Example sentences of "be [verb] to be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relevant indifference curve may be considered to be that of a ‘ representative voter ’ . |
| 2 | In this context , management development can be seen to be any learning experience undergone by those holding managerial roles in an organisation . |
| 3 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 4 | For much of the next generation there could scarcely be said to be such a thing as a French army , for a sizeable proportion of Charles VII 's soldiers came from Scotland . |
| 5 | The structure of a cell 's genetic material may soon be appreciated to be much more fluid than previously supposed , with a grey area emerging between truly chromosomal genetic material and the mobile genes of transposons , viruses , and as yet undiscovered entities . |
| 6 | Thus some ‘ truth ’ can be created , and rank equal in human esteem with truth which can be observed to be such , or proved in some other way . |
| 7 | Or , further , is it possible to incorporate in the framework of the state itself some provision or institution by which a governmental act or command ultra vires may be declared to be such , and subjects therefore exempted from its operation and released from any legal obligation to observe or obey it ? |
| 8 | Harris has argued that the value of life can only sensibly be taken to be that value that those alive place on their lives . |
| 9 | Accordingly , where the parcels are described simply by references to the Ordnance map ( either by specifying the numbers of the enclosures or by a plan that prevails over a verbal description ) the parcels will be taken to be those shown on the Ordnance map ( Fisher v Winch ) . |
| 10 | Other biblical passages ( stage two ) may then be held to be less than adequate in terms of this criterion . |