Example sentences of "[det] [noun] be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crew of that canoe were believed to be among the first human beings to set foot on the Islands . |
| 2 | Each segment is designed to be small enough to be covered by the salesperson during one day 's work . |
| 3 | People could borrow from the social fund , he said , and get money that was interest-free , but money was taken from their income support immediately , even though that support was meant to be the lowest level of income on which one could cope . |
| 4 | It was not that ruffianism was thought to be funny , but the radical and socialist press wished to place a different emphasis on the criminal question which took full account of the social and material circumstances of working-class life . |
| 5 | the district judge held that each defendant was bound to be found negligent . |
| 6 | The conditions of mass unemployment certainly helped to support the feeling of leniency , in that crime was thought to be an inevitable consequence of poverty , so that there was an active sympathy for the young unemployed whose miserable condition was further highlighted in a perceived increase of suicides among the young . |
| 7 | The intrapatient standard deviation for this parameter was assumed to be 0.6 mmol/l . |
| 8 | Of particular importance from the Soviet point of view , states of this kind were held to be ‘ objectively anti-imperialist ’ in that they generally opposed the substantial control over their domestic affairs that had traditionally been exercised by the major capitalist powers . |
| 9 | But this guitar is meant to be a tribute and if you are going to do the job properly , then details like this should n't be overlooked , whether the Floyd is better or not than the original . |
| 10 | This index is claimed to be a world list of books in the English language . |
| 11 | This story is written to be read out loud , and in many contemporary cultures , reading out loud is something done mostly for children . |
| 12 | As is very much the fashion these days , the contract could be protested by the losers who in this case are believed to be Control Data Systems and its subcontractors . |
| 13 | Of these 30 dismissals those which came before the Industrial Tribunal in this case were found to be unfair . |
| 14 | The effect of this installation is intended to be vertiginous . |
| 15 | For best results , some products are recommended to be used after dusting your skin with talc first . |
| 16 | Bit 7 of the most significant byte is the sign bit and , for the purposes of calculating the magnitude of the number , this bit is assumed to be set to one . |
| 17 | In normal driving , performance at this level is assumed to be the result of automatic processing . |
| 18 | Some rules were meant to be broken . |
| 19 | However , by February 1991 , this deficit was shown to be rising rather than falling and the government introduced austerity measures [ see p. 38113 ] . |
| 20 | This course is deemed to be one of the best of its type |
| 21 | Although in theory sorcery could result in the target 's immediate death , this variety was believed to be difficult and dangerous to carry out . |
| 22 | The conclusions to this study are expected to be of use to policy-makers in deciding where help in promoting a better trained workforce is most needed . |
| 23 | Sadly , this ceremony was destined to be the last visit to School by Sir Geoffry Christie-Miller , who died suddenly a fortnight later whilst on a cruise to the West Indies . |
| 24 | This effect is estimated to be only 17% in Model 3 . |
| 25 | Only letter strings which appeared in this dictionary were considered to be correct . |
| 26 | Putting and making the inverse transformation via equation ( 11.32 ) or Again there is an absence of oscillation and the circuit in this condition is said to be overdamped ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) again ) . |
| 27 | Soviet Kurds numbered 152,952 according to the 1989 census , although this figure was believed to be substantially underestimated . |
| 28 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 29 | This practice is recommended to be followed in the county court . |
| 30 | This practice was held to be lawful in an earlier case , in which Lord Justice Woolf referred to ; |