Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Intel side , the PCE-5S Pentium machine will be shown : it is currently running at 50MHz , but is eventually intended to be a 66MHz machine — all being well at Intel Corp . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was widely recognized to be a very important contribution to quantum theory , and it won him the Nobel Prize in 1922 . |
| 4 | Also replaced in the ensuing Cabinet reshuffle was Petroleum Resources Minister Jibril Aminu , who was widely expected to be a candidate in the presidential elections scheduled for Dec. 5 . |
| 5 | A condition of the IMF loan was unofficially reported to be a 25 per cent reduction in public staff levels . |
| 6 | Because it makes public that which should stay hidden , pornography is widely considered to be a form of sexual propaganda . |
| 7 | AT 30 , Daldry is widely considered to be an inspired choice as the artistic director-designate of the Royal Court , London 's embattled home of new writing . |
| 8 | Bush 's public and deliberate linking of the " occupied " West Bank with East Jerusalem was greeted with near unanimous condemnation in Israel , where Israeli control over the whole of the " " eternal " capital " was widely considered to be an irreversible fact . |
| 9 | While working on the new opera , Don Giovanni , he also completed two string quintets , K.515 in C and K.516 in G minor — one of his greatest works in that key ; the Violin Sonata in A , K.526 ; and two small-scale ‘ divertimento-style ’ pieces , the exquisite serenade Eine Kleine Nachtmusik , and its antithesis , Ein musikalischer Späss ( A Musical Joke ) , which , in its wealth of wrong notes and inept harmonies , is obviously intended to be a satire on incompetent composers . |
| 10 | To help another major city — chosen by competition — to hold an international trade fair designed to be a showcase of British innovation for the twenty-first century . |
| 11 | ‘ Mani manent cum nostris semper in aeternum , Primarche ! ’ the Reclusiarch chanted in the hieratic religious tongue , which his listeners only comprehended to be a blend of sacred plainsong and occult invocation . |
| 12 | Now that 's obviously got to be a decision that you make . |
| 13 | Long thought to be a mystery , Coade stone is now known to be a ceramic body , and the British Museum research laboratory 's analysis in 1985 showed that it was a form of stoneware so resistant to the weather that it is as precise today as when it was originally made . |
| 14 | It was her research that showed how close we are in evolutionary terms to the apes : how they communicate with each other , use tools ( hitherto thought to be a strictly human activity ) and develop lifelong bonds of family and friendship . |
| 15 | This is not an immutable law , but the correlation has been sufficiently demonstrated to be a valuable guide . |
| 16 | But , in those early days of her marriage , her father had merely seemed to be a deeply unhappy if somewhat eccentric man , whose small losses of memory were hardly noticeable . |
| 17 | This , however , only proved to be a brief respite in the persecutions . |
| 18 | This was Johnny Bryan , another Texan who was wrongly reputed to be a millionaire . |
| 19 | Why the date 1785 was used is uncertain ; it was said by Professor J.G. Wright to commemorate the meeting of the Odiham Agricultural Society when the first mention of the idea of improving farriery was made , but the strong possibility remains that it was originally meant to be 1875 , the year the College received its Charter of Incorporation and adopted its coat of arms , and that someone corrected what was wrongly assumed to be an error . |
| 20 | ‘ I very much wanted to be a character actress , to be able to lose myself in various parts . |
| 21 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 22 | ‘ Alfred very much wanted to be a doctor and father encouraged him . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | There are two good examples of this in the British Museum 's Roman sculpture collections : the ‘ Spinario ’ , a boy removing a thorn from his foot , and ‘ Clytie ’ , long taken to be a portrait of the emperor Claudius ' mother , the younger Antonia , but perhaps better identified as a personification of one of the nations defeated by Augustus . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | To many observers Reagan had long ceased to be a president and become a king-like figure who communicated with his people in platitudinous homilies . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 … |
| 28 | She almost groaned aloud at her ignorance in over-reacting in such a childish way to what , obviously , he had only meant to be an amusing conversational gambit . |
| 29 | On a February day in 1306 Bruce arranged what was apparently meant to be a conciliatory meeting-at the Greyfriars ' monastery church in Dumfries . |
| 30 | The statement ‘ Truth is God ’ , which Gandhi instinctively felt to be a more accurate expression of his basic position , is not inconsistent with his description of Truth as Being itself , as eternal , or with his reference to Truth as that which alone is , all else being momentary . |