Example sentences of "them are [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the remainder of the known fortified sites are plotted on a map ( fig. 7.1 ) most of them are seen to be distributed along three routes : |
| 2 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad that those that have them are said to be ‘ tea-bagging ’ them — moving their precious chips from system to system to prove to customers that their box works , then quickly back into the safe . |
| 3 | Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend . |
| 4 | For instance , discharges frequently run from septic tanks in the grounds of country cottages , many of whose occupants are old people who have the sympathies of field men , since most of them are believed to be badly off . |
| 5 | In Ireland a party that puts up several candidates in a constituency will easily predict which of them are going to be elected , which may and which wo n't . |
| 6 | And g m quite a lot of them are going to be dependent on rented accommodation and in particular , well both council cou both , both council rented accommodation and private rented accommodation . |
| 7 | Some of them are held to be responsible for relaxation phenomena at low temperatures while folds are of great importance in the crystallization of polymers . |
| 8 | This hypothesis is supported by the fact that most plant families that produce bird-dispersed seeds are of very wide distribution and that several of them are held to be primitive , e.g. Annonaceae , Lauraceae , while several genera conspicuous in this trait are found in both tropical America and Australasia . |
| 9 | Although the effects of loss vary from one individual to another , on the whole it seems that men tend to fare a little better in bereavement than women , and fewer of them are found to be in need of psychiatric treatment for chronic grief and depression . |