Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Again , the suggestion has been made that in cases where a woman 's SB is withdrawn because she is found/thought to be cohabiting , a ‘ tiding over ’ allowance should be made to ease the adjustment . |
| 2 | But ‘ at some point in the future ’ , she wants to become again what she is trained to be — a general paediatrician , work that would inevitably involve dealing with child abuse . |
| 3 | The crying sessions faded away and the basically happy and positive person she is began to be evident . |
| 4 | Interaction between judges is probably more significant in the United States with the stable membership on the Supreme Court , but even in Britain the phenomenon of ‘ opinion deference ’ , whereby one or more judges defers to the opinion of another because he or she is acknowledged to be an expert or to have seniority , is not unknown . |
| 5 | She 'd hate to be thought of as a seer , but maybe she is destined to be a figure like Morrissey or Ian Curtis , someone whose vision of adolescence comes to represent all our experience . |
| 6 | She is determined to be a good mother to me as well as Papa 's wife . |
| 7 | Glennis 's voice falters , but she is determined to be positive . |
| 8 | She is engaged to be married in July . |
| 9 | ‘ Little has been heard of her since Dead Rat , but she is believed to be in the South-Western United States . |
| 10 | A doctor was called and the following day she was taken to Broadgreen , where she is believed to be having treatment for exhaustion . |
| 11 | Needless to say , he fails , and she is condemned to be executed . |
| 12 | She is said to be bricked up in her room , spinning her hand loom for all eternity . |
| 13 | Before the marriage she is discovered to be pregnant . |
| 14 | But elsewhere she is seen to be ‘ black ’ in more than one sense . |
| 15 | Can you tell me what is the maximum level of capital she is allowed to be eligible for this benefit ? |
| 16 | She is designed to be handled by a minimum crew and her huge Mediterranean-style cockpit is both comfortable and secure . |
| 17 | And although Mrs Thatcher has none of these defects , she is known to be not averse to the occasional run on sterling . |
| 18 | She is the only female character allowed into the fortress den and as the story develops she is shown to be both sensitive and sensible . |
| 19 | In these traditional roles she is shown to be effective . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister objects to a guillotine date for the treaty revision conference even more than to setting of an opening date for the inter-governmental conference where she is resigned to be outvoted . |
| 21 | She is expected to be seen only briefly as she steps from her wedding car — a four wheel drive Range Rover — into the church . |
| 22 | Seemingly unrestrained by their director , his principals , Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons , indulge in a perfect orgy of , in actor-speak , ‘ playing the result ’ : their first meeting , before they are even introduced , is a wild farrago of fish-like glances , tortured swallowing and interminable silences , and Malle follows suit , equipping his female lead with a get-up — black leather , gloves , fags , sunglasses , four-inch heels and an Eton crop to make a Brazilian transvestite blink , never mind a research assistant at Sotheby 's , which is what she is meant to be . |
| 23 | The Other Woman has a category to herself in Silhouette 's construction of the necessary elements of the romance novel , an indication of the extent to which she is considered to be an essential ingredient : ‘ The Other Woman Usually means over sophisticated , well groomed . |
| 24 | Still , I guess we 've encroached enough on your weekend , and a girl like you is bound to be in demand , ’ he twinkled . |
| 25 | This is the Monin-Obukhov length ; like the Richardson number it is defined to be positive when the stratification is stabilizing and negative when it is destabilizing . |
| 26 | It is intended to be a contribution to the history of style rather than of individual artists . |
| 27 | I can only tell you that it is intended to be read by a very limited circle of people in the medical profession . |
| 28 | As has been indicated , such machinery is established , but it is intended to be used only as a last resort . |
| 29 | It is easy to see that it is intended to be consistent . |
| 30 | It is intended to be used as supplementary material alongside any main course , in class and for homework . |