Example sentences of "is reckoned [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The likelihood of further government investigation when the beer orders are reviewed in 1983/4 is reckoned to be ‘ very high ’ . |
| 2 | The title is reckoned to be worth an extra 50,000lbs in sales , so competition will be hot . |
| 3 | Anthony Emm of York Street is reckoned to be the doyen . |
| 4 | This is reckoned to be the largest exercise of its type since the reforms were put forward , blood pressure started to rise , nostrils began to flare and so on . |
| 5 | A caller to a newspaper claimed responsibility on behalf of the ‘ Commander of the Combined Forces ’ ; but this is reckoned to be a hoax . |
| 6 | Life expectancy is reckoned to be 69 years , compared with an average of 57 for the whole of the country . |
| 7 | Nymansay is reckoned to be the hardiest , and was first grown in the gardens of Nymans in West Sussex . |
| 8 | The triangular site , bounded by Old Broad Street and Threadneedle Street , is reckoned to be one of the best properties in the City . |
| 9 | The Boulton and Watt job , with its huge cast-iron beam , is reckoned to be the world 's oldest engine still running on steam . |
| 10 | It is reckoned to be capable of cutting the death rate from fractures in older women by 60 per cent and may also protect against heart disease and rheumatoid arthritis . |
| 11 | Gasification is a ‘ retarded ’ technology , a technology that may benefit the Third World in in era where the perceived cost of oil is reckoned to be high . |
| 12 | Set amidst panoramic views of snow-capped mountains of up to 11,000 feet , the lake is one of earth 's outstanding features ; 400 miles long and up to 50 miles wide , its dazzling blue , crystal clear water is over a mile deep in places and is reckoned to be one fifth of the world 's supply of fresh water . |
| 13 | He has maintained that form and given that 40-plus is reckoned to be the minimum Test average for a truly great player , he should eventually retire — who knows when — with the record he wants . |
| 14 | The role of Wood is reckoned to be going to JOHNNY DEPP , who Burton directed in Edward Scissorhands . |
| 15 | Less than 40% of the country 's £500m annual expenditure is reckoned to be channelled into Scotland 's domestic industry , a proportion that the Forum intends to increase by around 50% . |
| 16 | The Saffron-Gatherer Fresco , found in the Lotus Lamp Sanctuary at Knossos , is reckoned to be one of the earliest . |
| 17 | Hewlett-Packard is reckoned to be spending $1,000m annually on the on-going development of its Precision Architecture RISC chip set . |
| 18 | Addiction to cigarettes is reckoned to be the chief avoidable cause of death in the world . |
| 19 | Taxes raised on what is reckoned to be the world 's largest untaxed industry would help governments spend money on treatment and education , which would do more good than the billions currently spent on attempting to throttle the criminal supply of drugs of all sorts . |
| 20 | The number of destitute people with serious mental disorder now living more or less permanently in this way is reckoned to be 60–90,000 , but no one knows for sure : a large number of people but still a quite small proportion of the total number of people in our society in need of a home . |
| 21 | The whole population ( and the Mekong delta is reckoned to be the most densely populated rural area in the world ) appears to be afloat . |
| 22 | Some people who comply well with all that is suggested to them may have done little more than comply ( incidentally , much of the " normal " first year of recovery is reckoned to be little more than compliance ) and think erroneously after a few weeks of treatment that they have learnt all they need to know and have done all they need to do to remain free from addictive disease . |
| 23 | The true pace of recovery in alcoholism is reckoned to be one month for every year of use . |
| 24 | The Mercier portrait is reckoned to be the earliest , and in many respects the most interesting likeness of Handel in London . |
| 25 | This impressive linear earthwork running east-west is reckoned to be a division between the lands of Mercia to the north and Wessex to the south , and probably dates from the sixth or seventh century . |
| 26 | This clump is reckoned to be 2,000 years old . |
| 27 | Hello there … this week summer sport has brought us to the south coast to take a look at a sailing revolution that 's being pioneered from the heartland of Central South … we 're going out on the solent to sea test a boat which is reckoned to be the formula one of the water |
| 28 | if it 's any consolation the new course is reckoned to be for experts only … ask Sandy Lyle … |
| 29 | The Cirencester club is reckoned to be one of the best ski-ing venues in all of Europe … every day this week Richard Mainwaring will be running … racing over the water … the secret of success is fun |
| 30 | The rivers ' safety record is reckoned to be quite good and the authority wants tyo ensure that this wweeekend people don'ty do over the top in case they wind up going under . |