Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] said [prep] be " in BNC.
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1 | France Telecom , Thomson Consumer Electronics SA , Alcatel NV and Matra SA are said to be clients . |
2 | Those born on a Friday are said to be marked out for special piety , which does not mean that they will be pious necessarily ; only that their natures are imbued with that proclivity . |
3 | Becky is said to be ‘ comfortable ’ in the special burns unit of Frenchay hospital , Bristol , where her brother is also being treated . |
4 | Praxsys is said to be ‘ leagues ahead ’ of Quorum Software , the Mac-on-RISC house that captured the limelight back at Uniforum — see opposite . |
5 | HOG members stress the group is concerned only with generic definitions , and whilst OSF is said to be taking a lead role in new work , HOG members have already agreed to endorse those previously established by the Network Management Forum . |
6 | Plenty of people skirted the area : in 1730 Whitehaven was said to be the third busiest port in England , after London and Bristol . |
7 | Kuwait was said to be deporting 50-100 Bedoun through Safwan to Iraq every week . |
8 | Mr and Mrs Key are said to be grief-stricken and still undergoing therapy after the loss of their baby sons . |
9 | As one might expect , West Germany has inherited the ability to maintain vast dossiers on people within its borders and , bearing in mind that some 8,000 spies working for East Germany and Russia are said to be operating in West Germany , there is certainly plenty for them to do . |
10 | Taiwan and Ireland are said to be preparing to halt the use of driftnets by June 30 next year . |
11 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
12 | In one case — IBM 's AIX versions 3.1 and 3.2 — sar enquires of cache performance data brings up only a screenful of headings with no data — a problem IBM is said to be ‘ aware of ’ . |
13 | IBM is said to be late off the mark and may not get the chance to inject itself officially . |
14 | Fiat is said to be looking for a partner for its car business . |
15 | Alexander was said to be the only mortal Bucephalus would ever respect and the only one who was successful in saddling and mounting him ; with all other men , Bucephalus had sensed their greed and weakness and had spurned them . |
16 | And Bourne was said to be ‘ a well-built and pleasant market town , which has doubled its population during the last forty years ’ . |
17 | Anthony Gould was said to be one of the most unpopular men in the prison because of a crusade against drug abuse . |
18 | His widow Jane was said to be ‘ inconsolable ’ as she was being comforted by friends . |
19 | Maastricht was said to be a Dutch cheese or the European Court . |
20 | Refugee camps here in Amman are said to be crammed to capacity , the authorities are growing more and more concerned about the numbers of Asian refugees , Indians , Bangladeshis , Pakistanis , Philippinos and Thais . |
21 | Although prices have not been announced , Land-Rover is said to be keen that the turbodiesel Discovery should undercut the £17,859 Mitsubishi Shogun five-door turbodiesel . |
22 | On the one hand , Duna is said to be thinking about buying the rights to a publish a Hungarian or European version of an unnamed US Unix programmers title , with current circulation of 7,000 . |
23 | Mr Hussey was said to be defending himself aggressively . |
24 | After a two-hour operation to her face Vicky was said to be ‘ stable ’ in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
25 | In Bonn , Chancellor Helmut Kohl was said to be ‘ deeply shocked over the brutal repression of the justified and peaceful protests ’ . |
26 | Traditionally , Canada was said to be bound by the Canadian Pacific 's ribbon of steel . |
27 | Following Hungary 5 recent opening of ties with South Korea , diplomatic relations with Israel are said to be imminent . |
28 | As this book goes to press , ACAS are said to be ‘ trying again ’ . |
29 | Miss Hepburn is said to be ‘ in good spirits ’ . |
30 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is said to be planning an extensive arena tour this summer , starting in Europe . |