Example sentences of "who is [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The demonstrators against the war in the streets of the capital are using the weapon of Islamic solidarity to have a go at the western powers , and some are indirectly critical of Mr Suharto , who is assumed to be the West 's friend . |
| 2 | But in the classroom , the roles are often reversed : the person who asks the questions is the one who is assumed to be more knowledgeable . |
| 3 | This project has three objectives : to investigate how accurately parents and their adolescent children can predict each other 's thinking over complex moral and social problems ; to assess whether the degree of such accuracy is related to the nature and extent of parent-adolescent conflicts , and to test whether an individual at one level of cognitive development can describe the view of another person who is assumed to be at a higher level . |
| 4 | The big question now is how soon the blond from Henley will eclipse the blonde from Finchley , who is said to be planning a speech which would make Joan of Arc sound hesitant . |
| 5 | A GHOST who is said to be the guardian spirit of Somerset orchards , in south-western England . |
| 6 | The said belle is one Miss Stephanie Lowe , a blonde beauty and person , who is said to be co-habiting with Mr Schofield in a ‘ luxury Thameside home ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ Many of the artists in the 1993 Biennial exhibition work consciously to deconstruct and de-center the politically constructed site of whiteness and its relation to the ever-changing direction of Americanness ’ , writes one newly appointed curator , who is said to be already organising an exhibition scheduled for 1995 on the deconstruction of the African-American male , ‘ the body provides an immediate site for discussions of culture , gender , class , and sexual specificity . |
| 8 | This evidently does not apply to God , who is said to be able ( although unlikely ) to create duplicate worlds . |
| 9 | It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith . |
| 10 | Police have issued a description of the gunman , who is said to be aged between 29–30 , around six feet tall , of slim build with a thin face , dark eyebrows , narrow eyes and a long narrow nose . |
| 11 | The man who is said to be in his 40s and local was taken to the specialist burns unit at Whiston Hospital but his condition is not known . |
| 12 | Is then an MP , who must keep the hours of a street-walker ; who is understood to be — if the public is to be believed — either impotent or corrupt ; who spends the best years of his life listening to Ministers , speeches , and to the complaints of his constituents ; is he to receive as his only reward after twenty years of service a signed photograph of Jim Prior ? |
| 13 | However , it is possible that such " cutting " was intentional , in order to create the effect of a movement away from the spectator ( who is seen to be receiving a privileged view ) . |
| 14 | In particular Amer Midani , the United director who has a 15 per cent holding and who is believed to be waiting to buy Edwards 's stake . |
| 15 | There are suspicions that Mr Kinnock , who will not intervene publicly in the contest , is trying to speed up the process in order to boost the chances of Mr Smith , who is believed to be his preferred successor . |
| 16 | Her mother Jenny Hitchcock , 44 , who is believed to be Clark 's lover , and PC Gary Jones , 30 , were also stabbed . |
| 17 | The flock receives virtually no historical background from its shepherd — who is believed to be the definitive authority on such matters . |
| 18 | In a subtle way , therefore , the history of a past age , the relationships between people which are embodied in the scriptures which tell of that revelation , and the teaching of Him who is believed to be the revelation of God will be made present . |
| 19 | Police say they are concerned for Kathryn Mary Baxter who is believed to be depressed following the recent break-up of her relationship with a boyfriend . |
| 20 | Andrea Glass , who is believed to be a close friend of Iain Chalmers , is the new treasurer . |
| 21 | The former England midfielder , who is expected to be player-coach , said before leaving for the talks : ‘ I would be happy to come back north and it will be great to be working with Howard again . ’ |
| 22 | There is clearly therefore no legal difficulty involved in aborting a mentally handicapped child , or a child who is expected to be mentally handicapped . |
| 23 | There are four too with German clubs in the Bundesliga second and third divisions while the top local is 19-year-old striker Eimantas Poderis of the leading club Zhalgiras Vilnius who is expected to be transferred to a German club within the next few months . |
| 24 | The child who is encouraged to be a self-respecting individual , however , will carry that impression of himself forward into adulthood and will find that others respond to him as someone worthy of their respect . |
| 25 | She has recently started a new job and feels attracted to a senior female colleague who is rumoured to be gay . |
| 26 | This notice would be served on the person who is deemed to be contravening the provision and this could include any person on whom responsibilities are placed , whether he is an employer , an employed person , or a supplier of equipment or materials . |
| 27 | Clause 22 and Sch 3 provide for an employee who would otherwise have to be suspended from work for health and safety reasons on maternity grounds , such as pregnancy , recent birth , or where the woman is breast-feeding her child , to be offered suitable alternative work ( if available ) and for an employee who is suspended to be paid during the suspension . |
| 28 | There was an almost equally dramatic sequel to the race when Carroll House , who is known to be a highly strung individual , lashed out several times as he was returning and almost caught well-wishers patting his quarters . |
| 29 | However , there is among the Conservative candidates one who is known to be particularly sympathetic to Green policies . |
| 30 | It is precisely this that makes me very suspicious of searching for some supposed rational parliamentary intention outside the language in which a draftsman who is known to be rational has chosen to express it . |