Example sentences of "say to [be] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Talks were said to be at an advanced stage and ‘ going well ’ . |
| 3 | For council staff , already weary from last years round of cuts , moral is now said to be at an all time low . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | MADONNA 's new contract with Warner Brothers is said to be worth a cool $60 million . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She 's said to be in a great state of shock . |
| 9 | Her two year old daughter , Georgina , is said to be in a poorly but stable condition in Northampton General Hospital . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A female passenger is said to be in a serious condition in hospital . |
| 12 | The system is then said to be in a viscoelastic state . |
| 13 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 14 | John was said to be in a critical but stable condition last night in St James ' Hospital , Leeds . |
| 15 | He was said to be in a critical condition yesterday after he was hit in the head and body . |
| 16 | He was said to be in a critical condition today . |
| 17 | He is said to be in a critical condition . |
| 18 | He 's said to be in a stable condition at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |
| 19 | He 's said to be in a stable and comfortable condition . |
| 20 | A MAN who was attacked and left unconscious outside a pub at Buckley two weeks ago is said to be in a stable condition in hospital . |
| 21 | Ambulance Service paramedic Brian Moss is said to be in a comfortable condition in hospital ; the ambulance driver , Glyn Day , has already been discharged . |
| 22 | Last night , he was said to be in a comfortable condition . |
| 23 | Last night , he was said to be in a comfortable condition . |
| 24 | He was said to be in a comfortable condition today , as he recovered in a hospital burns unit . |
| 25 | At any one time , though , there are a number of relationships that may be said to be in a constitutional haze . |
| 26 | To use the argument brought forward against the related speculation of Block ( i.e. about the tiny homunculi ) , one might at the very least want to deny that the higher and lower consciousnesses could , in any sense , be the same consciousnesses , whether or not they could be said to be in a physical part — whole relationship . |
| 27 | Pringle , 24 , of Thirlmere Road , Darlington , was also said to be in a satisfactory condition in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 28 | Unfortunately , the methodology was said to be in an early state of development and no references to this approach are given . |
| 29 | Police had been alerted about a man said to be in a depressed state who was reported missing from the Carousel Hostel , Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 30 | He was hit in the leg and was last night said to be in a serious condition . |