Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concept of field dependence was first discussed by Witkin ( 1950 ) and has since been discovered to be a relatively stable trait of the individual . |
| 2 | An unemployment rate well in excess of what had hitherto been considered to be a stable NAIRU was failing to produce sustained reductions in the rate of inflation beyond the initial impact effect of the fall in aggregate demand . |
| 3 | So that was what I was doing in Baldersdale — looking for survivors in what has long been known to be a botanically rich area . |
| 4 | In fact , Dunrossness has long been considered to be the most fertile and agriculturally productive area in the whole of Shetland . |
| 5 | The existence of the debt can only be said to be a ‘ burden ’ if the government is constrained in its use of lump-sum taxes . |
| 6 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
| 7 | There remain finally the imported materials , of which timber alone is alleged to be a real limitation . |
| 8 | The site supports a large number and wide variety of bird species and so is considered to be a Wetland Site of International Importance . |
| 9 | Mistaken biological beliefs , such that the male alone was thought to be a full human being , underlay western culture , making this seem the more plausible . |
| 10 | Formation of clusters with unprimed T cells has thus been shown to be a functional feature of dendritic cells ; this may explain the striking appearance of S-100 protein + cells in Peyer 's patches , which are considered important sites for induction of primary immune responses . |
| 11 | Since 1948 , for example , the elderly have no longer been deemed to be the financial responsibility of their adult children or grandchildren . |
| 12 | The mythopoeic power of music has already been shown to be a decisive force in Greek literary history . |
| 13 | I can actually recall a press release which came to me about a a principal tourism officer who had just been appointed to be the head , you know the president for the year of his professional body , and in his own town a press release was put out in which his name was incorrectly spelt , and the conference at which he was about to be invested was actually taking , and I blush to say that it was in Brighton , I can only tell you when I got that press release I did what I frequently do , which is outline in highlighter the mistakes on the press release , put it back into the envelope and send it back to the relevant officer . |
| 14 | In terms of the alternative function Z , the original solution may be described by a real function Z and the new solution satisfying ( 11.8 ) is then given by ( 12.46 ) This can thus be seen to be a transformation of the type ( 12.2 ) followed by an Ehlers transformation in a slightly more general form than ( 12.13 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The fact that a prominent member of the current community council and an integrated education supporter was a member of official Sinn Fein , the Workers ' party , appeared to figure in the reasoning , as this party has always been suspected to be an anti-clerical and secularist force . |
| 17 | The electricity industry had always been considered to be a natural monopoly and plans to privatise it were preceded by lengthy discussions about the ideal structure for the industry . |
| 18 | Empirically , the assumption of constant interest rates has usually been found to be an acceptable approximation . |
| 19 | When , however , its satisfactions depend upon the infliction of pain or damage upon an unwilling partner , the situation is again that of using a person as a mere object : the sadist ( or , sometimes , the masochist ) may genuinely be said to be a social and personal menace . |
| 20 | The value when repaired for these purposes should always be taken to be the insured value . |
| 21 | Quite obviously the playwright has largely pre-empted negotiation of this kind ; also , a theatrical performance can hardly be said to be a social interaction in a normal sense as the actor 's concern is to describe to someone outside the interaction on stage — to the spectator . |
| 22 | The Prince of Wales could hardly be said to be a good luck symbol at the moment . |
| 23 | A ROYAL Ulster Constabulary officer killed by a single shot yesterday is believed to be the third victim of an IRA sniper using a fearsome long-range rifle . |
| 24 | IN the days when the British car industry was a joke , one firm more than any was considered to be a laughing stock . |
| 25 | ( The asbestos had been built into the carriages to act as sound and heat insulation , but had of course later been found to be a health hazard . ) |
| 26 | Eventually , of course , the dug-outs return with the news that prices and demand had increased on other islands also and that what had erroneously been considered to be a series of relative price and demand shifts turned out to have affected all islands equally . |
| 27 | In your advert give the name of the person to whom the reply is to be made since this has also been found to be a positive factor in encouraging people to reply . |
| 28 | It has also been found to be a source of one of the major ingredients of the contraceptive pill . |
| 29 | This respect for authority has appeared throughout the examples given , but it has also been shown to be a respect within certain limits . |
| 30 | Garlic extract has also been shown to be a valuable first line of defence against oral thrush . |