Example sentences of "what be [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , his argument might be seen as an attempt to confront the common sense with the disconcerting fact that references to what are assumed to be numerically identical spatio-temporal particulars inhabiting an objective world " out there " can not be given a satisfactory justification , and consequently that one can not claim with certainty that such particulars represent the basic material of which the world is made up . |
| 2 | The reason for this , however , is that almost all the references are found in what are intended to be exhaustive lists of ways of acquiring property : heretics , for instance , are debarred from acquiring under any title including legacy and trust ; curial property received in any way ( including legacy and trust ) is taxable . |
| 3 | Finally , the man with the largest feet in Britain has just taken delivery of what are believed to be the biggest pair of shoes in the world . |
| 4 | This leads inevitably to great simplification or stylization , and , at the same time , to a clarification and accentuation of what are felt to be the significant features or details of the object depicted . |
| 5 | All the appellants seek orders that , because of the Secretary of State 's failure to comply with what are said to be the requirements as I have set them out , the decisions made in relation to each of the appellants as to their respective tariffs should be quashed . |
| 6 | ‘ And what are said to be her feelings about him ? ’ |
| 7 | Her Majesty 's Inspectors in their report on the teaching of English published in 1987 were particularly concerned by the low standard of teaching for A level English : ‘ Teachers spend too much time scrutinizing past papers and then drilling students in what are taken to be the ‘ correct ’ answers . |
| 8 | In conditions below ten knots a masthead drifter , set flying from a tack point on the extended and heavily reinforced pulpit structure , should help Q2 in what are anticipated to be her least favoured conditions . |
| 9 | Much of the literature on women and education tends to make this kind of distinction , arguing both for greater equality of access for girls and for changes in what are claimed to be inherently sexist curricula and values put over in school . |
| 10 | These recent theories , whether they deal with an intellectual movement — the invention of a new doctrine — or with the social process of industrialization , are obviously concerned mainly with the nationalism of the twentieth century and with what are claimed to be its roots in the social , cultural and political changes which occurred in Western Europe during the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | A secretly-filmed video details what are claimed to be breaches of regulations meant to protect animals . |
| 12 | Questions will be asked about what are considered to be healthy foods and why , and whether definitions are changing . |
| 13 | The stones consist of a pair of burr stones for corn grinding and a set of what are thought to be Peak stones used for animal feed . |
| 14 | The chemical scheme combines what are thought to be the most important O x , NO x , HO x , ClO x , BrO x , CHO x and SO x ( ref. 17 ) reactions with the recommended kinetic data . |
| 15 | The word ‘ model ’ implies a physical description that does not attempt to be complete or accurate in detail but that encapsulates what are thought to be the central features of the phenomenon . |
| 16 | He accepts as issues what are reputed to be issues . |
| 17 | Sodalities , such as the Legion of Mary , Opus Dei , and Christian Life communities , have partially extended this form of commitment to some , particularly more middle-class laity , and continue to have an important role in activating laity for what are judged to be religious goals both personally and socially . |
| 18 | Many villages , too , kept festivals and holidays on what were reckoned to be their ‘ proper ’ days , but that habit gradually died out , only the tax year surviving from a bygone calendar . |
| 19 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 20 | Rational techniques were introduced to try to solve what were perceived to be problems at the time . |
| 21 | ‘ The Moltkean Revolution ’ , as it has been called , a led to the adoption everywhere in continental Europe of what were believed to be the secrets of its success — compulsory military service to provide a short-service army with a large trained reserve , and the creation of a permanent , highly-trained general staff . |
| 22 | At some stage , however , Iran secured supplies of what were believed to be Soviet , originating missiles , possibly from Syria , to which the USSR had delivered such weapons . |
| 23 | Three fans were placed in this category on the basis of lengthy observation and in accord with what were taken to be the appropriate criteria for judging such people . |
| 24 | Public utilities such as electricity , gas , water and telecommunications provided the best examples of what were considered to be natural monopolies , although when technological advances are made , certain industries formerly classed as natural monopolies may cease to be so ( eg telecommunications ) . |
| 25 | The timing of the election was also influenced by disarray within the opposition Liberal-National Party coalition arising from what were considered to be ill-conceived policies regarding health care and labour relations , and continuing problems within the leadership . |
| 26 | One could imagine the early days of the place , when Blondin had walked on a tightrope across the Great Hall , when 20,000 Wolf Cubs rallying to honour Rudyard Kipling unleashed their " Great Howl " in 1922 , or when what were reputed to be the greatest firework displays in Europe were held there . |
| 27 | Henceforth unions could be fined very heavily for conducting what were deemed to be unlawful strikes : several of them were to suffer accordingly , starting with the National Graphical Association . |
| 28 | The use of files imposed limitations on the types of valid and reliable data that could be obtained ; data analysed represented a compromise between these limitations and what were thought to be useful indicators of the manner or style of assessment and service delivery . |
| 29 | More than one lost his head as a consequence of making what were alleged to be seditious or treacherous statements in the House of Commons . |
| 30 | Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk , who chaired the meeting , announced at a news conference that after several hours of what were reported to be stormy discussions , 20 documents had been signed , notably including an agreement defining the status of the strategic forces and stipulating that their commander was subordinate to the Council of Heads of State and to the C.-in-C. of the joint armed forces of the CIS . |