Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The whole problem was compounded by the fact that the first successful desktop publishing system was based on the Macintosh ; a computer designed to be easy to use and , therefore , give the feeling of rapid achievement . |
| 2 | The only technologies considered to be difficult to implement were wave power , hot dry rocks and aquifers , although they have adequate supplies of hot dry rocks . |
| 3 | The mujaheddin delegation was led by Burhanuddin Rabbani , leader of the Islamic Society of Afghanistan , and represented all nine of the Iran-based Shia groups and four of the seven Pakistan-based Sunni groups reported to be willing to negotiate with the Kabul government . |
| 4 | LIFESPAN will automatically mail a user deemed to be responsible for the SPR from the following list ( in the order specified ) : — |
| 5 | The option of a ‘ Swedish solution ’ , by means of a merger with Volvo , was not seriously considered in view of the restructuring and job losses considered to be inevitable from the merger of two specialist car manufacturers . |
| 6 | Following this reduction to a less serious ' offence , sentencing policy seems to be that the offence of taking vehicles without consent is not in isolation deemed to be serious enough to attract a custodial sentence . |
| 7 | The early animal links were therefore retained either in the god 's shape , in the attributes assigned to him , or in his association with certain animals deemed to be sacred to him . |
| 8 | where N is the maximum number of channels seen to be open simultaneously during the recording ( lasting 20–30 s ) , n represents the state of the channels ( 0=closed , 1=one channel open , etc ) , and t n is the time spent in state n . |
| 9 | Each input data source is assumed to be characterized by an error model that represents reasonable estimates of the levels and nature of the data uncertainty thought to be present . |
| 10 | The Christian mind which he revered was then and ever after the mind of William Temple , whom Hoskyns thought to be able but superficial . |
| 11 | Several parts of Ayrshire had rock thought to be good for making curling stones but the rock which was , and still is , most popular is from the islet of Ailsa Craig . |
| 12 | In the lamina propria about 90% of the L1 + cells taken to be granulocytes were by specific marker eosinophil cationic protein shown to be eosinophilic granulocytes ( median number of EG2 + cells examined per specimen : 120 , range 9–225 ; n=7 ) . |
| 13 | Now you 'd expect somebody who 'd had their car stolen to be uptight . |
| 14 | This cuts down both the necessary search and the number of candidates found to be allowable . |
| 15 | Most recently these additions have included deputy heads known to be active in researching and developing study skills and packs of INSET resources concerned with information skills and project work . |
| 16 | Whereas his brother and sister , Manfredo and Margharita , had been brought up in Italy and educated to be Italians , he was a hybrid , with a mind trained to be English but emotions entirely Italian . |
| 17 | Depositors ceased to be able to withdraw their money . |
| 18 | It had been faced and dealt with in the early centuries of the church and later along the lines that the inspiration of the Bible did not mean that God simply dictated the words , or that the authors ceased to be human and fallible . |
| 19 | Is the contractor entitled to be relieved of responsibility on the basis that if the variation was going to be made in any event at that time , to have been further advanced in the contract programme would only have made it more expensive for the client ? |
| 20 | The Profitboss believes that the union problem can be overcome , that attitudes can he made positive , payment systems made equitable , management developed to be competent , personnel departments changed to be constructive . |
| 21 | Charlton immediately came under fire , his decision to withdraw Brady from the fray seen to be cavalier and grossly insensitive . |
| 22 | On the ground , international observers will draw attention to any restoration work thought to be unsuitable or harmful . |
| 23 | She said she thought the parents needed to be clear about what limits they felt they had to place on Pamela 's behaviour . |
| 24 | Cerebral areas thought to be devoted to motor aspects of speech planning and execution ( for example supplementary motor area ( SMA ) , cerebellum and possibly primary sensorimotor areas of mouth and larynx ( BA 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 ) and BA 6 ) were activated by our experimental tasks even though there was no overt speech . |
| 25 | And no doubt a sensible formula would have been devised in order to tell the jury that which was in the circumstances agreed to be appropriate . |
| 26 | Other countries known to be interested in bioconversion to ethanol include Australia ( cassava ) and New Zealand ( beet ) . |
| 27 | During counterinsurgency operations government forces sometimes used rape and sexual abuse to try and extract information from women suspected of involvement with the armed opposition , or even to punish women merely for living in areas known to be sympathetic to insurgents . |
| 28 | The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) announced on Feb. 3 that Libya had agreed to allow it to inspect any sites rumoured to be involved in the development of nuclear weapons . |
| 29 | And she says that attempts to free children of anxiety proved to be emissary . |
| 30 | The chemical structures of isoniazid and Marsilid were , somewhat distantly , related to that of several of the amines known to be present in living tissues . |