Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] be [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When used with the to infinitive , on the other hand , find denotes rather the discovery of a fact : ( 96 ) I measured the tail of the dead rat , and found it to be two yards long . |
| 2 | For example , Lancaster and Chesher ( 1983 ) estimated the reservation wage elasticity with respect to benefits to be only 0.14 and NN found it to be 0.16 . |
| 3 | She had not liked him very much but she judged him to be one of those unfortunate men who dislike their neighbours even more than they dislike themselves and as such he was to be pitied , plodding on from day to day among his bingo-playing telly-watching parishioners . |
| 4 | He said the idea of a single currency was ‘ even less realistic than I believed it to be nine months ago ’ . |
| 5 | Lieutenant Margraff estimated it to be 112 feet from base to crest . |
| 6 | The twenty years which followed showed him to be one of the most remarkable social innovators of his time . |
| 7 | Two sections across its line in Normangate Field , in 1961 and 1969 , showed it to be 7–8 m ( 23–26 ft ) wide and up to 1.5 m ( 5 ft ) high , reflecting the repeated resurfacings and repairs made necessary by heavy wear . |
| 8 | There were a few suitable towns at which to start but we chose Beni Abbes because the map showed it to be two thousand miles from Kano . |
| 9 | He still has many supporters , though , among the Western press , who considered him to be one of the few UN bureaucrats with a habit of telling the truth . |
| 10 | The majority of those questioned considered it to be one of the best prospectuses published , easy to use , attractive and informative . |