Example sentences of "say [prep] be [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second youth was said to be about the same age and was wearing a bright coloured top . |
| 2 | Royal College of Nursing members at the hospital had expressed worry over possible job losses and morale was said to be at a low ebb . |
| 3 | Talks were said to be at an advanced stage and ‘ going well ’ . |
| 4 | For council staff , already weary from last years round of cuts , moral is now said to be at an all time low . |
| 5 | For example , if pottery from a pit is said to be of a particular date by the specialist , a decision has to be taken as to how , if at all , that date relates to the pit in which the pottery was found . |
| 6 | Both were said to be of no fixed abode , although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool . |
| 7 | Both defendants were said to be of no fixed abode , although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool . |
| 8 | Thus Regulus ( 1.3 ) is said to be of the first magnitude , while Castor ( 1.6 ) is not . |
| 9 | Remains of the chancel are said to be of the 12th century , and the tower was rebuilt in the 15th century and has three bells . |
| 10 | That conception , for all the problems it raises , can not reasonably be said to be of the same character . |
| 11 | These three papers are said to be of the same standard as the six Law Society 's finals papers . |
| 12 | Next I proceed to what may be called conservative Christologies , Christologies in which the maleness of Christ is said to be of the very essence of Christology . |
| 13 | Further west , nitrogens in the few crops of Puffin barley so far harvested are said to be on the low side . |
| 14 | It may be said to be on the right lines , but at best it provides materials for an answer to the logical question , materials which it does not combine properly . |
| 15 | MADONNA 's new contract with Warner Brothers is said to be worth a cool $60 million . |
| 16 | The Romans were taking the Merano Cure from as early as the 4th century and its spring waters are said to be among the best in the world . |
| 17 | The walls are of marble and mirror , the floors of parquet , and the restaurant is said to be among the best in Florence . |
| 18 | That they are not such statements is in accord with the fact , rightly insisted upon by Hume , as already noted , that causes can not be said to be in a certain logical connection with their effects : the fact that it is not contradictory , however mistaken it may be , to assert that a causal circumstance for an event existed but that the event did not occur . |
| 19 | The bread-room was said to be in a deplorable state ; the acting master and the needlewoman were at loggerheads , as were the labour master and the carpenter . |
| 20 | She 's said to be in a great state of shock . |
| 21 | Her two year old daughter , Georgina , is said to be in a poorly but stable condition in Northampton General Hospital . |
| 22 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 23 | A female passenger is said to be in a serious condition in hospital . |
| 24 | The system is then said to be in a viscoelastic state . |
| 25 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 26 | John was said to be in a critical but stable condition last night in St James ' Hospital , Leeds . |
| 27 | He was said to be in a critical condition yesterday after he was hit in the head and body . |
| 28 | He was said to be in a critical condition today . |
| 29 | He is said to be in a critical condition . |
| 30 | He 's said to be in a stable condition at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |