Example sentences of "[Wh det] 's [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Often , what 's perceived to be aggression is simply fear or nervousness , ’ Joanne added , recalling the first dog they rescued . |
| 2 | A farmer has been using four oxen to plough a field in what 's believed to be the first public demonstration of the skill in almost twenty-five years . |
| 3 | Dozens of birds have been killed by what 's believed to be an outbreak of botulism.Experts at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust have been carrying out post mortems to confirm the cause of the deaths.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 4 | Ghost hunters are staging a vigil at what 's claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in the country . |
| 5 | ‘ This is what 's meant to be forming our character , remember ? |
| 6 | So you might be cleaning a portrait of what 's meant to be an Italian noblewoman , and gradually uncover a suckling baby . |
| 7 | If you do n't know what 's true , or what 's meant to be true , then the value of what is n't true , or is n't meant to be true , becomes diminished . |
| 8 | But the end of something ought to be the start of something else , and I ca n't yet feel what 's meant to be beginning . |
| 9 | I raise my glass to Victor , and give what 's meant to be a shamefaced grin but probably looks like a careless . |
| 10 | And how do you hit the base of a thumb without dislocating what 's meant to be grasping a ski-pole for the next week ? |
| 11 | Coal flecked bacon and sausage will be a sharp reminder of reality in what 's meant to be a complete surrender to fantasy . |
| 12 | Seventy per cent of working women are paid less than what 's estimated to be a ‘ living wage ’ . |
| 13 | Just a few hundred yards from West Mercia police HQ in Worcester and the first of what 's thought to be 28,000 drivers in this area with no tax disc , is pulled in . |
| 14 | Eighty two staff at the Sainsbury 's supermarket on Tewkesbury Road in Cheltenham have contracted what 's thought to be a virus infection that causes fever , aches and vomiting.They 've all been sent home , and staff from other stores have been drafted in to keep the supermarket open.Tests are being carried out at the public health laboratory in the town to identify the illness.But Cheltenham 's Assistant Chief Environmental health officer says shoppers at the store should n't be worried about the outbreak : |
| 15 | A former Ministry of Defence worker , has been found guilty of accepting one and a half million pounds in backhanders from arms companies , in what 's thought to be the biggest ever corruption case . |
| 16 | The mini is a long way from what 's considered to be the first jukebox ; the Edison Phonograph . |