Example sentences of "are [vb pp] to [be] so " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | To ensure that all issues presented to the court are considered as fairly and expeditiously as possible and are seen to be so . |
| 3 | The poignancy of the situation is increased because love and longing themselves are felt to be so close to aggression . |
| 4 | Most industrialised governments are believed to be so alarmed by new reports demonstrating the rapid destruction of the ozone layer that they will almost certainly approve a new target of 1996 . |
| 5 | It will be the main task of Part Four of the book to explore the rationality of perfectionist moral pluralism , i.e. of pluralism of many forms of the good which are admitted to be so many valuable expressions of people 's nature , but pluralism which allows that certain conceptions of the good are worthless and demeaning , and that political action may and should be taken to eradicate or at least curtail them . |
| 6 | Cos the middles are meant to be so brilliant . |
| 7 | The technical and professional activities of teaching staff are perceived to be so important that the task predominates to the subordination or exclusion of the process . |