Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] to be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conscience gave her an uncomfortable nip , for it could n't exactly be said to be the height of honour for her to accept his invitation to dine in his home in the guise of a journalist when she was n't one , but Fabia went and studied her wardrobe . |
| 2 | This is because the apparent uptake at one hour can not be taken to be the true uptake in view of the high level at time 0 , which must represent adherence to the cell wall ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 3 | So , while regression can not be claimed to be the be-all and end-all of therapeutic treatment , it is certainly an important stage . |
| 4 | This may well have been the intention , but in fact the implications are clear : demolition rates are too low , compulsory purchase of homes for redevelopment is inevitable in the future ; owner-occupiers can not be trusted to be the final arbiters of whether their homes arc unfit' ; and some existing environments may be so drab as to be not worth preserving' . |
| 5 | The value when repaired for these purposes should always be taken to be the insured value . |
| 6 | Even student teachers , who might reasonably be expected to be the least jaundiced and most optimistic informants , are n't happy . |
| 7 | Phil joined the Palace in February 1984 for a modest £10,000 fee from Aylesbury Town , but he soon established himself as a valuable member of our League side , playing either on the left of midfield or up front as a striker , and he must probably be reckoned to be the best signing made for our club by manager Alan Mullery . |
| 8 | Can this properly be said to be the case with a play such as Doctor Faustus ? |
| 9 | We have already mentioned background music , although this should really be expanded to be the public address system , as almost always the background music is fed by the same amplification and uses the same speakers as the guest paging system . |
| 10 | This can immediately be seen to be the obvious solution which , on its own , gives rise to the Kasner metrics as will be shown in the next section . |
| 11 | A person who has parked his car on a road and left it unattended ca n't be said to be the driver of this offence . |
| 12 | For that God has been conceived as male , and that biblical teaching which arose out of a patriarchal society has been held to be the revelation of God , must surely be seen to be the underlying facts of western culture which have led to discrimination against women . |