Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] be [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the four factors , a confiding tie with a husband or lover was seen to be the most important , in that this could protect against depression whether or not any one of the other three vulnerability factors was present . |
| 2 | Why should the primary sufferer want to seek recovery if the quality of life without alcohol or drugs or other addictive substance or process is going to be no better than that of the family member ? |
| 3 | Given that membership of the school was universally perceived as a privilege , social and disciplinary problems were minimal and few special arrangements for pastoral care or counselling were thought to be necessary . |
| 4 | It is not a geographical accident of birth that determines whether an individual or group is going to be rich or poor , but a question of class location . |
| 5 | In Malaysia , a single tiger whisker ground up in the animal 's flesh or bone is thought to be powerful enough to kill an enemy . |
| 6 | Any symptom or illness is intended to be a source of growth . |
| 7 | ( In the year 2000 the number of homes with either cable or satellite is expected to be just over 10 million . ) |
| 8 | The benefits of synergy or cross-fertilisation were claimed to be one of the main reasons for the link-up . |
| 9 | A renewal card or invoice was suggested to be sent each September to cover PAF , Insurance ( if required ) , QT fees and Membership . |
| 10 | Its current scarcity and decreased egg laying in Wales and Galloway is thought to be the result of lack of appropriate food . |
| 11 | If their commitment and reliability are seen to be less than that of a paid worker then the stereotype will be reinforced and the many totally committed and reliable volunteers will be misjudged . |
| 12 | In addition , social disruption and discontent are said to be fostered by temporary visitors , and ghost communities may be created out-of-season . |
| 13 | Traditional music and hymnody are seen to be for an older audience . |
| 14 | Inspection and monitoring are expected to be done by mobile robots capable of pattern recognition . |
| 15 | Bangers and mash is said to be the thing many newly converted vegetarians miss , but now they need pine no longer . |
| 16 | It is well known that responses to a stimulus presented off-centre will be faster when made by the limb on the same side of the body as the stimulus appears , that is , when stimulus and response are said to be compatible ( Fitts and Seeger , 1953 ) . |
| 17 | Community satisfaction and attachment was found to be relatively low , hovering around 50 per cent . |
| 18 | That is , descriptions of perception and action are assumed to be unproblematic which in fact are deeply puzzling . |
| 19 | By the First World War , musical production and dissemination are coming to be concentrated in a new alliance consisting of a centralized publishing system ( in New York 's Tin Pan Alley and London 's Denmark Street ) , the quickly developing gramophone companies ( by 1910 dominated , world-wide , by Victor of the USA and the Gramophone Co. of Britain ) and , a little later , the new medium of radio ; by the late 1920s , we can add the movie industry as well . |
| 20 | Pockets of Iraqi troops continued to resist until Feb. 2 , and fighting was reported to be continuing between allied forces and retreating Iraqi units elsewhere in the border region . |
| 21 | However , this attempt to end the NPFL offensive failed and fighting was reported to be continuing as the month ended , with the ECOMOG headquarters in the capital a particular target of the rebels . |
| 22 | It is widely believed that the United Kingdom has a rising crime wave , and crime is thought to be more widespread in the United Kingdom than in other western countries . |
| 23 | Even when a building is relatively plain inside , as time passes all historic finishes and fabric are seen to be of greater significance ; so it is desirable to preserve as much of the original interior as possible . |
| 24 | Some of the men who took part in this , like Sir Walter Raleigh and his brother-in-law Sir Humphrey Gilbert , were also attracted by the idea of getting lands on the other side of the Atlantic , and the success of the Spaniards encouraged them in the widespread belief that an immense amount of gold and silver was waiting to be discovered all over the Americas . |
| 25 | Once the problem of ‘ boy labour ’ found its way into middle-class consciousness , recreation and religion were deemed to be insufficient for coping with this new and alarming aspect of the youth question . |
| 26 | Changes in output which can not be accounted for by changes in the input of capital and labour are assumed to be accounted for by autonomous shocks in technology . |
| 27 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 28 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 29 | The dilemma is simple : if the Sistine Chapel 's wall and ceiling were intended to be preserved as form , they should not have been painted with frescoes , it means that someone wanted to remove forever their original architectural character and create something else , which is acceptable ’ . |
| 30 | The synthesis of modifications in the anticodon stem and loop were shown to be the most sensitive ones . |