Example sentences of "[being] [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ace have also joined those able to manufacture in 3 ply polyethylene , the chemicals used being claimed to be safer for workers than those used by other companies although long term properties such as UV stability have still to be checked . |
| 2 | As Mr Jarvis observed ‘ The old days of teachers being trusted to be professional and to show commitment have gone . ’ |
| 3 | The women , however , were more aware of being pushed , of being expected to be unusual . |
| 4 | The first dilution is prepared and the tube is then emptied , the amount left being considered to be equivalent to one drop . |
| 5 | Well he knows that his views may not necessarily be the majority and count in the end , but at least they 're being taken into account and being considered to be important . |
| 6 | It is not about sincerity , so much as being seen to be sincere . |
| 7 | Being seen to be Green |
| 8 | Also , even if a subject is never directly or completely ‘ freed ’ trom repression by its displacement , he or she may be empowered in other ways — for example , by being seen to be homophobic in a homophobic culture . |
| 9 | Being seen to be soft on the City is something that Mrs Margaret Thatcher has always dreaded . |
| 10 | Although paperwork is boring , it is not difficult to do , but there are other duties where there is a risk of being shown to be incompetent , which are disliked for this reason . |
| 11 | Whether human , environmental or financial risks are involved , prevention strategies are being shown to be good business . |
| 12 | I think that the changes in the health service are increasingly being understood to be welcome and to be providing a better health service for the future . |
| 13 | Well er the I mean there has been a slight complexity with the replacement er programme of course because er er E F two thousand was originally envisaged that it would replace the phantoms er as as as as well as the jaguars and now that er has altered with the decision in options to er get rid of er the phantom squadrons , we 've er been able to adjust the replacement programme such that er the aircraft E F two thousand will replace er the erm er the jaguar and some of the F threes er and the programme will be adjusted such that we get er the most cost effective er mixture of replacement of those two types and there is no problem with keeping the jaguar going until that stage and it may well be it is , is being judged to be cheaper that we should er do some F three replacement at the same time , again partly for cost reasons because it 's gon na be more cost effective to do it that way . |
| 14 | In the history of social improvement and development , compacts and other examples of ‘ limited ’ ( e.g. ‘ feel good ’ ) partnership activities run the risk of being judged to be brief and enthusiastic failures . |
| 15 | After four years of unusually low rainfall , most UK water reserves are low , and many areas have hosepipe and sprinkler restrictions in force , whilst in other areas , people are being asked to be sensible with water , and not to waste it . |
| 16 | Other analysts criticized him for being both too political and unscientific — science being assumed to be apolitical in principle . |
| 17 | Machismo is neutered by being assumed to be synonymous with stupidity and tedium . |
| 18 | Certainly the word for spirit is female in Hebrew , and there is a long tradition of the divine wisdom being conceived to be feminine . |
| 19 | There was much running of baths , rushing about with garments , laughter on the stairs and in the bedrooms ; telephoning of florist for more button-holes ; small boys trying to help and being urged to be careful . |
| 20 | Uncertainty provokes disputes ; ambiguities may be resolved contra proferentem and , in extreme cases , uncertainty may lead to a term or a whole contract being held to be void . |
| 21 | In the proceedings brought by the Secretary of State for an injunction , the question arose whether the Secretary of State should be required to give an undertaking in damages to recompense Hoffmann-La Roche in the event of the Order being held to be invalid . |
| 22 | The first is that the effect of such an undertaking would be to impose an obligation on the council to indemnify Wickes against damage suffered by it , in the event of section 47 being held to be invalid as inconsistent with article 30 , irrespective of whether in such circumstances Wickes has a right to damages — i.e. , irrespective of whether the Bourgoin case is wrongly decided . |