Example sentences of "be [verb] to be [num] " in BNC.

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1 We can therefore approximate the IRR for Project A as follows : By similar analysis the IRR for Project B can be calculated to be 20.5 per cent .
2 And of course sometimes during this apprenticeship Boy knew that what he really wanted was not to be taught to be one of us , not to be taught how to be a man at all , but to be reassured that he might somehow remain a boy forever .
3 If the pages of press coverage , including a Times leader , were anything to go by , the Granada 500 could be considered to be one of the most prestigious and important election programmes of this campaign .
4 The situation changes when dealing with a liquid as remains unaffected by the addition of molecules and can be expected to be zero .
5 With the emphasis being placed on long-run equilibrium , percentage changes in the rate of interest can be expected to be zero ( is a proxy for the return on a wide range of assets ) and the is the rate of change of output governed by real influences such as factor supplies and their productivities .
6 To some extent this is true , since Michael Chisholm 's research has shown that subsistence land use results in settlements being not more than 1 kilometre ( ½ mile ) or so from most of their land ( Fig 59 ) and hence settlements should perhaps be expected to be 1–2 kilometres ( ½-1 mile ) apart .
7 The first is that there may well be disagreement as to whether , on analytical grounds , a question should be deemed to be one of law or fact .
8 Bukharin 's own theory of capitalist crisis can be said to be one of disproportionality .
9 As a research project , it could be said to be one of the ‘ old-fashioned ’ kind ; it had to be done on a shoestring .
10 There may be said to be two limbs to s740(5) .
11 There can , therefore , be said to be 5,672 courses available on the Modular Course .
12 There may be said to be three different types of Christology : ‘ high ’ Christologies , ‘ low ’ Christologies , and ‘ message ’ Christologies .
13 Of course , the extension dx will be accompanied by lateral contractions dy and dz , but although normally negative and equal , they can usually be assumed to be zero .
14 The approximate savings per unit can be assumed to be 1 chef at £6,000 per annum per unit .
15 The real interest rate would be estimated to be 5 per cent per annum .
16 For example , the desired values of unemployment , inflation and monetary growth at the end of 1987 could be specified to be 2 million , 6% and 8% , or whatever combination is desired .
17 These are given by ( 8.7 ) where ε may be taken to be 0 on null geodesics and 1 on time-like geodesics .
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