Example sentences of "reputed to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was reputed to be a very eminent German scholar . |
| 2 | The waters from here were reputed to be a certain cure for ‘ the itch ’ , as well as curing dogs of the mange . |
| 3 | It is reputed to be a hundred and fifty years old . ’ |
| 4 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 5 | He was only a couple of years older than Jack but he was huge — almost as wide as he was tall — and although Jack had never had much to do with him he knew he was reputed to be a bully . |
| 6 | This was Johnny Bryan , another Texan who was wrongly reputed to be a millionaire . |
| 7 | A fat salary , reputed to be a combined $120,000 a month for all three , might be part of the answer . |
| 8 | The Cornish giants were reputed to be a stupid and murderous bunch , fond of hurling boulders around the countryside . |
| 9 | Goo-Goo 's greed was legendary , and he was reputed to be a messy eater . |
| 10 | Reputed to be a conservative and an advocate of a narrow interpretation of the Constitution , Souter 's recent appointment as an Appeals Court judge , together with a sparse record of published opinion , meant that his views on contentious contemporary issues remained largely unknown at the time of his nomination . |
| 11 | The alleged head of the Patriarca " family " — reputed to be a component of the Mafia — was found guilty on Aug. 8 on racketeering charges which carried a maximum sentence ranging from 40 to 80 years . |
| 12 | Mugica was reputed to be a Marxist Leninist who had taken over the ETA leadership after the killing of his less hardline predecessor , Eduardo Moreno Bergaretxe , in 1976 [ see p. 28087 ] . |
| 13 | She was reputed to be a relative of Mr Malik . |
| 14 | Why it got this name I 've no idea , as the so called ‘ bees ’ , looking rather like the cereal Sugar Puffs , were reputed to be an Australian fungus with yeast-like properties . |
| 15 | Harry brought friends with him , the family carriage was despatched to Truro to meet a London train bringing Mrs Burrows ' oldest friend , a widow with a daughter who was reputed to be an awfully jolly girl , and a motor car rolled up to Langley Dene with more cousins , swathed in veils and goggles and long motoring coats , come to celebrate Easter . |
| 16 | The Folio Society is reputed to be an " exclusive club " , and indeed it is : exclusively for lovers of good books . |
| 17 | The grounds , 2000 acres of parkland , was designed by the famous Capability Brown which contains a large man-made lake crossed by the Grand Bridge designed by Vanbrugh and is reputed to be the finest bridge in Europe . |
| 18 | Robert Walpole is reputed to be the very first ‘ Prime Minister ’ and , as such , he remained until 1742 . |
| 19 | The new gondola lift whisks you high into the mountains , to views which are reputed to be the finest in the Tyrol . |
| 20 | In the north of the island , a lookout point with breathtaking views across to Graciosa Island , reputed to be the real Treasure Island . |
| 21 | What is reputed to be the most sophisticated and expensive windmill in the world is to be built at a cost of £10.5 million in the Orkneys . |
| 22 | All types of medicines reputed to be the equal of branded goods except that generally they were just a load of rubbish . |
| 23 | The Irish Sea is reputed to be the most radioactive in the world . |
| 24 | House reputed to be the pattern for Jane Austen 's ‘ Mansfield Park ’ . |
| 25 | Margery Perham wrote of Murrells and the Masai in 1930 that he was ‘ reputed to be the only man they trust ’ . |
| 26 | The iron handle on the vestry door is reputed to be the original ‘ sanctuary , handle . |
| 27 | Sir George Grey is reputed to be the first white person ever to have seen the Wandjina images in 1838 . |
| 28 | 1977 : Virgin release Steve Hillage 's ‘ Rainbow Dome Music ’ , reputed to be the first clear vinyl album . |
| 29 | In the heart of the Friston forest , in a delightful hamlet , this fabulous building , dating back to 1280 , is reputed to be the oldest continually inhabited small medieval house in England . |
| 30 | Lavender Lane was reputed to be the wealthiest road in Edgware . |