Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] to [be] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Covering countryside such as the Chilterns and the South Downs , they are intended to be areas of special planning control with strong accent on the visual and environmental effects of any development . |
| 2 | The basic distinction at common law is between statements which are intended to be terms of the contract of supply , ie promissory in nature , and statements which are representational in nature . |
| 3 | The committees and working groups are certainly participative , and are intended to be arenas for wide input from a variety of sources . |
| 4 | A secretly-filmed video details what are claimed to be breaches of regulations meant to protect animals . |
| 5 | Outside the US , the UK now has the highest number of cellular subscribers anywhere in the world , and by the year 2000 as many as 20% of the UK population are expected to be users . |
| 6 | In primary schools , class teachers are expected to be polymaths and to devote 10 per cent of their time ( if they obey the official guidelines ) to teaching a detailed programme of religious and moral education . |
| 7 | Quality standards differ as to whether or not barristers are deemed to be experts for this purpose . |
| 8 | Transit by sea or air must however be excluded as these are deemed to be risks insurable by Marine Dept . |
| 9 | Secondly , all the groups who are considered to be priorities by both the Government and the Opposition — low-income pensioners , low-income families and disabled people — have benefited significantly from what the Government have done in recent years . |
| 10 | Draft MPG6 makes it clear that coastal super quarries are considered to be sites which produce at least 5 million tonnes per annum with reserves of at least 150 mt . |
| 11 | Draft MPG6 makes it clear that coastal super quarries are considered to be sites which produce at least 5 million tonnes per annum with reserves of at least 150 mt . |
| 12 | The work and the skills for building community are considered to be skills of wizardry ( maripa ) , and each individual acquires such skills , as appropriate to gender , through ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ ( maripa teau ) . |
| 13 | These high-yield debt securities are considered to be instruments of the devil . |
| 14 | Thus both H pylori infection and acid induced gastric metaplasia are considered to be prerequisites for the development of duodenitis with polymorphonuclear activity and duodenal ulcer . |
| 15 | In ‘ Pride and Prejudice ’ Jane Austen describes a society in which women are considered to be chattels — independent-minded chattels , certainly , but nevertheless objects to be handed from man to man until they are suitably married . |
| 16 | The stringings of some of the instruments that the authors include in the category of ‘ fairly full evidence ’ seem fragmentary and ambiguous because the majority of strings that are there to be measured are considered to be replacements of non-original diameters . |
| 17 | Villages with vineyards rated between go and 99% inclusive are considered to be premiers crus while those classed at 100% are grands crus . |
| 18 | The sounds /j/ , /w/ and dark /l/ are considered to be semi-consonants . |
| 19 | In Sarawak , figs are considered to be homes of spirits and the Iban people will not fell them , even when clearing forest for rice culture ; they are also preserved in Africa for similar reasons . |
| 20 | Whilst both the block and the hole are seen to be elements of the " component " , they must maintain a specified relationship in order that the functionality of the component is maintained , ie the domain of the hole lies within the domain of block according to the previously declared rules . |
| 21 | In Germany ( where population is not the problem ) there are seen to be regulations and restrictions that have the effect of closing the secondary school market to UK product . |
| 22 | Maybe our weakness is our strength , thought Cameron — we are seen to be democrats , nothing like the Prince 's bands of warriors . |
| 23 | Are seen to be exemplars , as a source of ideas and inspiration . |
| 24 | In Southend , where 3,000 of the 50,000 adult males are reckoned to be Masons , it went into the case of what you might call Preferential Allocation of Council Property , and the battle of one councillor , Christopher Hudson , to break the grip of the men on the Square : ‘ We ca n't have a secret society operating within the framework of a democracy , ’ he said . |
| 25 | Andy Goram , Richard Gough , David Robertson , Ian Ferguson and Pieter Huistra are destined to be spectators among a capacity crowd of 42,000 at Ibrox . |
| 26 | Non-flying mammals have for some time been suspected to be pollinators in a number of vegetation types outside the tropics and , in recent years , this has been proved to be so in both South Africa and Australia . |
| 27 | Human beings are said to be slaves of habit . |
| 28 | Maps have been drawn to illustrate just what organ is linked to which part of the sole but the soles are not the only areas used : there are said to be reflexes on the tops of the feet and a short way up the backs of the legs . |
| 29 | There has been a series of decisions over the past 50 years which , although they are said to be cases of estoppel are not really such . |
| 30 | ‘ What 's so marvellous , is that these kids who are doing bum jobs , and are said to be idiots , can get themselves organized like this , and set up a fabulous military strategy that goes into battle . ’ |