Example sentences of "that is [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | If FTC 's bid does guarantee UEFA a minimum of £15 million a year , it will work out at £1.25 million a game for the 12 matches in the eight-club , mini-league series , an experiment in making money that is certain to be continued next season , Premier League clubs will be glad to know . |
| 2 | Christmas cards , chocolate boxes and tourist literature , proclaiming a timeless tradition that is supposed to be the envy of the world . |
| 3 | The same happens during the pas de deux that is supposed to be with Lise . |
| 4 | Less predictable is the discovery that younger Russian poets also write the kind of private , introspective verse that is supposed to be peculiarly western — Polina Ivanovna 's ‘ No one 's here ’ is a good example of that . |
| 5 | These accidents resulted from a technology that is supposed to be failsafe . |
| 6 | The utter failure of the opinion polls to measure public opinion has plunged a stake through the heart of the market research industry — those people responsible for junk mail that is supposed to be perfectly targeted at your lifestyle and habits , and who gather their information in exactly the same way as opinion pollsters . |
| 7 | Campaigns like Howell Henry 's First Direct TV launch are widely criticized — I think rightly — for being so obsessed with being noticed that the message that is supposed to be communicated almost disappears . |
| 8 | Speeds goal in particular was a quite poorly taken effort for someone that is supposed to be able to used both feet . |
| 9 | The resource of more staff is one that is unlikely to be resolved , as staffing has been cut over the years . |
| 10 | The second is a practical outfit that is comfortable to be worn throughout . |
| 11 | We are glad that is able to be with us twice this season , and that has agreed to continue her regular music lessons for the early birds as well as taking a number of sessions. , and make up the rest of the team and we all look forward to working with you . |
| 12 | It is likely that a good many protestant loyalists oscillate between the two and still have to come to their moment of decision , one that is likely to be forced on them by future events . |
| 13 | It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time . |
| 14 | This group , under the chairmanship of Dr Toni Eden , has been drafting standards for every service that is likely to be piped down a British cable system . |
| 15 | Since the whole edition was of only one thousand copies and only a small number had been circulated when the suppression was ordered , this is obviously a rare book and one that is likely to be costly unless the seller is ignorant of its history . |
| 16 | However , Lyngby are ready to part with the Danish international as soon as their interest in the European Cup is over — and following Rangers 2-0 win that is likely to be in 10 days time . |
| 17 | He believes that Uralmash has a future only if it shrinks to a fraction of its present size and concentrates on making machinery that is likely to be in big demand , such as small bulldozers . |
| 18 | In practice , developers will probably consult planners in advance in order to ascertain the type of development that is likely to be approved , but there is no obligation to do this . |
| 19 | Networks operating on this principle perform an operation that is likely to be extremely important for the neocortex , and it was actually the search for a mechanism that would do this that led us to the suggested modification rule : the modifiable interconnections tend to make the representative elements become uncorrelated , and thus to signal independently of each other . |
| 20 | A third type of dispute that is likely to be of particular interest to students of politics is that between separate branches of government . |
| 21 | Questions could be asked about the so-called Maidenhead factor , which relates to the apparently higher level of affluence of the population that is likely to be affected by a flood than elsewhere in the United Kingdom . |
| 22 | [ That this House regrets the Government 's failure to deal with the imminent threat of wholesale breaches of the law on Sunday trading ; expresses concern that Ministers appear to be running away from their responsibility to uphold the law as soon as one or more large commercial organisations express their intention to ignore the law ; greatly regrets the way that this situation puts pressure on responsible and law-abiding retailers to open on Sundays simply to protect their market share ; further regrets the damage that is likely to be done to small shops and family businesses as a consequence ; considers that sensible progress to modernising the law should be made on the basis of the REST proposals put forward by Keep Sunday Special ; and calls on the Government actively to pursue the regulation of Sunday trading in a way which deals fairly with employees , their families and with community and commercial interests . ] |
| 23 | Local education authorities carry out inspections more frequently than the four-year cycle that is likely to be provided in the Bill . |