Example sentences of "[that] [was/were] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They lie in why the restructuring took place and in the forms of ownership and capital structure that were assumed to be superior to the old . |
| 2 | Each had taken their cue , at some time or other , from the behaviours that were believed to be appropriate , and had developed to the point where they were thoroughly dysfunctional . |
| 3 | These were doubtless satisfactory for the individuals who had collected them and for a short period of time , until perhaps superseded by rulings that were seen to be more appropriate . |
| 4 | Machines that were seen to be at the forefront of technology just a few years ago are now readily replaced and cast-off with little or no second-hand value . |
| 5 | The question would be posed more specifically , distinguishing between the types of physical characteristics that were felt to be relevant to teaching and those , such as hair colour , which were not . |
| 6 | and Eoanthropus or ‘ Piltdown Man , ’ the jaw of an orangutan and the skull of a modern human that were claimed to be the ‘ earliest Englishman ’ . |
| 7 | In Study 3 subjects performed judgment tasks that were chosen to be unrelated to risk rating . |
| 8 | Environmental pressure groups , such as the Sierra Club , have used this right on several occasions to press the EPA to take action : for example , environmental groups argued through the courts that Congress intended the EPA regularly to issue air quality standards for pollutants that were judged to be widespread and hazardous to public health . |
| 9 | What a complete condemnation of the Thatcherite policies that were attempted to be brought in by the controlling group opposite . |
| 10 | And so we know that particles that were thought to be " elementary " twenty years ago are , in fact , made up of smaller particles . |
| 11 | These were the areas that were found to be predominantly ‘ satisfactory ’ . |
| 12 | The sample used was of large companies that were known to be at the leading edge in terms of corporate planning practices . |
| 13 | Thirdly , targeted industries should have markets that were known to be price and income elastic and would offer long-term growth , in contrast to the low value-added products that were the usual sources of stagnation in Asian economies . |
| 14 | Oh well when I got back from I sat in there for about an hour cos the new girls that were meant to be sleeping in there slept in Zoey and Lucy 's room . |
| 15 | The equally earnest Anglo-French Declaration of 1918 promising the Arabs of former Ottoman colonies their independence if they supported the Allies against the Turks fell into much the same category , although it was not a promise that was intended to be kept . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry ! ’ he said , adding in a tone that was intended to be gentle , but came out wheedling , ‘ Do you find me repulsive ? ’ |
| 17 | After a voyage of investigation in 1584 a colony that was intended to be permanent was launched in 1585 . |
| 18 | Moreover , the economic cleavage that was perceived to be developing in this society did appear to correspond to the religious tensions that were generating party strife , and to anxious High Church Tories seemed to be yet another part of the process whereby Dissenters were thriving in the changed political climate after the Revolution at the expense of the Anglican interest . |
| 19 | At the risk of oversimplifying , the new style of labour relations were designed to overcome a high turnover of skilled workers , intense industrial conflict and a lack of motivation and commitment that was said to be the cause of Japan 's reputation as a producer of shoddy goods . |
| 20 | I 've got nothing against keyboards , in fact I love keyboard music , but if you want to play guitar you should buy a guitar that was made to be played like a guitar . |
| 21 | The expert used a ouija board in an attempt to contact the spirit that was believed to be tormenting them . |
| 22 | At the tip of the gull 's bill is a red spot that was believed to be the signal to the chick to peck . |
| 23 | A programming language that was developed to be as close as possible to our own , in order to make the programmers ' work easier . |
| 24 | It was however in the late 1950s that a dog arrived who embodied everything that was thought to be correct , a living blueprint for further development . |
| 25 | A FIVE million year-old piece of bone that was thought to be the collarbone of a humanlike creature is actually part of a dolphin rib , according to an anthropologist at the University of California-Berkeley . |
| 26 | The rational expectations hypothesis does not pose a threat to Keynesian theory in the way that was thought to be the case when it first entered into macroeconomics . |
| 27 | IN the midst of a defeat from the world champions , Andy Roxburgh may have found the vindication he was looking for in an exercise that was thought to be without relevance for Scotland . |
| 28 | He picked up the lop-sided contraption that was meant to be his pheasant trap . |
| 29 | He glanced down at Mariana , throwing her a fresh smile that was meant to be encouraging but she was looking straight ahead , eyes fixed on the sand-spit . |
| 30 | The summer that was meant to be a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory and its new role in Europe and as a bridge to Latin America is turning sour . |