Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] be the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The issue was expected to be the major obstacle to any agreement being reached . |
| 2 | A BACK-TO-BASICS drive for Scottish pupils is expected to be the key influence in a ministerial review of the new school curriculum . |
| 3 | Professor Anthony Kay describes a case in which the council avoided investigating what many would have expected to be the central issue — was the accused doctor offering a treatment that could undoubtedly do harm but for which there was no scientific evidence of benefit ? |
| 4 | British high jump record holder Steve Smith is expected to be the chief guest at the Liverpool and District Catholic Schools prize presentation in the Philharmonic Hall on November 22 . |
| 5 | This implies a dramatic shift in Moscow 's non-committal stance on the Western allies ' 1987 Berlin Initiative , which is expected to be the main subject of today 's talks . |
| 6 | Further discussion on the proposal will be deferred until the 1993 meeting , when it is expected to be the main focus of environmental lobbying . |
| 7 | The new party was expected to be the main opposition grouping in the colony 's reformed legislature , which was to have almost a third of its members chosen by general election [ see p. 37248 ] . |
| 8 | Chancellor Norman Lamont is expected to be the big loser in a reshuffle with either Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke or Transport Secretary John MacGregor favourites to take over . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , although possessing a less extensive grant of power , the Commission was widely expected to be the dynamic element in further moves towards integration . |
| 10 | In other words , the dispute between system and unit is a formal dispute which can be filled out according to what is claimed to be the relevant system and what the relevant unit . |
| 11 | ICL Plc aims to bridge the gap between personal computers and dumb terminals with its new network terminal , ErgoClient , for client-server computing , which acts as a half-way house and is claimed to be the only product capable of filling a gap in the market by combining the price-performance of a terminal with the flexibility of a personal computer . |
| 12 | It also offers users the option to trade up to HP 700/RX stations or to add X terminals to their networks , and is claimed to be the only industry programme to o so . |
| 13 | He was described as ‘ a copycat rapist who had claimed to be the dreaded sex fiend nicknamed The Fox ’ ( Sun ) . |
| 14 | The income figure , particularly expressed as a ratio of net investment , has come to be the ultimate test of a company 's success or failure . |
| 15 | By his time , as his biographies bear witness , the primary fact of the scholarly life had come to be the learned hierarchy and the most important data about a scholar to be that concerning his progress in the hierarchy . |
| 16 | Well these sort of languages often considered to be the central pillar to group attachment and er official agencies like government an and things like historically support group language purity . |
| 17 | Patients who joined the study between 1981 and 1985 tended to have been treated with ursodeoxycholic acid as it had become widely available at that time and was considered to be the oral bile acid treatment of choice for gall stone dissolution . |
| 18 | Muscular tension is often a factor , and may be considered to be the prostatic version of a tension headache . |
| 19 | Again the family member will argue that this is perfectly reasonable behaviour for any family : total commitment regardless of cost to self might be considered to be the moral basis of family life . |
| 20 | Of equal importance are signals between groups of cells , a process known as induction , which historically at least , is considered to be the major mode of interaction in the development of embryos . |
| 21 | The upper oesophageal sphincter ( UOS ) is considered to be the major barrier preventing oesophagopharyngeal reflux . |
| 22 | ‘ Thirty years ago having a child outside marriage was n't considered to be the accepted thing . |
| 23 | Whether or not he would eventually have become chief executive is academic : the move to Provincial seems to have met a need to apply what is generally considered to be the sharp mind and highly effective set of skills of this simultaneously affable and well-organised character to a more absorbing challenge . |
| 24 | Although the Victorian era is considered to be the great age of plant collectors , the ancient Egyptians recorded plant collecting expeditions in their hieroglyphics . |
| 25 | There was a time in advertising when the writer was generally considered to be the senior partner of the creative team of writer and art director . |
| 26 | That first walk was open to those living or having businesses within six miles of Bradford , but in 1906 the walk was opened to all amateurs in the country and was considered to be the unofficial championship of England . |
| 27 | Up to then , the woodland was considered to be the precious part of the countryside , and was often fenced off to stop people getting in . |
| 28 | Though gastrin is considered to be the main mediator of food stimulated acid secretion , its role in the regulation of basal acid output is unclear . |
| 29 | It can be considered to be the microelectronic equivalent of a mainframe 's central processing unit ( CPU ) . |
| 30 | Since 1945 conversion rates have fallen to a lower level , of about 15,000 — 17,000 ha , and this is considered to be the direct result of stricter planning controls . |