Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [vb pp] [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Additionally , drugs widely used for the treatment of ulcerative colitis such as sulfasalazine and 5-ASA are known to be potent anti-reactive oxygen species agents . |
| 2 | Frequently , classes I , II and III(N) are taken to be middle class , and III(M) , IV and V to be working class . |
| 3 | The company 's two daily commuter coach services from Braintree and Chelmsford are expected to be busy , but managers will wait to see what demand there is before deciding whether to run additional vehicles . |
| 4 | The Kestrels breeding in Sussex are thought to be resident , but winter status needs further and more exact investigation ; some changes may have occurred since 1938 . |
| 5 | China and Taiwan are reported to be close to agreement on joint development of a centre for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste . |
| 6 | In this connection , central government and LEAs were urged to be sensitive to the wishes of some groups to have their daughters educated in single-sex schools . |
| 7 | Midland shares were the most actively traded on the stock market and fell 7 to 365p on announcement of the all-paper terms compared with the 400p which Lloyds is believed to be prepared to pay . |
| 8 | However , Laming is understood to be keen to start detailed monitoring . |
| 9 | Food chain Tescos is thought to be interested in taking over the imposing building . |
| 10 | The retirement of the Rev William Sleight was intended to be partial . |
| 11 | The TBC was intended to be self-financing , yet in 1960 it obtained only £5,002 from licences and £6,896 from advertising . |
| 12 | Mr and Mrs Key are said to be grief-stricken and still undergoing therapy after the loss of their baby sons . |
| 13 | Glasgow Celtic are reported to be keen on the Dublin-based player . |
| 14 | Parts of Lyppard Grange at Warndon in Worcester were known to be derelict , semi-ruinous and dangerous 2 years ago . |
| 15 | Once a month the restaurant have a speciality menu with a wide range of dishes to choose from — May is expected to be Greek . |
| 16 | IBM is said to be late off the mark and may not get the chance to inject itself officially . |
| 17 | Such a survival is very important , for while we may be largely ignorant of the details of land travel , the role of ships in transporting men and goods across the waters to England is known to be great . |
| 18 | Ardiles is believed to be top of Spurs chairman Alan Sugar 's wanted list to take over as manager and is expected to fly back from a holiday in Argentina to discuss a possible move later this week . |
| 19 | Following their release the surrender of Medellín cartel leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria was reported to be imminent . |
| 20 | Mr Bond was deemed to be insolvent at the time the bankruptcy judgment was entered against him and the bankruptcy notice was served — ‘ about three weeks ago ’ — but Mr Bond may have been insolvent before that time . |
| 21 | Blood was cross-matched and was in fact needed for a transfusion prior to surgery because Mr Reynolds was found to be anaemic . |
| 22 | However , it was signed with an ‘ X ’ , whereas Jeffrey was known to be literate . |
| 23 | Andrew Lloyd Webber was reputed to be furious when Radio I declined to playlist Michael Ball 's hit , ‘ Love Changes Everything ’ . |
| 24 | The evident SOC retreat from the more moderate stance of December was thought to be due to the influence of a hardline faction which feared that the peace plan would open the way to systematic Khmer Rouge infiltration under unwitting UN protection . |
| 25 | Ltd. ( 1988 C.A. ) a 20-month-old Fiat was held to be unmerchantable because , unknown to the buyer , it had eight months earlier been totally submerged in water for over 24 hours and had consequently been treated as a ‘ write off ’ by its insurer . |
| 26 | Northumbrian , Wessex , Southern and Yorkshire are thought to be vulnerable . |
| 27 | The final stages of negotiation over the sale of Cummins ' 185,000 sq ft engine factory on Yarm Road are believed to be imminent . |
| 28 | However , many Serbs were reported to be disappointed with the refusal to introduce a more democratic political system in Yugoslavia 's largest republic , since all but staunch followers of the republic 's President , Slobodan Milosevic , were removed from the electoral lists , and three candidates from the Serbian LC 's umbrella organization , the Socialist Alliance , who were known only for their support of Milosevic , were selected to contest the presidential post in addition to Milosevic himself . |
| 29 | Hu Yaobang , General Secretary of the Communist Party , and Premier Zhao Ziyang were known to be enthusiastic about pressing ahead with further restructuring of the economy and initiating change in other areas of Chinese society . |
| 30 | Although prices have not been announced , Land-Rover is said to be keen that the turbodiesel Discovery should undercut the £17,859 Mitsubishi Shogun five-door turbodiesel . |