Example sentences of "[adv] said [prep] be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 2 | While the agreement of Aug. 27 deferred formal dissolution until the New Year , both leaders were still said to be optimistic on the Sept. 30 deadline for passage of federal laws to dissolve the federation and divide its powers and property . |
| 3 | deodorant , use fresh leaves in the bath water , or a decoction of the roots , which are also said to be effective in removing freckles |
| 4 | It is also said to be fleur-de-lis of French heraldry . |
| 5 | Early registration figures are also said to be disappointing for the banks and building societies which have set up share shops . |
| 6 | UNITA admitted that abuses had occurred , but blamed N'Zau Puna , who was also said to be responsible for the disappearances . |
| 7 | The plummy Home Counties accents were also said to be difficult for Americans to understand ( though this problem never seemed to arise when the same actors — James Mason , Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons — became Hollywood stars ) . |
| 8 | Such networks are also said to be active in the spirit of the application of the term active at the end of chapter 2 . |
| 9 | He was also said to be unpopular with some members of the profession , although he was elected president of the London Veterinary Medical Society . |
| 10 | His condition was later said to be stable in hospital . |
| 11 | He had first mentioned the concept of ego ideal in his paper ‘ On Narcissism ’ ( 1914 ) , and the notion of ego ideal is later said to be identical with that of super-ego in The Ego and the Id ( 1923 ) . |
| 12 | Mrs Lenihan , who suffers from dementia is now said to be comfortable in hospital in Oxford . |
| 13 | Er and similarly the syntax of languages are often said to be oppressive of women , a lot of the way that language is structured and a lot of the words that you get in a language , that 's another thing that 's said . |
| 14 | Public disagreement about a school is sometimes said to be bad for the education of its pupils . |