal forest in Costa Rica , the fruits of F. hondurensis are known to be re-arranged by several ant species . |