Example sentences of "are now [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1	In the light of this passage we can interpret one of Wordsworth 's gnomic sayings — ‘ The Child is Father of the Man ’ — and can understand what the attractive childhood episodes are doing in Books i and ii ; they are now seen to be similar ‘ spots of time … enshrined … for future restoration ’ .
2	However , its founders , Larry and Doug Michels , are now said to be reluctant because the future is uncertain — it 's a heck of a time to have to start posting quarterly reports .
3	For harmony 's sake , Mr Aichi 's sins are now deemed to be minor .
4	However , for colliding plane waves , the boundary conditions are of a totally different character , and many of the solutions of Ernst 's equation that are appropriate for axisymmetric fields , such as the Tomimatsu-Sato solutions , are now found to be inconsistent with the boundary conditions for colliding plane waves .
5	Several species of Australian amphibian , amongst them some of the most beautiful and interesting in the world , have died out and are now thought to be extinct .
6	Scientists have called for an urgent review of recently set government safety limits which are now thought to be inadequate .
7	As a consequence , tax rises are now thought to be inevitable by Whitehall sources .
8	Both this cluster of disease and another cluster in Slovakia are now known to be genetic in origin and associated with a missense mutation at codon 200 of the prion protein gene causing substitution of lysine in place of glutamate at residue 200 of the prion protein ( inherited prion disease ( PrP lysine 200 ) ) .
9	The diets of older people will often consist of foods favoured in their younger days , but which are now known to be deleterious to health .
10	Company profits are now expected to be level this year compared with a near 2 per cent fall last November , but next year 's improvement has been cut from 4.4 per cent to 2.9 per cent .

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