Example sentences of "which [pers pn] [verb] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am embarking on a number of projects which I hope to be of interest to fellow treasure hunters . |
| 2 | ( c ) Another point which I take to be in favour of the theory is that it begins to make some theoretical sense of the intuitive feeling that what was wrong in the Gettier cases was that there was too much luck around . |
| 3 | Quite apart from all the other interesting articles there are the field test reports which I feel to be of particular interest . |
| 4 | As someone who has championed the cause of renewable energy since the mid-1970s , I give a warm personal welcome to my hon. Friend 's statement , which I believe to be in exactly the right direction . |
| 5 | One which I found to be of great value in my business life , until the advent of decimalisation , was learnt in Standard Four , in the usual sing-song fashion . |
| 6 | It is therefore a subject on which I expect to be in continuing dialogue . |
| 7 | I would remind you that I am the captain of this ship and that at sea not even an admiral can take over from me or give orders which I consider to be to the detriment of this vessel . ’ |
| 8 | For a start , it does n't cover the aspect of emptiness which I consider to be of most relevance to anorexia nervosa , that is , its peculiar meaning for females rather than males . |
| 9 | A distinction which I consider to be without a difference . |
| 10 | It was n't the type of climb on which you wanted to be with a total beginner — Robin . |
| 11 | The disqualification stage in this bears some resemblance to denunciation , which we found to be of limited value as a justification of punishment . |
| 12 | Most academics involved in the study and teaching of local government lined themselves up behind the councils which they perceived to be under threat , in a centrally inspired attack on local democracy and local autonomy . |
| 13 | She may shock , or upset ; but to women she represents a power with which they want to be in touch , as their birthright , one that operates naturally in the medium of night , when all the duties of day are left behind . |
| 14 | Nurses are now encouraged to exercise their professional judgement in safe-guarding the interests of individual patients and clients , and for some this means exposing poor management and refusing to carry out instructions which they believe to be against the interests of their patients/clients . |
| 15 | ‘ The Family in happier times , ’ Cowley observed , picking up a wedding photograph which he knew to be of the Hatches ' daughter and Jack Stone . |
| 16 | Szeliga has a promotional budget of £1 million this year to carve a slice of the UK market for loudspeakers , which he estimates to be worth £50 million , and an R&D budget of up to £20 million over five years to develop amplifiers , compactdisc players and cassette decks , a sector estimated to be worth £1 billion a year in Britain . |
| 17 | The cobbler slices through the plastic at points which he judges to be under tension . |
| 18 | Daniel ( ’ Robinson Crusoe ’ ) Defoe , after reaching Saltash , which he found to be in a state of decay , and travelling to Liskeard , which was more to his taste , wrote , ‘ In the neighbourhood of these towns are many pleasant seats of the Cornish gentry … they are the most sociable , generous and to one another the kindest neighbours that are to be found ’ . |
| 19 | It is assumed that , whereas the businessman maximizes profit to maximize his personal utility , the bureaucrat maximizes his budget and thereby his salary , perquisites of office , public reputation , power , patronage , ease of managing the bureau and ease of making changes to public policy which he believes to be in the public interest . |
| 20 | It is in their own interest to do so : each wants to pursue its own policies , which it believed to be in the best interests of the country , without having those policies tempered or abandoned because of the need to enter into alliance with another party . |
| 21 | He set the village up as a separate body even then under a charitable trust , which it continues to be to this day . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ It was a battling performance , which it had to be on the day . |