Example sentences of "it be [vb pp] to be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , it 's bound to be some body , but , I mean , what we movement , could erm , |
| 2 | It 's meant to be that way . |
| 3 | It 's expected to be some weeks before all the shops damaged in the arson attack can be re-opened . |
| 4 | It 's thought to be that of a man last seen in May after a fight in a pub . |
| 5 | A self-regulating organisation becomes a recognised organisation when it is declared to be such by the Secretary of State : section 9(1) . |
| 6 | Withdrawal now tends to be discouraged , partly because it is thought to be another form of segregation within the ordinary school , and therefore in danger of isolating and stigmatising children , and partly because it deprives children of access to lessons and activities available to other children . |
| 7 | In first time and a better fish , we even joked it was bound to be another twenty ! |
| 8 | It was meant to be some kind of joke . |
| 9 | When the body of one specimen was first brought from Australia to Britain in 1798 , it was considered to be some kind of taxidermist 's hoax — a mixture of bird and mammal — which , to some extent , it is . |