Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The picture of the brutal rule of the Jews , for which Social Democracy was said to be preparing the way in Germany , provided the catalyst in the link-up of anti-Semitism and anti-Marxism . |
| 2 | Traditionally the French nation was said to be divided on the basis of ‘ Three Cs ’ — the constitution , clericalism and class . |
| 3 | For the subsidy of 1534 , thirty-nine noble families were assessed : their average income was said to be £921 , fifteen of them were assessed at over £1,000 and the highest income noted was £2,266 . |
| 4 | The second youth was said to be about the same age and was wearing a bright coloured top . |
| 5 | The source of these collections was said to be the papal registers . |
| 6 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |
| 7 | In short , the command of an East Indiaman was a very profitable situation , and accordingly the award of a good voyage was said to be |
| 8 | Caterling soon became shortened to ‘ Cat ’ and anyone adopting a particularly wicked smile was said to be ‘ grinning like a Cheshire Cat ’ . |
| 9 | The most important factor was said to be a high use of deputising services associated with higher rates of visiting and less use of giving advice by telephone . |
| 10 | Plenty of people skirted the area : in 1730 Whitehaven was said to be the third busiest port in England , after London and Bristol . |
| 11 | Sustained performance was said to be 38 MFLOPS to 42 MFLOPS double precision . |
| 12 | If symptoms of disease occurred during any five day reintroduction then that particular food was said to be suspect and was temporarily omitted from the diet . |
| 13 | The public-sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) remained high , at 9.5 per cent of GNP in 1990 ; 4.5 per cent of the total PSBR was said to be accounted for by the deficits of inefficient public enterprises . |
| 14 | Redundancy pay of one point four million pounds was said to be excessive . |
| 15 | The Soviet Union was said to be behind it . |
| 16 | When Ps. lanisticola was first described by Dr Warren Burgess in 1976 , the hobby was in general not impressed , as the new species was said to be similar in appearance to livingstonii with the main difference being in the dentition . |
| 17 | The plant was boiled in water and the resulting infusion was said to be an effectual diuretic . |
| 18 | The youngster was taken to Bishop Auckland General Hospital where his condition last night was said to be quite comfortable and improving . |
| 19 | She was later transferred to Middlesbrough General Hospital , where her condition last night was said to be ‘ satisfactory ’ . |
| 20 | She was later transferred to Middlesbrough General , where her condition last night was said to be ‘ satisfactory ’ and not life threatening . |
| 21 | He is detained in Middlesbrough General Hospital where his condition last night was said to be ‘ poorly but stable ’ . |
| 22 | His condition last night was said to be poorly . |
| 23 | The ‘ tightly knit ’ Asian community , symbolized by the ‘ tightly knit ’ Asian family was said to be more likely to create a supportive educational environment ( DES , 1985 , p. 85 ) . |