Example sentences of "[det] be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's it 's on the basis that any employer has a duty of care to employees and what I mean by that is that er an employer has a responsibility to not work employers er er employees under conditions that that are known to be unsafe . |
| 2 | They are communities in the sense that one has a sense of ‘ belonging ’ in them , and in the sense that Shetlanders belonging to each are said to be distinguishable by special characteristics in dialect or , less often ( and more humorously ) , by difference in mentality and general attitudes . |
| 3 | Sometimes they demonstrably were not ; for example , portraits of the Emperor Augustus struck at the end of his reign , when he was seventy-six , do not depict a man of that age and do not correspond with the unflattering description given by his biographer , Suetonius. portraits such as this are intended to be the embodiment of a political ideal rather than a realistic likeness ( though in some cases , such as that of Nero , they might be both ) . |
| 4 | More instances that this are required to be certain that the possible parts of speech of the word are found . |
| 5 | At least half are believed to be switched off by remote control every night . |
| 6 | So far about 35 of the exclusive cars have been delivered by Jaguar , though few are expected to be seen on the road . |
| 7 | Because the individual organisms vary , some are bound to be better able to survive in particular circumstances than others . |
| 8 | Some are said to be getting cold feet . |
| 9 | Through chauvinism or lack of thoroughness they omitted the many Scottish versions of the rhyme , even though some are known to be very old . |
| 10 | But how may this be said to be a Christology ? |
| 11 | If this were felt to be a circular situation a formal decision not to ratify could be deemed to negate signature . |
| 12 | It was students demonstrating , as a result of which a number of them were arrested and I later learnt that a few were sentenced to be flogged . |
| 13 | Many of her associates were intellectuals and artists ; some were thought to be liberals , even leftists . |
| 14 | But this is seen to be the reason why forces or energies are transferred or transmitted across what has continually been regarded by so many scientists as ‘ empty space ’ . |
| 15 | Each appears to be bound in a very pale and supple leather ( on inspection this is seen to be Human skin ) . |
| 16 | This is seen to be further complicated by a part such as P4 where the component can be obtained from two separate sources . |
| 17 | The mechanism is assumed to start at the rotation of the cam shaft A. This is seen to be connected to the sewing machine main drive system by a dog coupling at its lower end . |
| 18 | This is seen to be an excellent P R exercise an opportunity for the audience to meet the cast . |
| 19 | This is bound to be seen as further evidence that Britain risks cutting itself off from the mainstream of European integration because of hostility both to economic and monetary union and to eventual political union . |
| 20 | The consequence of all this is bound to be the persisting low status of this work . |
| 21 | This is bound to be one of the highlights of 1992 . |
| 22 | Indeed , this is bound to be so by definition . |
| 23 | This is bound to be somewhat artificial , since the obligation to show all the stages of your reasoning forces you to appear rather more introspective than you would be in real life , but it still provides good practice in arranging and presenting material in an acceptable style . |
| 24 | But this is bound to be so , granted Quine 's case for the role of theory in interpreting experience . |
| 25 | But for readers with some knowledge of speech act theory , literary theory , or both , this is bound to be an interesting read . |
| 26 | This is believed to be Eddy Shah , the media entrepreneur who has claimed he was offered the Edwards shares for £16m . |
| 27 | This is believed to be the first time that a court of law in any country has declared that scientific evidence establishes cause and effect between exposure to smoke and certain diseases . |
| 28 | This is believed to be harmless unlike the use of X-rays which could be damaging . |
| 29 | This is believed to be the lowest price that its owner Trafalgar House will accept in order to dispose of it . |
| 30 | National Savings announced lower rates on many other products on 5 August ; again , this is believed to be a move to prevent a rise in mortgage rates . |