Example sentences of "which it [be] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detectives are investigating a burglary at the Treasury , in which it is believed secret papers may have been photographed and proofs of potentially valuable coins taken .. |
| 2 | These questions must be addressed , even if they can not be precisely answered ; simply raising them has an effect on the way old people are viewed and the action which it is deemed appropriate to take . |
| 3 | One of the major distinctions between the different approaches to language description already discussed concerns the extent to which it is deemed appropriate to regard language behaviour as being a reflection of an underlying knowledge base . |
| 4 | What is more difficult to predict into the middle of the next century is the proportion of the total population that this older group will constitute , because that depends upon the birth-rate , and the latter , if past experience is anything to go on , shifts unpredictably with transient social circumstances — such as the level of unemployment or whether or not there is a war — as well as with unstable social attitudes to child-bearing and the age at which it is thought suitable for women to bear children . |
| 5 | As Michael Goldman ( 1975 ) suggests , fashions in acting can be seen in terms of the varying degrees to which it is thought proper to expose the private feeling of the actor . |
| 6 | The move towards a comprehensive system was one in which it was hoped artificial organisational barriers to the development of all pupils would be removed . |
| 7 | The submission was however inconsistent with the law as stated by this House in Reg. v. Governor of Pentonville Prison , Ex parte Sinclair [ 1991 ] 2 A.C. 64 , 81–92 , in which it was made clear in the speech of Lord Ackner ( with which the remainder of the Appellate Committee agreed ) that , under the provisions of the Extradition Act 1870 , the powers of the magistrate are specifically laid down in sections 3(1) , 8 , 9 and 10 of the Act ; and that in consequence , apart from consideration where appropriate whether the offence in question was an offence of a political character , the magistrate is not concerned with questions of foreign law at all , being concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to an English crime or crimes specified in the Secretary of State 's order to proceed . |
| 8 | So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period . |
| 9 | I turn now to consider the arguments advanced on behalf of Woolwich in support of its right to recover the payments it made as money had and received or as having been made under duress , two grounds which it was accepted shaded into one another . |
| 10 | For example the western margin of southern Africa has a relatively narrow continental shelf and a well-developed marginal upwarp , whereas the opposing margin of the eastern coast of southern South America to which it was joined prior to the break-up of Gondwana has a very broad continental shelf and no significant marginal upwarp . |
| 11 | Her mummy said that the old woman , Mrs. Zealand , was just a lonely old soul who had no one to love but her cat , and no one to love her , but to all the children she was ‘ the witch ’ and only the most daring boys ventured near her cottage , from the chimney of which it was reported green and red smoke sometimes rose , showing that the old crone was brewing spells inside . |
| 12 | Before we reached an age at which it was considered improper , the three of us used to sleep in one big bed and keep each other awake most of the night , giggling and speculating on the mysteries and wonders of Christmas morning . |
| 13 | In this context community care was taken to encompass both residential care and care which it was deemed appropriate for local health and social service authorities to provide in non-institutional settings . |