Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [adv] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | The , the importance of this , is that Freud is often said to have been a Hobbesian thinker , in the sense that , er without necessarily being directly influenced by Hobbes , he took a similar , a similar kind of view , or at least , so it is said . |
| 2 | English spelling is also said to suit native speakers and to limit the international use of the language and its role as an educational medium in polyglot countries . |
| 3 | True , this remark was later said to go beyond the consensus in her shadow Cabinet ; and Mr Prior sought to moderate it . |
| 4 | This is , of course , titillating information for its readers , but we need to remember that this woman was now said to be happily married ; her child would now be aged 10 and could be quite aware of a trial which was getting widespread coverage in the popular newspapers . |
| 5 | Social factors are also said to have played a part in the decline in family sizes : women living in towns and cities and educated women tend to have fewer children . |
| 6 | Football fans in this region are often said to the most fanatical in the country and so deserve teams among the elite . |
| 7 | Finding the perfect English house was easier said than done . |
| 8 | Such prisoners are often said to have ‘ nothing left to lose ’ ( Humphry and May , 1977 ) . |
| 9 | ( Chinese and Japanese mustards are also said to be strong , but I have not tried them . ) |
| 10 | I know that such experiences are often said to be the result of the individuals concerned having read a book or article or seen a film or television programme about the particular place and then having forgotten that they have done so . |
| 11 | The vigorous shower did not have any of the beneficial effects such things were generally said to have by public-school games-masters of a previous age . |
| 12 | But such things were easier said than done . |
| 13 | Such networks are also said to be active in the spirit of the application of the term active at the end of chapter 2 . |
| 14 | In the process of negotiating conflict all the participants help to set the framework of ideas within which conflict is managed and a crucial dimension of this framework is that the Japanese people are characteristically said to defer to the national consensus . |
| 15 | Nearly 3,000 pieces of real estate were also said to be affected , most belonging to the FLN but some belonging to the now dissolved Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |
| 16 | The statement of the Propaganda Minister that Hitler had a ‘ sixth sense ’ for seeing what remained hidden to ordinary mortals was sarcastically said by a young secretary to explain his choice of Italy as an ally . |
| 17 | But these words are never said . |
| 18 | The rise of German national consciousness is sometimes said to date from the philosopher Fichte 's Addresses to the German Nation , delivered under Napoleonic occupation in 1806 . |
| 19 | All these things are often said to comfort but of course actually hurt very badly . |
| 20 | Significantly , the key decisions in containing these disturbances were afterwards said to have been made not so much by the Shah as by his prime minister , Assadollah Alam , vital figure in the development of Iran in the sixties and seventies . |
| 21 | Major earthworks are often said to have been formed by the devil , and standing stones to have been thrown by him , a famous example being the Devil 's Arrows near Boroughbridge in Yorkshire . |
| 22 | Because my good lady 's always said , you married that bloody union the day you started work . |
| 23 | Every complex whole is therefore said to contain a principal contradiction and secondary contradictions . |
| 24 | iv Collaboration is also said to lead to greater technical rigour . |
| 25 | Medical negligence was also said to have contributed to his death . |
| 26 | Other US nuclear plants are now said to be studying their fuel pool cooling . |
| 27 | On the other hand , the nuclear family is sometimes said to be selfish and inward-looking , failing in its wider duty , especially towards the elderly . |
| 28 | For example , the dominant role of the Treasury and the Bank of England in economic policy-making and the absence of administrative counterweights in the ministries concerned with industrial policy is often said to reflect the dominance of British financial capital ( e.g. Longstreth 1979 ) . |
| 29 | One MP was even said to be in tears . |
| 30 | For daytime sleep Welsh babies were consistently said to need quiet , and to be placed in as peaceful a spot as possible , sometimes in another room , sometimes upstairs . |