Example sentences of "[be] said [prep] be [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The low and high-pass , L-C , ladder filters already discussed in this section are said to be constant-k filters because the product of the series and parallel impedances is independent of frequency , which fact can be expressed in terms of a constant k as For the low and high-pass filters considered , k is just .
2 The main reasons for these changes are said to be economic pressures , grant aid , and a gradual replacement of older , smaller , and more conservative farmers with younger , larger and more profit-orientated farmers .
3 The force-carrying particles exchanged between matter particles are said to be virtual particles because , unlike " real " particles , they can not be directly detected by a particle detector .
4 There are said to be two reasons for referring the valuation of a company 's shares to its auditors .
5 The Galileo group of end users and system integrators pushing for a common graphical front-end on different types of computers are to meet during UniForum in San Francisco this month : a couple of the Baby Bells and Mitre Corp are said to be latest converts to the cause .
6 The Galileo group of end users and system integrators pushing for a common graphical front-end on different types of computers are to meet during the Uniforum show in San Francisco next month : a couple of the Baby Bells and Mitre Corp are said to be latest converts to the cause ( UX Nos 415 , 423 ) .
7 There are said to be three preconditions of a common-law system based upon judicial precedent :
8 They are said to be exothermic compounds .
9 The Vedas are said to be direct renderings of the structure of the universe , ‘ the Universe 's DNA ’ .
10 But such generalizations as these , while perhaps being applicable to a few individuals of each country , can reasonably be said to be prejudiced statements based on inadequate sampling .
11 Nevertheless , they could be said to be implicit justifications of an almost fully formulated nature , in that they provide reasons for the existence of the monarchy and its ceremonial occasions .
12 Two are highly valued , namely lidya ( shy , timid , ashamed ) and höntugen ( frightened , fearful ) , and can be said to be integral aspects of the Chewong person ( Howell 1988 ) .
13 There may be said to be two limbs to s740(5) .
14 Since the disagreement was only about the implicit extension of conventions they all recognized at a more abstract level , they could all be said to be soft conventionalists .
15 There can , therefore , be said to be 5,672 courses available on the Modular Course .
16 Black was predominant because black was what people preferred , but the so-called ancient cattle of Wales included every conceivable colour : very bright orange-red , yellow dun ( dominant to black ) in Montgomery , blue around Llanfair Caereiniou ( blues were said to be better milkers than black , possibly because of some Shorthorn blood in the past ) , a recessive mousy colour popular in the Lleyn peninsula , white with coloured points , solid colours and pies and brindles , belts and linebacks .
17 They were said to be fearless swordsmen and able to shoot a man between the eyes at a hundred paces .
18 On the other they disapproved of some of the impediments which had been erected in the twentieth century : the requirements of a lis inter partes and a superadded duty to act judicially were said to be false constraints .
19 Is it just a coincidence that Jesus is said to be thirty years old when he embarks on his ministry ?
20 This is an easy way of getting light into a garage , and the glazing material used by Cardale is said to be 100 times stronger than glass .
21 The failure rate of the undersea cables which would carry the electricity generated back to shore was said to be 300 times more often than an initial consultants ' report had suggested .
22 It was said to be 700 years old when it fell in 1896 .
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