Example sentences of "been [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This had not been intended to be legalistic , but in practice the claimant had been put in the position of an ordinary plaintiff in a civil case arguing a case against a powerful insurance company or mutual insurance society ( Potter and Stansfield , 1950 ) .
2 However , in the past , many observations have been recognized to be valid before any rational or logical explanation could be advanced to account for them .
3 The standard method of recovery must be taught because it has been proven to be effective during testing .
4 ‘ Such a man , with a good track record can fight for his plant and his people on the very strong grounds that investment in his region has been proven to be successful .
5 The allergens produced by House Dust Mites have been proven to be dangerous ‘ triggers ’ especially for Asthma attacks and allergic Rhinitis ( nasal congestion without a ‘ cold ’ ) and even in cases of Eczema .
6 Dyed Glassfish have been proven to be susceptible to Lymphocystis and the white marks may not in fact have been white spot .
7 ‘ You were afraid of the light because you 'd been taught to be afraid of it , ’ said Rachaela .
8 ‘ Because I have been born in England , I have been taught to be independent , original and to think for myself .
9 In the bat , the five fingers have been programmed to be long in order to support the web for flying .
10 Yet we have been programmed to be curious , to question , to probe and to seek to solve riddles .
11 It followed that no individual should boast of his role ‘ but be thankful that he has been permitted to be useful ’ .
12 This range of compositions is called the ‘ miscibility window ’ and has been reported to be present in other systems .
13 Several octamer binding proteins called Oct-1 to Oct-10 , identified by distinct band shifts , have been reported to be present in various mouse tissues at different stages of development ( 17 ) .
14 Albendazole has been reported to be effective .
15 Diethycarbamazine has been reported to be effective .
16 The prevalence rate of hypercholesterolaemia in diabetics has been reported to be similar to the non-diabetic population , that is from 8 per cent to as high as 52 per cent ( Hayes , 1972 ) .
17 Circulating eosinophils have been reported to be negative for L1 and they apparently show only variable positivity in inflamed tissue .
18 Responses to hypoglycaemia in a laboratory setting have been reported to be different in patients taking human and animal insulin .
19 In patients with a macroadenoma ( >1 cm in diameter ) of the pituitary a plasma prolactin concentration of >4000 mU/l , >6000 mU/l , or >8000 mU/l has been reported to be diagnostic of a prolactin secreting adenoma .
20 Certainly the reliance now of necessity of such systems demands , and fortunately the nature of these types of premises is likely to permit , a much closer relationship between the ‘ business end ’ of the system and the valves which control it than has previously been considered to be necessary .
21 This may be seen as a measure of the extent to which opportunities for successful study are being provided for students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving this success .
22 This would lead us to look not just at the ‘ outputs ’ from institutions , but at the ‘ inputs ’ , and at the achievements of students who would traditionally not have been considered to be capable of achieving success , as well as those who could be expected to perform well on the basis of their previous academic achievements .
23 2.7 If at any time any Works are carried out otherwise than in accordance with the Building Documents and this fact might [ reasonably ] have been expected to be apparent on visual inspection to the Surveyors on the first occasion following the carrying out of the relevant Works on which they actually inspected the same pursuant to clause 2.5 ( " Relevant Inspection " ) then unless within [ 5 ] working days after the date of the Relevant Inspection ( time being of the essence ) the Surveyors have served on the Architect a Defects Notice in respect of such non-compliance the relevant Works shall be treated for all purposes of this agreement as having been carried out in accordance with the Building Documents This provision should be deleted .
24 Other unions which had either supported the earlier feasibility study , or might otherwise have been expected to be sympathetic , came up with only feeble amounts .
25 Previously it had only been expected to be able to offer a 16-way system in its first go-round .
26 Where the degree course and the HNC/HND course have not been designed to be integral with each other , students seeking entry to the degree course on the basis of the HNC/HND will normally need to take two further academic years of full-time study for a Degree and three further academic years of full-time study for an Honours Degree ( or the part-time equivalents ) .
27 Personal R:Base has been designed to be simple to learn and use , which is true to a certain extent , as manipulating data in a pre-created database is almost self explanatory .
28 Personal R:Base has been designed to be simple to learn and use , which is true to a certain extent , as manipulating data in a pre-created database is almost self explanatory .
29 They have been designed to be relevant to both small and large organisations in the public and private sectors , and take into account the variations that there will inevitably be in organisations ' approaches to developing their people .
30 ‘ The evening has been designed to be relaxing , and to be a sociable end to a busy first day , ’ said LIBF director Brian Bradford .
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