Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] be said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compared to glassfibre boats they were said to be heavy , slow , unmanoeuvrable and , because they bent rather than broke , dangerous . |
| 2 | Both of these words which are said to be inadequate fail to satisfy one or other of the criteria outlined for a wording to establish a trust . |
| 3 | I 've also just been lent a political fiction saga by one of Mrs T 's former advisers which is said to be excellent . |
| 4 | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has been asked to look at the allegations and to arrange for certain persons who are said to be able to shed new light on the case to be interviewed . |
| 5 | Other decisions which are said to be examples of the substantive meaning of unreasonable could equally be resolved through the more traditional conceptions of purpose and relevancy . |
| 6 | Not only were the garotters thought to be visiting hot-blooded Neapolitan outrage upon English soil , but on other occasions they were said to be ‘ like the sanguinary fanatics of the French Revolution ’ as well as resembling the ‘ Indian ‘ thuggee' ’ ’ . |