Example sentences of "be say to be make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some claim to extrude ectoplasm , the substance out of which spirits are said to be made . |
| 2 | Some Arab volunteers are said to be making trouble for Tajikistan across Afghanistan 's northern border . |
| 3 | Research findings suggest , moreover , that the people most likely to change their votes — the floating voters — are generally the least informed within the electorate , and are thus not people who can be said to be making careful choices between policies . |
| 4 | All of this is said to be made easier by ( and possibly to have been a partial consequence of ) the introduction of information technology . |
| 5 | The quiet life obviously palled : he is said to be making a comeback . |
| 6 | Does the Secretary of State recall that in the last recession under this Government the collapse of manufacturing industry was said to be making it leaner and fitter to face the future ? |
| 7 | One man was ‘ seriously ill ’ and the other was said to be making a satisfactory recovery . |