Example sentences of "be understood to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be understood to be a truce . |
| 2 | In specific terms , we can take this to mean : that war remains a political act ; that war must also be understood to be a revolutionising act ; and , finally , that it thereby acquires the potential to become ‘ absolute war ’ — whose corollary is total victory and absolute peace . |
| 3 | That is to say they think in terms of particular human beings ( and the term human beings tends to be understood to be a collectivity of the sum total of human beings ) . |
| 4 | ( Jiacha 's ‘ financial reasons ’ were understood to be a reward of $4 million and resettlement in California under the Federal Witness Protection Program . ) |
| 5 | Aetna , the large US insurance group is understood to be a front runner on the 20-strong list of potential buyers for Gartmore . |
| 6 | This is understood to be a reference to the coming destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD . ) |
| 7 | The basis of Pink , the Apple/IBM ( Taligent ) object-oriented operating system of the future is understood to be a proprietary microkernel called Opus that began life in Apple back in 1988 . |
| 8 | The man behind the take-over bid is understood to be a key figure in the Jersey tourist industry and has been trying unsuccessfully for years to get a Channel Island summer soccer tournament off the ground . |
| 9 | The visit is understood to be a last minute arrangement . |
| 10 | Moreover , it was understood to be a crime which was entirely foreign to the national character , and in one of its earliest references to the affair The Times ( 7 November 1862 ) registered the compulsive feeling that the new crime was ‘ un-British ’ : ‘ When the outrages first commenced , it was doubted whether the crime was not of foreign importation … but the ruffians who have been arrested arc of pure English breed . ’ |
| 11 | In the version drawn in 1921 by Sir Arnold Plant ( then a student at the School ) , the beaver was selected to symbolize the School because ‘ it was understood to be an industrious animal with social habits ’ . |
| 12 | On Oct. 9 the Algerian Prime Minister Sid-Ahmed Ghozali visited Tunisia in what was understood to be an attempt to improve relations . |