Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult to understand why this screen — which was presumably intended to be a close-boarded fence — was needed , as the turnpike road is some distance away , one field beyond the other side of the river . |
| 2 | A condition of the IMF loan was unofficially reported to be a 25 per cent reduction in public staff levels . |
| 3 | This is not an immutable law , but the correlation has been sufficiently demonstrated to be a valuable guide . |
| 4 | This , however , only proved to be a brief respite in the persecutions . |
| 5 | Articles are research reports whose conclusions are of general interest and which are sufficiently rounded to be a substantial advance in understanding , They should not have more than 3,000 words ow text ( not including figure legends ) or more than six display items and should not occupy more than five pages of Nature . |
| 6 | Moore 's claim that definitions of ethical expressions in naturalistic terms commit the ‘ naturalistic fallacy ’ long continued to be a main influence on moral philosophy in the English speaking world . |
| 7 | ‘ I know , ’ Flavia went on , ‘ that people do n't like a divorce in their family , but when you think that his has so long ceased to be a real marriage You have n't seen them together , Michel and … |
| 8 | On a February day in 1306 Bruce arranged what was apparently meant to be a conciliatory meeting-at the Greyfriars ' monastery church in Dumfries . |
| 9 | I will not add any further details , since this is not intended to be a technical article , and in any case loco fans will know the details very well already . |
| 10 | Rather than some forbidding official document , his report consisted of a letter to me with the disclaimer that it was not intended to be a major addition to the already considerable library of the National Health Service . |
| 11 | The film was not intended to be a realistic portrayal of the war : indeed , it was thematically based on Joseph Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , set in Africa at the turn of the century . |
| 12 | Democracy was evidently not intended to be a dead letter within the BDDA , but participation was difficult to achieve . |
| 13 | The points set out below are not intended to be a full explanation of the intricacies of the acquisition of premises and their use as a catering enterprise ; they are designed to illustrate some of the legal issues involved . |
| 14 | Yet it had also already proven to be a powerful and flexible tool for tackling complex system building tasks as set out in Bobrow et al ( 1977 ) . |
| 15 | Other women joined in saying , some in detail , what they would do to the German soldiers , and one woman , generally considered to be a part-time prostitute , boasted that she could see off any German . |
| 16 | FOUR years old is generally considered to be a reasonable age for learning to ski . |
| 17 | The cost of online services is not considered to be a critical factor in their use . |
| 18 | LIBRA You are not considered to be a selfish person by nature . |
| 19 | The possibility that this approach might appear to poor parents as a punishment for their poverty was not considered to be a significant part of the equation . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , it would seem that this was not considered to be a significant proportion . |
| 21 | And it 's not designed to be a public meeting for anybody that come along and gives support and help would be more than welcome . |
| 22 | R.5(6) provides that a shareholder shall not exercise any voting rights in respect of any share held in breach of any part of R.5 — a breach could come about either because a shareholder is not permitted to be a shareholder or because a shareholder is holding for another person who is not permitted to be a beneficial owner . |
| 23 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 24 | The evaluation of investment risks is generally accepted to be a corporate responsibility . |
| 25 | After St George 's , almost all Unionist candidates ran without making promises to support the coalition ; this did not mean that all of them joined the diehard group when elected , but it showed that coalition was no longer seen to be a winning ticket . |
| 26 | She was not destined to be a great painter but she had the confidence and luck to be a successful one . |
| 27 | This instrument is thus seen to be a splendid complement to the other members of the woodwind fraternity . |
| 28 | This is thus seen to be a continuous monitoring activity as changes late in the development programme , within say the concepts stage , could severely affect the confidence in all downstream activities including the actual articles being produced . |
| 29 | In general , the idea of forming anything more than a temporary joint household with one or other spouse 's parents is not seen to be a serious option . |
| 30 | The UK was not seen to be a true ‘ European ’ — a contention which many would say holds true today — and it tends to view the EC as an economic , rather than as a political union . |