Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [vb pp] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , Vogtlander argued , CO 2 emissions are a ‘ global problem ’ and they should be tackled globally to be effective . |
| 2 | The report recommends £7.6 million worth of the programme should be started immediately to be completed by December of this year . |
| 3 | Sir Brynmor Jones said jocularly : " The teacher who can be replaced by a teaching machine or any audio-visual aid deserves to be ( 1968 : 281 ) and this might be thought also to be true of replacement by ancillaries . |
| 4 | To an observer Wexford might be thought only to be sitting , like many other inhabitants of Kingsmarkham , waiting for the storm to break . |
| 5 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 6 | They may be designed primarily to be cut for hay or silage , for grazing , or for a combination of cutting and grazing . |
| 7 | ‘ These arguments ( against fast foods ) use lack of balance to dramatize a point that would be seen instantly to be ludicrous if presented reasonably . |
| 8 | If the hon. Gentleman reads the speech by the Secretary of State 's predecessor , he will find that he promised that five places would be set aside to be decided by the local authorities . |
| 9 | Three species of owl produce slightly higher levels of breakage of the teeth of their prey , mainly of isolated teeth rather than those preserved in the jaws , and these will be seen below to be the same species that produce the greatest degrees of digestion , namely the European eagle owl , tawny owl and little owl . |
| 10 | Sometimes the tail-end of a sequence exhibiting sequential affinity , can be seen also to be part of a localised example of integral affinity . |
| 11 | Flexible plastic cisterns are circular and are particularly useful — they can be squashed enough to be squeezed through the loft hatch . |