Example sentences of "be [vb pp] to be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year America 's deficit and Germany 's surplus are forecast to be less than half as big , as a percentage of GNP , as they were at their peak ; Japan 's surplus may be only a quarter of its peak level . |
| 2 | The advantages to management of so doing are claimed to be that wage costs are reduced , that the relatively powerful skilled craft union is replaced by the weaker general union , and , perhaps most importantly , management can exercise much tighter control over what happens on the shop-floor . |
| 3 | ( Explicit tests are considered to be those in which the ability under investigation is directly requested , whereas in implicit tests the capacity of interest is only involved as an apparently incidental aspect to the procedure . ) |
| 4 | Have regard to the workload and the pressures on professional colleagues and subordinates and take appropriate action if these are seen to be such as to constitute abuse of the individual practitioner and/or to jeopardise safe standards of practice . |
| 5 | If their commitment and reliability are seen to be less than that of a paid worker then the stereotype will be reinforced and the many totally committed and reliable volunteers will be misjudged . |
| 6 | It appears from my own research that while , overall , boys are seen to be less conformist , teachers prefer their type of classroom resistance to that of the girls . |
| 7 | The kudos of the job , the implied associations and the admiration of others are felt to be more than enough compensation . |
| 8 | The principal problem about them has generally been said to be that of their meaning or semantics . |
| 9 | William may or may not have been a rogue and charlatan ; there are said to be many such in Panama , which as a crossroads for the modern world radiates a special magnetism for crews of ne'er-do-wells . |
| 10 | Moreover these gods are said to be more part of the world 's spiritual furniture than transcendent of it — perhaps more like the saints in Catholic tradition . |
| 11 | It is a centre of pilgrimage , since the bones in the cathedral are said to be those of St. James , and the cathedral is a must , particularly the entrance from the Plaza del Obradoiro . |
| 12 | The footsteps are said to be those of an unfortunate platelayer who was killed shortly after the introduction of the electric trains . |
| 13 | There are said to be some mystic rivers one drop of which can steal a man 's life away . |
| 14 | While television coverage has not been monitored in the same way as the press in this study , there seems an increasing focus in television on sexual cases where there are thought to be many victims . |
| 15 | And if you are ever going to see one of the genuine though attested rarities among the local fauna , a bear , a lynx , or an eagle , the Park is the only place you might do so , though there are thought to be fewer than twenty bears still living in the Pyrenees , and only eight pairs of eagles . |
| 16 | In all there are thought to be some three-quarters of a million of them surviving . |
| 17 | ‘ There are bound to be more protests against Flashman . |
| 18 | ‘ There are bound to be more attempts to rob bookies ’ premises if they are locking up at 10pm . ’ |
| 19 | There are bound to be some tours which appeal to you . |
| 20 | There are bound to be some tears around the 4th and 10th but , with Jupiter in Libra for the first time in a decade , you can not allow yourself to be constrained any more . |
| 21 | There are bound to be some mains-operated or battery-powered items among the Christmas presents . |
| 22 | In a place like this there are bound to be some good seamstresses and Singers will surely have had their salesmen down here back in the days of the square-riggers . |
| 23 | Sportworld travel , which has handled five Olympic Games , says there are bound to be some complaints when dealing with such a large number of people . |
| 24 | In Sussex there are known to be some 43 sites of deserted medieval villages . |
| 25 | Praxis says it is well down the development road of getting an ANDF installer up on another RISC , possibly the Inmos Transputer , whilst there are known to be several other key players keen to get installers up and running on their kit too ( UX No 385 ) . |
| 26 | Examinations need to be carried out only at infrequent intervals and in most cases only those aspects of the product or container that are known to be those most likely to undergo change need be examined . |
| 27 | There are rumoured to be some hard men in town . |
| 28 | Virtually any dried foods can be prepared in this way at very little cost and this has been found to be more than adequate to get the fry . |
| 29 | In the case of the breeding tank , undergravel filters have been found to be more than adequate in most situations as long as a few basic concepts are followed . |
| 30 | The relevant indifference curve may be considered to be that of a ‘ representative voter ’ . |