Example sentences of "be [verb] out to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not quite the Hochhauser rapist I am made out to be , but I expect a little peck , just here , on the cheek . ’ |
| 2 | Even with them pleine-airsme was not quite what it had been made out to be . |
| 3 | I have been made out to be a liar but I am determined people will know the truth . |
| 4 | Guy of Lusignan was by no means the handsome fool he has often been made out to be , but his grip on the crown was precarious and the resources of his kingdom were depleted . |
| 5 | I find it difficult to understand how they are going to carry on experimental work at other depots that are n't really equipped to carry out experimental work , and so for that reason , I mean , there 's a great deal of concern that these cuts are n't rather more cosmetic that they 've been made out to be . |
| 6 | Plastics are not the villain they are made out to be as regards the volume of waste . |
| 7 | ‘ Some lioness you 're turning out to be , ’ she muttered , with grim humour . |
| 8 | ‘ Your mouth gives away the fact that you 're not the frigid woman you 're making out to be — aside from all the other proof I have ! ’ he needled her by saying curtly . |
| 9 | Observed in uncompromising midsummer light , Clytemnestra looked like something that , having lain neglected at the bottom of an old woman 's knitting basket , has finally been brought out to be mended . |
| 10 | So it seemed to be crying out to be orchestrated , and I could hear just what it would be like in my head . |
| 11 | ‘ The idea of someone performing a song and being made out to be a god or whatever … it 's very strange . |
| 12 | Her eyes were on Theda 's in a look so compelling that Theda felt as if her mind were being dragged out to be read . |
| 13 | Such a curriculum had served well , and did so for many years afterwards , that small percentage ( less than 10$ ) who enjoyed grammar school education and were marked out to be the leaders of the nation . |
| 14 | If one area were to turn out to be a tax haven , property and house prices would rise ( capitalizing the favourable tax bill ) in this area , so reducing its . |
| 15 | John Coles , Bryony Orme , and members of the Somerset Levels Project have estimated that this must have involved the exploitation of extensive woodland from which materials were taken out to be fitted into the track planks from the same tree occur in different parts of the track . |
| 16 | As Cole points out , the Pioneers ‘ were setting out to be at one and the same time a Producers ’ and a Consumers ' Society ; and this seemed natural to them because all their endeavours were meant to lead to the creation of a Co-operative Community on the Owenite model , in which the distinction between producers and consumers would not exist . ’ |
| 17 | To resolve a doubt as to whether employed solicitors not being held out to be solicitors by their employers were required to hold practising certificates , s1A was added by s85 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 in the following terms : 1A . |
| 18 | The table had been sent out to be sprayed lacquered . |
| 19 | From more than 80 strains , four have been singled out to be grown from seeds which are tested for protein , which helps them to withstand heat . |
| 20 | The ex MFV had been fitted out to be self sufficient in every way , with the latest navigational aids , long range fuel and water tanks and a very comprehensively fitted out workshop on board for mechanical and other repairs . |
| 21 | She spends Christmas wondering if Macho Man really is the pig he is made out to be . |
| 22 | She thinks he is not at all the great genius he is made out to be — just possesses a pleasing talent . |
| 23 | It is hard to verify whether or not this is the dreadful fish it is made out to be or whether the tales are apocryphal , but what is certain is that the species itself does exist . |
| 24 | The Indian prime minister , Mr Rajiv Gandhi , said last week that Mr Najibullah is ’ much stronger than he is made out to be ’ . |
| 25 | In ‘ Barchester Towers ’ though it is actually Dr. Proudie who takes the position wanted by Dr. Grantly , he is made out to be a rather insignificant and weak person whereas Mrs. Proudie is seen at once to be strong and authoritative , too much so , and Trollope makes of her the kind of character a reader loves to hate . |
| 26 | But how can I look him in the face and tell him that 's turned out to be true ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ This has always been my favourite room , ’ says Mary Jane , ‘ and it 's turned out to be a perfect playroom for Emily and her friends . |
| 28 | Is it the valuable service it 's made out to be ? |
| 29 | ‘ All this modelling is n't half as glamorous as it 's made out to be . |
| 30 | People who live in towns donlt understand what goes on in the countryside.It 's hard for us to explain why this great tradition should be preserved , but it is n't the barbaric activity it 's made out to be . |