Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.

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1 This is the Monin-Obukhov length ; like the Richardson number it is defined to be positive when the stratification is stabilizing and negative when it is destabilizing .
2 It is intended to be a contribution to the history of style rather than of individual artists .
3 I can only tell you that it is intended to be read by a very limited circle of people in the medical profession .
4 As has been indicated , such machinery is established , but it is intended to be used only as a last resort .
5 It is easy to see that it is intended to be consistent .
6 It is intended to be used as supplementary material alongside any main course , in class and for homework .
7 It is intended to be the first in a family of products — Amstrad suggests an A4 colour version for architects , a desktop feature-phone with pen-screen , and in-car version with built in CD that would project the user 's position on a map through data collected by global positioning satellite .
8 It is intended to be non-competitive and less about following rules than allowing people to express their own feelings and ideas .
9 For both companies and individuals a new requirement is introduced for deeds : that the instrument must make it clear ‘ on its face ’ that it is intended to be a deed .
10 It is not made clear whether or not it is intended to be exhaustive .
11 It is intended to be a user friendly guide and available to both employers and employees who may be considering whether to establish such schemes .
12 In order to call this genre ‘ escapism ’ , however , it is necessary first to define the term in the way it is intended to be taken in this essay , and not to confuse the mode with ‘ escapist ’ literature in the vulgar sense .
13 It is intended to be of practical use in the formulation of policies of both public and private sectors in the future .
14 It is intended to be depreciated over 30 years using the straight-line method .
15 Details of the secondary booklet and of how it is intended to be used are given in Chapter 4 , which presents case studies of two secondary schools making use of it .
16 It is intended to be on holiday season tours for at least three years .
17 ( 2 ) An instrument shall not be a deed unless — ( a ) it makes it clear on its face that it is intended to be a deed by the person making it , or , as the case may be , by the parties to it ( whether by describing itself as a deed or expressing itself to be executed or signed as a deed or otherwise ) ; and ( b ) it is validly executed as a deed by that person or , as the case may be , one or more of those parties .
18 It is however a fundamental requirement of a review notice that it leaves the recipient in no doubt that it is intended to be the formal document invoking the landlord 's right to review the rent ( Schirlcar Properties Ltd v Heinitz ( 1983 ) 268 EG 362 ) .
19 The old form of the testimonium was usually as follows : IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have caused their common seals ( for corporations ) to be hereunto affixed the day and year first before written or IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have hereunto placed their hands and seals ( for individuals ) the day and year first before written Section 1 of the Law of Property ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1989 coupled with s 36A of the Companies Act 1985 have introduced changes to the execution of deeds by providing that a document shall not be a deed unless it is clear on its face that it is intended to be a deed .
20 It is said to be the most photographed village in Norway .
21 It remains a secret , though it is said to be passed on from chairman to chairman in a discreet whisper .
22 It is said to be the tree on which Judas Iscariot hanged himself , after which its pink blossom turned dark red in shame .
23 Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ?
24 It is said to be water insoluble .
25 The word ‘ aura ’ is derived from the Greek avra meaning breeze because it is said to be continually in motion .
26 It is said to be the only tide mill in western Europe that is still operating .
27 Called Tickford Bridge , it is said to be the oldest iron bridge in Britain still in constant use .
28 It is said to be the longest-lived of the British dairy and dual-purpose breeds ; it is also hardy and with a low incidence of metabolic disease .
29 It is said to be an overcoat warmer in the valley , but shelter from the north is no compensation for the deep-freeze effect as the frosts drain down to the river .
30 When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable .
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