Example sentences of "[verb] what be said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For them , the person of good character has what is said to be the imagination to live tranquilly , or literally ‘ the wizardry to live tranquilly ’ ( mariya adiunaku ) . |
| 2 | And this depends on our having very powerful and general rules in our minds for relating what is said to the broader context . |
| 3 | What to me seems surprising is that M. Oliver , who presumably supplied the recipes for the Le Creuset leaflet , does not give what is said to be the old and traditional fondue of Franche-Comté , a dish in every respect superior to its primitive Swiss counterpart , having both greater finesse of flavour and texture and far less brutally indigestible qualities . |
| 4 | Over a century ago Broca demonstrated that patients with damage involving part of the prefrontal cortex of the left hemisphere had severe speech deficits , although they could understand what was said to them . |
| 5 | Do n't make the fatal mistake of assuming other people think as logically as you do , or even hear what 's said to them . |
| 6 | On Dec. 9 the army located what was said to be " the last group " of those responsible for the Guemar attack , and four soldiers and 13 members of the group were killed in ensuing fighting . |
| 7 | Above all , understanding an utterance involves the making of inferences that will connect what is said to what is mutually assumed or what has been said before . |
| 8 | She may find it difficult to raise this personally more pressing problem , but until the adviser acknowledges her priorities , Sally may not absorb what is said to her . |