Example sentences of "[coord] is [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the question is — or is made to be — one of his clinical judgment , his view will later be respected unless shown to be wholly unreasonable . |
| 2 | However , the business of producing is , or is hoped to be , permanent . |
| 3 | ( i ) any goods listed above are sold to a bidder for less than his highest bid or part of the price is repaid or credited to him ( or stated to be so ) ; or ( ii ) the right to bid for any goods listed above is ( or is stated to be ) restricted to persons who have bought or agreed to buy one or more articles ; or ( iii ) any articles are given away or offered as gifts . |
| 4 | ( 7 ) Once a bona fide offer has been made or is believed to be imminent , the board of the target company must not take any action which would frustrate that offer or deny shareholders an opportunity to decide on its merits , unless the action is approved by the shareholders in general meeting . |
| 5 | I have outlined a handful of sexual difference theories wherein homosexuality is associated with , or is seen to be expressive of : ( 1 ) the true , negative , nature of patriarchy , ( 2 ) a negation of what is truly vital and creative in ( heterosexual ) desire , ( 3 ) anti-Semitism , totalitarianism , and fascism , ( 4 ) an obliteration of the autonomy of the other , ( 5 ) anal negativity , solipsism , and sterility and de-creation , ( 6 ) the undifferentiation of a dying culture , ( 7 ) a cowardly refusal of homosocial rivalry , ( 8 ) the definitive expression of homosocial rivalry . |
| 6 | The Plaintiff relies on proprietary estoppel the principle of which , in its broadest form , may be stated as follows ; where one person , A , has acted to his detriment on the faith of a belief , which was known to and encouraged by another person , B , that he either has or is going to be given a right in or over B 's property , B can not insist on his strict legal rights if to do so would be inconsistent with A 's belief . |
| 7 | If any member of the council or any nominee of his is a member of a company or other body with which the contract is made or is proposed to be made , or is a partner , or is in the employment of a person with whom the contract is made , he has an indirect pecuniary interest which he should disclose . |
| 8 | First let us exclude all cases where we are concerned with something which actually is , or is taken to be , a bull or cow or calf in a real or imagined external world , when the use is plainly ascriptive . |
| 9 | THE world 's first museum to the humble sardine has opened at Grau-du-Roi on the coast of southern France — and is hoping to be tightly packed with thousands of visitors . |
| 10 | But now , at almost 19 , Kirsty has found she loves painting and writing poetry and is hoping to be a social worker to help other youngsters like herself . |
| 11 | Ceausescu 's aim in issuing such a threat was probably to frighten Hungary , but Romania already has the delivery system in the form of Soviet built Scud missiles and is believed to be developing its own missile with the help of Egypt and Iraq . |
| 12 | His family woollen business was founded in 1541 and is believed to be the oldest family business of its kind in the world . |
| 13 | It will allow instant and easy access , on computer screens , to the financial reports and results of 4.5m companies in over 40 countries , and is believed to be the largest integrated online database of its kind . |
| 14 | The clay-puddled cutting itself was of single-break shape and is believed to be the earliest example of the type . |
| 15 | Maria Elena Aparicio was sentenced to seven years and is believed to be held in a women 's prison in Havana . |
| 16 | Our most famous memorial is the Lambarde Brass which is unique and is believed to be of Flemish workmanship . |
| 17 | Currently , the Navy runs half its school at Aldershot and the other half at Devonport and is believed to be keen , for financial reasons if nothing else , to re-locate on to one site . |
| 18 | Cholesterol nucleation is preceded by vesicle aggregation and fusion , and is believed to be an initial step in the formation of cholesterol gall stones . |
| 19 | The remaining population of the " white ghost " dolphin , as it is known locally , now stands at between 150 and 350 , and is believed to be falling fast under pressure from pollution resulting largely from intensive construction work on the massive new offshore Chek Lap Kok island airport . |
| 20 | Transport Secretary John MacGregor , MP for Norfolk South , has been approached by the family of Bondone of his constituents and is believed to be making his own contact with Sir Nicholas . |
| 21 | This new system , now known as the Local Management of Schools ( LMS ) , began to operate on 1 April 1990 , and is planned to be completely in operation by April 1993 . |
| 22 | As a general rule a restrictive covenant restricts competition and is presumed to be void and unenforceable because such restrictions are contrary to public policy . |
| 23 | She works hard to understand issues which confuse her and is learning to be patient with herself when , as she puts it , her brain ‘ gets stuck ’ . |
| 24 | The full circuit diagram for the UV Exposure Timer is given in Fig. 1 and is seen to be based around a simple 555 timer chip IC1 , wired as a monostable . |
| 25 | ‘ Chronicle is an up-and-coming house , and is seen to be different , which is good for us , ’ he said . |
| 26 | She 's attractive , successful and is engaged to be married . |
| 27 | He lives in Kilmarnock and is engaged to be married next year . |
| 28 | She moved to Scotland in May and is engaged to be married . |
| 29 | Alan lives in Paisley and is engaged to be married to Lorraine McDonald , a Research Fellow of Strathclyde University . |
| 30 | There is also a wonderful opportunity for groups to organize Amnesty events around the 28th , as The Big Three-O is already creating enormous media interest , and is bound to be a very high profile event for Amnesty . |