Example sentences of "say [prep] [be] [adj] [noun pl] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it just a coincidence that Jesus is said to be thirty years old when he embarks on his ministry ? |
| 2 | This is an easy way of getting light into a garage , and the glazing material used by Cardale is said to be 100 times stronger than glass . |
| 3 | Cousin Island also has a small population of giant tortoises , including ‘ George ’ said to be 150 years old and one of the survivors of the endemic subspecies , the others having been introduced from the island of Aldabra which lies about a thousand kilometres away off the north of Madagascar . |
| 4 | It was said to be 700 years old when it fell in 1896 . |
| 5 | There can , therefore , be said to be 5,672 courses available on the Modular Course . |
| 6 | Later , drive to the Buddhist Swayambhunath Stupa , said to be 2,000 years old . |
| 7 | He was Alan Stephen Wild , 38 , said to be five feet nine inches , with fair hair . |