Example sentences of "and be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mycotoxins are produced by certain fungi and are suspected to be the deadly ingredient in yellow rain . |
| 2 | As a general rule , documents which are more than 20 years old are deemed to be " ancient " and are presumed to be authentic unless proved otherwise ( Evidence Act 1938 , s4 ) . |
| 3 | They are human , and are acknowledged to be , they can think but they are not to be acknowledged as authoritative , and if their presence demands such acknowledgement , they are bad women who should have been taught to hide or repress such demands . |
| 4 | They come from the space between the planets and are believed to be the remnants of matter that was used to form the Solar System . |
| 5 | Drugs from the ancient system of medicine Ayurveda are popular in India , and are believed to be safe because of their long history of use and their natural origin . |
| 6 | These people have acquired their skills elsewhere : they receive no training in the course of their seasonal employment and are assumed to be fully functional from their first day at work . |
| 7 | One possible answer is that in periods of structural change major upheavals and dislocation are felt — a crisis is obvious — whereas in the intervening years changes occur smoothly and are felt to be less dramatic . |
| 8 | To ensure that all issues presented to the court are considered as fairly and expeditiously as possible and are seen to be so . |
| 9 | You must make sure that you deal ( and are seen to be dealing ) impartially with all aspects of your work , eg you must not wear items which may indicate political , controversial or other affiliations which might bring your impartiality into question . |
| 10 | Modern computer programs , especially those in AI , are written , and are intended to be thought of , as interconnecting sub-parts or modules , and not at all as seamless wholes . |
| 11 | The committees and working groups are certainly participative , and are intended to be arenas for wide input from a variety of sources . |
| 12 | These monsters are found only in New Jersey , USA , and are said to be the descendants of the illegitimate offspring of a woman named Mother Leeds . |
| 13 | The year-old arrangement for CDC to sell NEC mainframes into the US and Europe has n't worked out , but CDC says it is now working on NEC 's massively parallel systems which are due next year and are said to be based around Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA-RISC , although Ousley says the Japanese firm is ‘ keeping its chip options open . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ What 's so marvellous , is that these kids who are doing bum jobs , and are said to be idiots , can get themselves organized like this , and set up a fabulous military strategy that goes into battle . ’ |
| 15 | Reactivity : The alkanes are unreactive compared to other chemicals and are said to be ‘ saturated ’ . |
| 16 | The pieces are considered some of Peru 's finest archaeological treasures and are said to be of incalculable value . |
| 17 | is preceded by silence and is followed by silence , and so and are said to be in a position of external open juncture . |
| 18 | Cordelia , Kent , and France , who stand up to Lear , and whose judgement mutually reinforces one another , are right then , and are shown to be right by the way the action develops . |
| 19 | Even though the gap between clerical and lay religious intellectuals has closed , with clergy being left behind in some areas , the clerics remain the true cognoscenti in religious matters , and are expected to be so by the laity . |
| 20 | The machines , as reported , are code-named Tempest and Cyclone and are expected to be launched in the late summer or early autumn . |
| 21 | They work six days a week or more , on no fixed terms , with no formal protection and are expected to be available all day long including late into the evening . |
| 22 | The report 's contents are presently tightly protected and are expected to be used as a model by nursing organisations in other states . |
| 23 | The two have already appeared in court , and are expected to be extradited to Britain . |
| 24 | They have been brought up from Derby and are expected to be used on forthcoming charter excursions , possibly over the Settle-Carlisle line . |
| 25 | ‘ Train services between Darlington and Hartlepool have been drastically reduced and are expected to be withdrawn completely later this year . |
| 26 | Prospective payment systems have the advantage that health care suppliers are paid for the number of cases treated and are encouraged to be aware of the costs per case . |
| 27 | Successive summonses bear the same number and date as the original and are deemed to be a continuance of the original fixed date summons ( Ord 7 , r 19(3) ) . |
| 28 | Purchases of shares issued as a result of bonus shares and scrip dividends in respect of the original shares are , in general , also treated as distributions and are deemed to be purchased first ( ICTA 1988 , s211 ) . |
| 29 | Digital Equipment Corp yesterday unveiled the DECpc MTE line of two 80486-based personal computers , starting at $2,650 and $3,100 : they include a 32-bit EISA bus and VESA VL bus and are claimed to be the highest-performance 80486 machines available ; they are Pentium-upgradable and offers a PCMCIA peripheral card option for data sharing with portable computers having PCMCIA . |
| 30 | New immunosuppressive agents have been used recently and are claimed to be beneficial in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease . |