Example sentences of "[is] [verb] to [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gedge 's mother was pleased to see the band put our a tribute to Jones but would have preferred her son 's singing to be given a lot more prominence . |
| 2 | Sharp is claimed to be leading the world in the area of development and production of individual/home information tools and plans development and exploitation of ‘ the next-generation of products based on their ‘ Personal Information Tool ’ initiative which advocates considering communication among people and co-possession of information going beyond the conventional personal idea and creating a new life culture ’ — Their words not ours ! |
| 3 | Europe , with 7,512 cases , is considered to be facing an epidemic . |
| 4 | Initially , city advisers would need to rethink their attitudes towards a telephone service where sometimes the client who phones in is considered to be jumping the queue . |
| 5 | This notice would be served on the person who is deemed to be contravening the provision and this could include any person on whom responsibilities are placed , whether he is an employer , an employed person , or a supplier of equipment or materials . |
| 6 | Selina — said to earn £200,000 a year as a newscaster with Sky TV — is reported to be considering a £250,000 contract from the new London TV station Carlton . |
| 7 | As the calls for a new privacy law were mounting , journalists and photographers were massing outside a Gloucestershire estate where John Bryan is reported to be renting a cottage . |
| 8 | Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown is reported to be preparing a major economic policy initiative to be unveiled at the Labour conference . |
| 9 | He is reported to be negotiating the complete withdrawal of the 1,500 Soviet military advisers . |
| 10 | The WWF is reported to be contributing a six-figure sum toward the scheme . |
| 11 | Chester College is pressing to be allowed the title of university college , but its hopes appeared to have been dashed last month by education junior minister Tim Boswell . |
| 12 | This one is expected to be called A Vision Of The Earth . |
| 13 | This means that the fair futures price is expected to be implying a year-end index value of 1929.2 . |
| 14 | AUSTRALIAN David Richards is expected to be named the first full-time chief executive of the International Cricket Council in February . |
| 15 | France recognises its poor performance in population assistance and is said to be developing a new programme , which , however , is expected to focus on public education and demographic research and training rather than family planning assistance . |
| 16 | Faced with the choice of reinventing itself or hanging up its boots , 88open , the supporters club for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC vendors , is said to be finalising a plan to offer its conformance testing expertise to the industry at large , via a separate organisation that will develop and implement test suites for suppliers of other RISC architectures and consortia like PowerOpen or Sparc International it sees as potential customers . |
| 17 | EC Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan is said to be considering an appeal against today 's ruling . |
| 18 | The effect of jurisdictional error of law is said to be to render the affected decision void or a nullity in the sense that the decision is treated as never having had any legal effect . |
| 19 | The Queen 's press secretary Charles Anson is said to be facing the chop for saying Fergie was ‘ unsuitable ’ after her split from Prince Andrew . |
| 20 | Six UK licencees include the Prudential Building Society , the Post Office and Swiss Bank — North West Water is said to be taking a look . |
| 21 | The new French government is said to be taking a fresh look at the matter . |
| 22 | HOG members stress the group is concerned only with generic definitions , and whilst OSF is said to be taking a lead role in new work , HOG members have already agreed to endorse those previously established by the Network Management Forum . |
| 23 | The Home Secretary has ordered a review of unit fines and is said to be keeping an open mind about other parts of the Act . |
| 24 | Mr Culley is said to be having a hard time coming to terms with what has happened . |
| 25 | The big question now is how soon the blond from Henley will eclipse the blonde from Finchley , who is said to be planning a speech which would make Joan of Arc sound hesitant . |
| 26 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is said to be planning an extensive arena tour this summer , starting in Europe . |
| 27 | These also seem to be the stories enticing actors Madonna , for example , is said to be preparing a screen version of the life of another anguished martyr : the tormented Mexican painter Frida Kahlo . |
| 28 | Microsoft Corp is said to be reconsidering the floor-level pricing it considered for NT , and is thought unlikely to go with a $100 price . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp is said to be reconsidering the floor-level pricing it was trying with NT , and is now thought to be unlikely to go with the $99 price . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |