Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The existence of the debt can only be said to be a ‘ burden ’ if the government is constrained in its use of lump-sum taxes . |
| 2 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
| 3 | In terms of the alternative function Z , the original solution may be described by a real function Z and the new solution satisfying ( 11.8 ) is then given by ( 12.46 ) This can thus be seen to be a transformation of the type ( 12.2 ) followed by an Ehlers transformation in a slightly more general form than ( 12.13 ) . |
| 4 | Conscience gave her an uncomfortable nip , for it could n't exactly be said to be the height of honour for her to accept his invitation to dine in his home in the guise of a journalist when she was n't one , but Fabia went and studied her wardrobe . |
| 5 | When , however , its satisfactions depend upon the infliction of pain or damage upon an unwilling partner , the situation is again that of using a person as a mere object : the sadist ( or , sometimes , the masochist ) may genuinely be said to be a social and personal menace . |
| 6 | The value when repaired for these purposes should always be taken to be the insured value . |
| 7 | Quite obviously the playwright has largely pre-empted negotiation of this kind ; also , a theatrical performance can hardly be said to be a social interaction in a normal sense as the actor 's concern is to describe to someone outside the interaction on stage — to the spectator . |
| 8 | The Prince of Wales could hardly be said to be a good luck symbol at the moment . |
| 9 | Even student teachers , who might reasonably be expected to be the least jaundiced and most optimistic informants , are n't happy . |
| 10 | It could also be said to be an example of the developed use of experienced laymen to assist in the determination of disputes . |
| 11 | If the scheme is comprehensive , it may also be said to be an unwieldy instrument for judges and juries to use . |
| 12 | In specific terms , we can take this to mean : that war remains a political act ; that war must also be understood to be a revolutionising act ; and , finally , that it thereby acquires the potential to become ‘ absolute war ’ — whose corollary is total victory and absolute peace . |
| 13 | As an inside exploration of culture this might also be considered to be a ‘ liminal ’ or ‘ liminoid ’ phenomenon ( V. Turner 1974 , 1977 ) , for as it delves beneath the surface phenomena , the subjective analysis can reveal unconscious categories and transformational operations which lie between the dual poles and such exclusively preferred categories as ‘ cops and robbers ’ . |
| 14 | In this way , this family of solutions may also be considered to be a generalization of the Szekeres solutions with . |
| 15 | Phil joined the Palace in February 1984 for a modest £10,000 fee from Aylesbury Town , but he soon established himself as a valuable member of our League side , playing either on the left of midfield or up front as a striker , and he must probably be reckoned to be the best signing made for our club by manager Alan Mullery . |
| 16 | The question which arises is whether the family proceedings court can make an order for no contact ; that is whether it could properly be said to be an order which was ‘ appropriate ’ with respect to the contact between the child and the parent . |
| 17 | Can this properly be said to be the case with a play such as Doctor Faustus ? |
| 18 | Since the unit almost certainly operated some Piper Cubs , it could loosely be said to be an airfield memorial ! |
| 19 | We have already mentioned background music , although this should really be expanded to be the public address system , as almost always the background music is fed by the same amplification and uses the same speakers as the guest paging system . |
| 20 | The production of compound documents requires a different approach , no single program can really be expected to be a word processor , graphics package , illustrator and page makeup in one . |
| 21 | If you can forgive Milton for what might now be considered to be a sexist remark , there is a 17th century solidity about his philosophy of learning . |
| 22 | It appears to be the most durable consequence of , and could well be considered to be a ‘ surviving paradigma ’ of , Paracelsus . |
| 23 | This may well be considered to be an important factor , but , like other arguments for restricting popular influence or control over political systems and assemblies , it is not a democratic argument . |
| 24 | This solution can immediately be seen to be a generalization of the Khan-Penrose solution ( 10.18 ) by the addition of the solution ( 10.20 ) . |
| 25 | This can immediately be seen to be the obvious solution which , on its own , gives rise to the Kasner metrics as will be shown in the next section . |
| 26 | For that God has been conceived as male , and that biblical teaching which arose out of a patriarchal society has been held to be the revelation of God , must surely be seen to be the underlying facts of western culture which have led to discrimination against women . |
| 27 | To the extent that Catholic Secondary School pupils have received the Sacraments of Initiation and are living in a community of faith , catechesis can validly be said to be a function of the Catholic School . |
| 28 | Research might then be seen to be a mere luxury add-on , not an essential part of ‘ what it is to be an institution of higher education . |
| 29 | Erm and we could offer this to the whole er er t to anyone who came to us and therefore be seen to be a church which was very accepting and outward going and missionary minded because all too often we hear ministers talking about erm using bapti baptism as an evangelical tool er c talk which I greatly resent and resist . |
| 30 | A mistake as to consent should therefore be required to be a reasonable one , although in assessing reasonableness , any physical or mental disabilities of the defendant should be taken into account . |