Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] to be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But with the hindsight of Frey 's distinction ( also Regan 's ) between having an interest and something 's being in one 's interest , this route is denied Singer because water , sunlight , and even perhaps preservation , in tune with the tree 's needs , can rightly be said to be in its interests .
2 Because it is inevitable that there will continue to be an increased use of IT within enterprises , existing computer- and telecommunications-based managers clearly would normally be expected to be in a much stronger position than existing library and information centre managers to become the overall managers of all the information-based resources of the firm , IT-based or not , if that is what the company decides it needs .
3 Even if a large cash shortage in the money market is anticipated for the following week , as is usually so , Treasury bills will still be announced to be on offer for that week in order to ensure the preservation of a market in the bills .
4 For example , second-hand goods can hardly be expected to be in perfect condition .
5 That conception , for all the problems it raises , can not reasonably be said to be of the same character .
6 There is a natural logic to such a structure in that management can reasonably be said to be about making the best use of the resources available and , to this extent , is a normal part of the clinical process .
7 Her replacement by Liz South on the Scottish Committee had been agreed by the Scottish Episcopal Church and Liz South would also be invited to be on the Partnership Sub-Committee .
8 National Governments may also be found to be in breach of Articles 85 and 86 in combination with their duties under Articles 3 ( ? and 5 to co-operate with the EEC institutions in achieving the objectives of the Treaty , which include the institution of a system ensuring that competition is not distorted .
9 Whether this is the case or not , even the more special crimes such as this one can not automatically be assumed to be outside the scope of the postclassical perspective .
10 The occupier of a private house ( but not the owner of a house who had never entered into possession of it ) would probably be considered to be in possession of anything placed or left in it — at any rate unless it was concealed — while the occupier of a shop has been held not to be in possession of a thing dropped in a part of the shop to which the public had access .
11 The authors see the requirement for the nurse to re-register every three years ( periodic licensing ) , as an important step forward in ensuring ‘ that all patients receive the highest level of care and that the qualified nurse can really be seen to be in a position of accountability ’ .
12 Nonetheless , the original concept of driving a flight simulator by the flight data recorder can now be considered to be in its first stage of development .
13 A family member who did not react to the craziness of Chemical Dependency or other addictive disease would be a very strange , unreactive , person who might well be considered to be at least odd if not ill or crazy himself or herself for not reacting .
14 The parliamentary party on the outbreak of the First World War can therefore be seen to be in a rough state of balance , with the interests of land , services , professions and business in a near equality .
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