Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [prep] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Hackney Young Socialists there was formal recognition that women should be allowed to be the chair , or vice-chair , but in Clive 's world women were the secretaries , unless they were very sophisticated cool people . ’ |
| 2 | Where committed facilities are in existence at the balance sheet date which permit the refinancing of debt for a period beyond its maturity , the earliest date at which the lender has the right to demand repayment should be taken to be the maturity date of the longest refinancing permitted by a facility in respect of which all the following conditions are met : |
| 3 | On conversion , in accordance with paragraph 23 of the [ draft ] FRS , the proceeds of the shares issued should be deemed to be the carrying amount of the debt , including accrued premium , immediately prior to conversion . |
| 4 | If the super-organism created by a colony of termites can be compared to an antelope , then the disciplined aggressive columns of the army ants must be reckoned to be the insect equivalent of a beast of prey . |
| 5 | In the ultimate resort also , the association of a constituency must be held to be the proper exponent of its wishes . " |
| 6 | I was surprised to note a major historical inaccuracy in your excellent article ‘ The Democrats ' dilemma ’ ( April 20th ) , when you state ‘ Mr Bush might be flattered to be the first unopposed president . ’ |
| 7 | You frivolously suggest that Mr Bush might be flattered to be the first unopposed president . |
| 8 | Again the family member will argue that this is perfectly reasonable behaviour for any family : total commitment regardless of cost to self might be considered to be the moral basis of family life . |
| 9 | An administrative receiver might be considered to be the agent of those who appointed him but this is not the case ; section 44 of the 1986 Act makes him the agent of the company . |
| 10 | This might be thought to be the ulsterior motive surfacing ; but if so , it has to be balanced by Lewis 's unconquerable distaste for hymns ( not a markedly Protestant trait ) . |
| 11 | Beyond the brief : All three are prepared , indeed eager , to go beyond what might be thought to be the narrow design brief and comment on the nature and selection of the material they are asked to make attractive and intelligible on the page . |
| 12 | The Divisional Court , and the majority of their lordships in the House of Lords , were struck with what might be thought to be the obvious purpose of the Act , which was clearly passed with a view to assisting the police in the detection and prevention of crime . |
| 13 | In practice , moreover , treatments for such patients tend to be chosen empirically and worked through on a trial and error basis , whatever might be thought to be the underlying pathophysiology . |
| 14 | There was a heap of rough geological specimens , including two almost spherical stones , a little like cannon balls , one black and one a sulphurous yellow , some ammonites and trilobites , a large crystal ball , a green glass inkwell , the articulated skeleton of a cat , a heap of books , two of which could be seen to be the Divina Commedia and Faust , and an hourglass in a wooden frame . |
| 15 | But for its lack of references , which surely are essential for the chapters on spectroscopy , the book that could be said to be the best is Ralph and Joan Fessenden 's Organic Chemistry ( Willard Grant , 2nd ed ) . |
| 16 | Merleau-Ponty , on the other hand , arguing that only one Marxism , Stalinism , could be said to be the product of actual history , rejected any possibility of trying to define a new , more genuine Marxism as the return-to-Marxists tried to do . |
| 17 | At West Stow , the six-post array could be claimed to be the earlier form . |
| 18 | If this could be shown to be the case they would have been entitled to a share purchase order from the Court . |
| 19 | Once one had accepted the initial premise of statements about witchcraft , the processes of thought could be shown to be the same as those entailed in scientific thought . |
| 20 | This may be said to be the effect of his thought that probably there are no decent seats left . |
| 21 | Belief … may be said to be the state of mind of a person who says to himself : " I can not say I know for certain that these goods are stolen , but there can be no other reasonable conclusion in the light of circumstances … |
| 22 | An extension through this surface may be taken to be the familiar two parts of the exterior Schwarzschild space-time . |
| 23 | The starting point for investigation may be taken to be the eighteenth-century revolutionary movements which gave impetus to beliefs that social progress was possible and that social organization could be reconstructed in accordance with rational principles . |
| 24 | The most obvious reason why there is a greater concern with visual images than with the printed word may be thought to be the emergence of the new media — film , television and even the computer . |
| 25 | This may be thought to be the legal way to control force . |
| 26 | Muscular tension is often a factor , and may be considered to be the prostatic version of a tension headache . |
| 27 | A great many professionals are actively moving into microcomputer use as specialised software is written for what may be considered to be the more esoteric applications . |
| 28 | This may be considered to be the more appropriate standard in contracts between patients and doctors where artificial products , such as manufactured heart valves , are used for implantation . |
| 29 | The fabric of our society would be seen to be the ridiculous thing it is . |
| 30 | If there were no genetic susceptibility then the incidence of schizophrenia in the second twin would be expected to be the same as in the general population . |