Example sentences of "said to be [adj] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 The first might be said to be context- and task-independent : we can understand what a sequence of symbols is meant to represent , without understanding the context within which those symbols might be put to use .
2 I mean I know an awful lot of people outside Harlow who who come here but Harlow people could be said to be apathetic or not being marketed rightly .
3 His condition is said to be stable and detectives at his bedside are hoping he may be able to give them more information about the attack .
4 He is also being treated at Middlesbrough General Hospital , where his condition is said to be stable and his life not in danger .
5 An instructor Karen Gardner , 21 , was said to be stable and the other instructor , Anthony Mann , 23 , stable and comfortable .
6 The event was supposed to be staged a couple of weeks back , but was postponed because Lewis was said to be unwell and still in America .
7 A certain number of members must be present before a meeting is said to be quorate and can proceed .
8 No area of the law can ever be said to be easy but the legislation dealing with obscene and indecent publications seems to be unduly complicated .
9 Last night the teenager was said to be serious but stable after surgery at London 's King 's College Hospital .
10 Sonia might be persuaded to keep a seat warm for her daughter : Priyanka is only 20 ( the minimum age for a seat in the lower house is 25 ) but is said to be sharp and keen on politics .
11 Subjective comments about John : ‘ He is said to be hyperactive and seems to show bizarre behaviour ’ ( lines 8 and 9 ) .
12 In adjudicating , a meaning is attributed to a rule of law which can not be said to be correct or incorrect .
13 When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable .
14 Whilst the examples used avoid questioning the assumptions on which these ideologies are based , mathematics is said to be neutral and divorced from social issues .
15 Accordingly , shorelines are said to be submergent or emergent depending upon the most strongly marked characteristics present .
16 The 76-year-old was said to be shocked and upset by the incident .
17 Mr and Mrs Key are said to be grief-stricken and still undergoing therapy after the loss of their baby sons .
18 Half of all aircraft are said to be inoperable and two thirds of all vessels are in port at any given time .
19 Mr Rushdie , who went into ‘ deep hiding ’ after his appearance , was said to be depressed and disappointed by the hard-line Iranian renewal of the edict .
20 She 's tonight said to be critical but stable .
21 On the other hand , the nuclear family is sometimes said to be selfish and inward-looking , failing in its wider duty , especially towards the elderly .
22 They are said to be yellow or mottled brown in colour , often with seaweed-like manes .
23 In November 1940 , for example , ‘ personal economic worries ’ in the light of the coming second war winter were said to be widespread and to have given rise to ‘ discontented and sceptical thoughts ’ .
24 The princess was said to be furious and Channel 4 came under fierce attack from MPs who said the drawings were highly insulting .
25 Eleanor , on the other hand , was said to be beautiful and lively ; she was certainly headstrong and indiscreet .
26 Amplifier circuits that oscillate parasitically through accidental positive feedback are said to be unstable and , unless their design can be modified to render them stable , are useless for amplification purposes .
27 The unit matrix I is a diagonal matrix of unit elements ; a matrix having all its elements zero is said to be null and is written 0 .
28 Some change is certainly necessary , but by itself can not be said to be sufficient or specific .
29 He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries .
30 Knox modestly demurred , but the meeting was said to be happy and humorous .
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