Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [be] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 7 ) Once a bona fide offer has been made or is believed to be imminent , the board of the target company must not take any action which would frustrate that offer or deny shareholders an opportunity to decide on its merits , unless the action is approved by the shareholders in general meeting . |
| 2 | If any member of the council or any nominee of his is a member of a company or other body with which the contract is made or is proposed to be made , or is a partner , or is in the employment of a person with whom the contract is made , he has an indirect pecuniary interest which he should disclose . |
| 3 | Justice was neither being done nor being seen to be done . |
| 4 | This has been generally well received and is thought to be helpful and informative on matters of chambers administration . |
| 5 | Prospective payment systems have the advantage that health care suppliers are paid for the number of cases treated and are encouraged to be aware of the costs per case . |
| 6 | When the Validation program has been run and the output in VALIFY.TXT and/or VALIDATE.MOD or VALIFY.CRC has been checked and is found to be satisfactory , the LIFESPAN system may be restarted . |
| 7 | All the facts given were checked and were found to be completely accurate . |
| 8 | The kinetics of the interaction are less well understood and are known to be a complex process . |
| 9 | I mean , I know he 's the star and all that , but I 'm damned if-I 'm going to be upstaged , even by him … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Train services between Darlington and Hartlepool have been drastically reduced and are expected to be withdrawn completely later this year . |
| 11 | The report 's contents are presently tightly protected and are expected to be used as a model by nursing organisations in other states . |
| 12 | There was really very little to talk about , since they 'd seen each other at breakfast , so conversation became desultory once Irene had told Juliet about the other patients — the hysterectomies , the ovarian cyst as big as a football , and the girl who had come to be sterilised and was found to be pregnant . |
| 13 | Testing of pupils has been introduced and is continuing to be improved in the light of experiences of its first year of work in spite of the criticisms , which are of method rather than of reason . |
| 14 | But now their contacts at her refugee camp say Azra and her mother have disappeared and are thought to be heading for Germany . |
| 15 | The reason for this is not known but is thought to be due to infection by the virus itself . |
| 16 | The player price had increased and was expected to be about £350 at launch . |
| 17 | The 64-year-old male patient , who was suffering from arthritis , has asked not to be identified but was said to be in stable condition last night . |
| 18 | TWO COMPLETELY new organisms have been discovered that are thought to be important contributors to the ever-increasing problem of sexually-transmitted disease — in particular so-called ‘ non-specific genital infections ’ . |
| 19 | By means of inserted trace statements the values delivered by halfMeas , i.e. a measure of half of the view area , have been obtained and are found to be consistent . |
| 20 | Comprehensive agreements on reductions in strategic nuclear arms ( START ) and conventional forces in Europe ( CFE ) , which at the time of the Malta summit had been thought imminent , were not achieved but were expected to be concluded by the end of 1990 . |
| 21 | A frequent blemish upon an otherwise good answer is that the relevant rule of law is not expressly stated but is left to be implied from the candidate 's conclusion . |
| 22 | A referendum to dissolve parliament was held and was said to be accepted by 99.9 per cent of the people . |
| 23 | The Bishop of London stayed abroad for a while , and then discreetly returned and was found to be in office again , and so effectively that no one troubled to make an issue of it . |