Example sentences of "be say to [be] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William may or may not have been a rogue and charlatan ; there are said to be many such in Panama , which as a crossroads for the modern world radiates a special magnetism for crews of ne'er-do-wells . |
| 2 | A quadratic form unc and the matrix A within f , are said to be positive definite ( pos. def. ) if unc for all real , non-null vectors x . |
| 3 | There are said to be some mystic rivers one drop of which can steal a man 's life away . |
| 4 | There may be said to be three different types of Christology : ‘ high ’ Christologies , ‘ low ’ Christologies , and ‘ message ’ Christologies . |
| 5 | The Ardakkeans were said to be superhumanly strong and invulnerable to most life-threats . |
| 6 | Inside the embassy , conditions were said to be worse that ever , with intense pressure on sanitary facilities . |
| 7 | Bookings were reportedly around a billion dollars and were said to be continuing strong . |
| 8 | There is said to be many decorated examples using dot and line relief , but I have found only two such decorated ones during my twenty years of detecting . |
| 9 | On Mr calculations for the defendant on the other hand the cost was said to be six hundred and twenty thousand three h three hundred pounds and thirty one pence . |