Example sentences of "say [prep] be [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poland , one year after starting a strict anti-inflation programme , is said to be a particularly terrible place . |
| 2 | ‘ It was said to be the most brilliant Court in the western world . |
| 3 | The system is said to be the most advanced in the world , and has already led to several arrests . |
| 4 | Several authentic portraits exist , of which the unfinished one by his brother-in-law Joseph Lange ( see page 65 ) , painted about two years before Mozart 's death , is said to be the most accurate likeness . |
| 5 | She was said to be the most handicapped person in Britain at that time , since , due to a rare muscular disease , she was paralysed throughout her whole body except in her big toe . |
| 6 | She was said to be the most beautiful girl in the whole island , with a fair complexion , blue eyes and golden-brown hair . |
| 7 | Totemism is the earliest form of religion , according to Freud , and he quotes Robertson Smith 's The Religion of the Semites in which the sacrifice of an animal at the altar is said to be the most fundamental element in religion . |
| 8 | The European he was said to be the most fond of as Princess Maria Gabriella de Savoia , but her father , the former King Umberto of Italy , would have insisted on a Catholic wedding . |
| 9 | Said to be a very calming stone when held in the hand , it can also help to regularise the menstrual cycle if you suffer from erratic periods . |
| 10 | Like Rampton , Moss Side and Park Lane , Broadmoor is a maximum-security mental hospital housing the people said to be the most dangerous in the UK . |
| 11 | It is based around a standard statistical technique called discriminant analysis , and runs on part of an AWESOME piece of software from the American SAS Institute , said to be the most advanced in the world . |
| 12 | Treatment consist of a massage — said to be the most effective way of stimulating the blood flow and lymphatic fluid — but as the oils are concentrated , a base oil is added . |
| 13 | The pride of Patrington is the nationally known St Patrick 's church , often said to be the most beautiful parish church in England , and locally known as ‘ the Queen of Holderness ’ . |
| 14 | She 'd leave early and go to Les Eyzies as Mademoiselle Lavaux had suggested , or perhaps to La Roque-Gageac , said to be the most beautiful village in France . |
| 15 | The Al Bustan in the capital area , said to be the most beautiful hotel in the world , was originally designed as a palace and conference centre for the leaders of the Gulf States but is open to visitors most of the time . |
| 16 | Said to be the most important such Riviera sale since that of the collection of American socialite Florence Gould , the Pasha auction reflects a similar sort of taste . |