Example sentences of "said [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In the key marginal seat of Stretchford North , for instance , where John Grudge , nephew of the veteran retiring member Arthur Grudge , is standing for Labour against the Conservative Mike Jelkes ( formerly known as the Hon M. S. B. St J. St X. Haggard-Jelkes ) and the Liberal Democrat Frank Pale-Jones , a former official of the British Boring Board of Control , there is said to be such a degree of apathy that any one of the 26 ‘ fringe ’ candidates may easily win . |
| 32 | The ultimate ‘ aim ’ of beauty , if there can be said to be such a thing , is to point us towards the spiritual realm . |
| 33 | For much of the next generation there could scarcely be said to be such a thing as a French army , for a sizeable proportion of Charles VII 's soldiers came from Scotland . |
| 34 | William may or may not have been a rogue and charlatan ; there are said to be many such in Panama , which as a crossroads for the modern world radiates a special magnetism for crews of ne'er-do-wells . |
| 35 | There is said to be many decorated examples using dot and line relief , but I have found only two such decorated ones during my twenty years of detecting . |
| 36 | His right to the throne was distinctly tenuous ; there were said to be 57 people , if Roman Catholics were included , with a better claim . |
| 37 | Black was predominant because black was what people preferred , but the so-called ancient cattle of Wales included every conceivable colour : very bright orange-red , yellow dun ( dominant to black ) in Montgomery , blue around Llanfair Caereiniou ( blues were said to be better milkers than black , possibly because of some Shorthorn blood in the past ) , a recessive mousy colour popular in the Lleyn peninsula , white with coloured points , solid colours and pies and brindles , belts and linebacks . |
| 38 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 39 | The picture quality of the system is said to be better than VHS and if it catches on then in future all CD machines may be build with decoders already inside , making the CD the most versatile medium for home entertainment . |
| 40 | IBM is said to be late off the mark and may not get the chance to inject itself officially . |
| 41 | Improvements are expected in 1993 though and the prospects for US operations Polysonics and Brandt , now managed by the same team as Peek Measurement , are said to be encouraging . |
| 42 | It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic . |
| 43 | In the village of Portlethen , some 15 miles outside Aberdeen , the main line station was closed many years ago as it was said to be uneconomic . |
| 44 | It 's said to be unlucky to change a boat 's name . ’ |
| 45 | Neither she nor Ladislav could be said to be well-off . |
| 46 | On the grounds of its ancient lineage and apparently perennial vigour , the ‘ grand survivor ’ of all general theories might be said to be elite theory . |
| 47 | Early registration figures are also said to be disappointing for the banks and building societies which have set up share shops . |
| 48 | ‘ language or conduct is not said to be insulting unless it is intended to show contempt or disesteem , or is understood by the hearer or observer to show this attitude . ’ |
| 49 | The force-carrying particles exchanged between matter particles are said to be virtual particles because , unlike " real " particles , they can not be directly detected by a particle detector . |
| 50 | The referential rigidity is said to be subject to a simple intuitive test . |
| 51 | They are communities in the sense that one has a sense of ‘ belonging ’ in them , and in the sense that Shetlanders belonging to each are said to be distinguishable by special characteristics in dialect or , less often ( and more humorously ) , by difference in mentality and general attitudes . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible . |
| 54 | If a relationship is linked to three entities , as in figure 3.8 , it is said to be ternary . |
| 55 | Nevertheless , they could be said to be implicit justifications of an almost fully formulated nature , in that they provide reasons for the existence of the monarchy and its ceremonial occasions . |
| 56 | Naltrexone is an anti-euphoriant which masks any pleasure from subsequent use of opiate drugs and it is said to be non-addictive . |
| 57 | The plane was said to be intact , though the cockpit was smashed . |
| 58 | When the properties of a material are uniform in all directions , the material is said to be isotropic . |
| 59 | ( ii ) The polynomial unc and the above polynomial unc are said to be equal iff ai = bi for all on-negative integers i . |
| 60 | When two closely related species have similar behavioural patterns or capacities , and this similarity is due to their having a common origin , then the behaviours are said to be homologous . |