Example sentences of "be said to be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain various landforms have been said to be exhumed from beneath a covering of Triassic sediments . |
| 2 | Children of such a union are said to be born with webbed feet or scaly skin , although as with any fairy/mortal mating the child will be uncommonly gifted . |
| 3 | They stress the theory-laden character of our pictures of the world and the extent to which scientists are said to be influenced in their thinking by the social factor of the spirit of the age . |
| 4 | For all these states of affairs are said to be united within the complex whole . |
| 5 | Key Sun employees in the areas of programming and signal processing are said to be moving to the new company , which is claimed to have made breakthroughs in security and ease of use . |
| 6 | As one might expect , West Germany has inherited the ability to maintain vast dossiers on people within its borders and , bearing in mind that some 8,000 spies working for East Germany and Russia are said to be operating in West Germany , there is certainly plenty for them to do . |
| 7 | THE BRITISH are said to be fascinated by the weather and talk of little else when the talk is small . |
| 8 | Workers are said to be rationed in the labour market and firms are said to be rationed in the commodity market . |
| 9 | Workers are said to be rationed in the labour market and firms are said to be rationed in the commodity market . |
| 10 | Since households can not sell their notional supply of labour services , i.e. , they are said to be rationed in the labour market . |
| 11 | In this case , the ‘ strategic compromises ’ of monopoly capital are said to be imposed by the balance of power between classes in the power bloc — a balance which might itself be explicable in structural terms . |
| 12 | Most trivial arguments are said to be based on matters of principle . |
| 13 | The established professions are said to be based upon an underlying logic which is essentially instrumental ; the individual is seen as an instance of a general category . |
| 14 | The year-old arrangement for CDC to sell NEC mainframes into the US and Europe has n't worked out , but CDC says it is now working on NEC 's massively parallel systems which are due next year and are said to be based around Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA-RISC , although Ousley says the Japanese firm is ‘ keeping its chip options open . ’ |
| 15 | Changes in social structure are said to be overdetermined by numerous contradictions . |
| 16 | The branch manager jobs are said to be going as part of a reorganisation which BIFU believes will lead to more job losses . |
| 17 | Kung fu artists aim their attacks at the body 's vital spots , which are said to be located along an imaginary line running down the middle of the body . |
| 18 | The 300 surviving Uru Eu Wau Wau Indians , whose lands were opened up to outside exploitation by the road project , are said to be suffering from diseases brought in by illegal miners . |
| 19 | Now further suitors , such as the American glass maker PPG International and the building products conglomerate MB Caradon , are said to be lying in wait . |
| 20 | In addition , social disruption and discontent are said to be fostered by temporary visitors , and ghost communities may be created out-of-season . |
| 21 | Very short heats are said to be linked with low ovulation rates . |
| 22 | German firms are said to be dumping in Eastern Europe waste which it would be costly for them to dispose of in Germany itself , including radioactive uranium , used tyres and banned pesticides . |
| 23 | The generic and common names of mint are said to be taken from the Greek myth of the nymph Minthe , who was being pursued by Hades , the god of the Underworld . |
| 24 | An 1801 description criticised , ‘ Though the corporation are said to be enriched by the produce of the ferry over the Tamar , the privilege of dragging the oysters , the anchorage and clearance of foreign vessels etc , yet the town presents but a poor appearance ’ . |
| 25 | Refugee camps here in Amman are said to be crammed to capacity , the authorities are growing more and more concerned about the numbers of Asian refugees , Indians , Bangladeshis , Pakistanis , Philippinos and Thais . |
| 26 | Artists whose cash-pressed dealers have ended their stipends are said to be climbing on board . |
| 27 | In other words those very characteristics that are said to be proscribed by the importance the Japanese attach to group loyalty and deference to authority . |
| 28 | Sales maximization and market share objectives are said to be preferred in Japan to short-term profits , although the two strategies are not necessarily mutually exclusive . |
| 29 | Both the gardens and the castle are said to be undermined with escape tunnels built during the years of Communism . |
| 30 | Questions about actions are defined as those which seek to establish facts ; questions which explicitly or implicitly seek to criticize individual officials are said to be directed at their conduct . |