Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] said [prep] [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A thumping defeat is said to be a victory . |
| 2 | Ironically , Lorentz 's disagreement with then-Prime Minister Edith Cresson over having NEC as a shareholder was said to be a prime reason for his departure . |
| 3 | Evenings in the Jones household are said to be a nightmare . |
| 4 | The duchy was said to be a ‘ free land where the king of England holds complete jurisdiction ’ . |
| 5 | Membership of the Public Windows Initiative is said to be a condition of taking a WABI licence — all licensees are understood to have been sworn to secrecy under the direst of imprecations . |
| 6 | The name is said to be a tribute to 42-year-old Robbie 's screen idol Spencer Tracy . |
| 7 | The ratio is said to be a matter of ‘ commercial prudence ’ and is said to be ‘ non-mandatory ’ to distinguish it from the possible alternative , namely , that the ratio be written into banking law . |
| 8 | If the probability of being included is equal for each member of the relevant population then the sample is said to be a random one . |
| 9 | The King is said to be a reincarnation of the Hindu god Vishnu . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Sex on Sweeney 's cannibal isle is said to be a business of being ‘ bored ’ , but the horror of the perception takes it out of mere ‘ boredom ’ , which was killing the Melanesians and , Eliot thought , the modern world . |
| 12 | Revenge is said to be a dish best served cold , but in the heat of Texas the Bills could be savouring its taste tomorrow night . |
| 13 | The absence of such a scheme was said to be a disincentive to those who might otherwise be encouraged to exercise their inventive talents to the full . |
| 14 | Recall from Chapter 6 that an equilibrium is said to be a stable one when economic forces tend to push the market towards it . |
| 15 | The more junior executives , if the cause of the disease is said to be a lack of involvement by the senior bosses . |
| 16 | This artist 's impression is said to be a good likeness of the attacker who 's thought to be in his late 30s and has a pot belly . |
| 17 | The plant is said to be a state-of-the-art facility that forms transistors onto large glass substrates , in a class-100 clean room that has the similar level of air cleanliness to those used in the manufacture of LSI chips . |