Example sentences of "[verb] be [verb] [subord] [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hitherto the instrumental approach to law has been criticized as inadequate to provide a coherent explanation for contradictory tendencies in legal developments . |
| 2 | The separation of these various powers between three officers has been criticised as likely to lead to a confusion of managerial authority ( Leach 1989:118 ) , and certainly it represents a move away from the chief executive model advocated in the Bains Report . |
| 3 | The range and technological sophistication of the aircraft had been seen as necessary to penetrate advanced Soviet air defences , but were of less value against less advanced military opponents . |
| 4 | Alternative dividing lines which have been informally mooted , such as simply restricting solicitor-advocates in Crown Court jury trials to the less serious cases , had been viewed as difficult to support as a matter of principle . |
| 5 | Tough new laws have been hailed as essential to fight drug barons , football hooligans and others hard to convict . |