Example sentences of "say [prep] be [adj] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attitude towards science in the Eagle could be said to be typical of UK comics generally . |
| 2 | How far can the characteristics suggested for tribunals be said to be true of tribunals to the exclusion of other forms of dispute resolution ? |
| 3 | ‘ Brother shall deliver up brother to death ’ could be said to be true of Jerome , for if he had not killed he had indeed delivered Aldhelm to his death . |
| 4 | Er and similarly the syntax of languages are often said to be oppressive of women , a lot of the way that language is structured and a lot of the words that you get in a language , that 's another thing that 's said . |
| 5 | The Nightriders collected cash for Children in Need from passengers who were said to be full of Christmas spirit . |
| 6 | Austin would apparently give Mach , said to be free of AT&T code , multiple personalities like OS/2 or OSF/1 . |