Example sentences of "[be] said [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some of the conventional munitions are said to be equivalent in immediate destructiveness to nuclear weapons . |
| 32 | ACE inhibitors are said to be useful in acute myocardial infarction . |
| 33 | Such rocks are said to be permeable ; sandstones and gravels are good examples of permeable rocks . |
| 34 | Half of all aircraft are said to be inoperable and two thirds of all vessels are in port at any given time . |
| 35 | The gay love scenes were sensitively filmed , although the men had to wear boxer shorts for the US version as Americans are said to be touchy about testicles . |
| 36 | Consider , for example , two of the conditions which are said to be necessary for Monitor use : time and focus on form . |
| 37 | Both of these words which are said to be inadequate fail to satisfy one or other of the criteria outlined for a wording to establish a trust . |
| 38 | HyperSparc 's integer and floating point chips are said to be complete — the instruction cache unit will be finished within a week , the company says . |
| 39 | The three VAX servers are said to be able to cope with 1,000 transactions an hour , though so far they have been tested to only a few percent of their capacity . |
| 40 | So it is by no means impossible that the kraken and the other legendary sea monsters that are said to be able to rise from the deep and wrap ships in their tentacles , really exist . |
| 41 | The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has been asked to look at the allegations and to arrange for certain persons who are said to be able to shed new light on the case to be interviewed . |
| 42 | His White House advisers are said to be worried that the Energy Department is still too keen on conservation and regulation . |
| 43 | The President 's economists are said to be worried about the costs . |
| 44 | There are few descriptions of the histological features of gold induced colitis , but a preservation of glandular architecture and diffuse inflammatory cell infiltrate sometimes with a prominent eosinophil component are said to be characteristic . |
| 45 | A quadratic form unc and the matrix A within f , are said to be positive definite ( pos. def. ) if unc for all real , non-null vectors x . |
| 46 | The spectral type is F. In general F-stars are said to be yellowish , but I have never seen any colour in Canopus , either with the naked eye or with optical aid ; to me it looks pure white . |
| 47 | The Bank has quadrupled its investment in environmental projects over the past year , from US$404 million to US$1,600 million , but critics charge that the money is being used to make projects look green rather than cancelling bad projects , which Bank officials are said to be reluctant to do . |
| 48 | Substances which have the same type of chemical formula and which crystallise with the same crystal lattice are said to be isomorphous . |
| 49 | If ever they lose the ability to scavenge energy , and put it to use in repairing their own fabric , then they are said to be dead ; and they begin immediately to fall apart . |
| 50 | Nerves that communicate with the use of acetylcholine are said to be cholinergic and are found in the peripheral and central nervous systems . |
| 51 | China 's own demands are said to be precise . |
| 52 | At the time of writing ( Oct 77 ) the Japanese MSDF are said to be interested in fifteen aircraft to replace its mixed fleet of thirty-four prop driven aircraft . |
| 53 | They are said to be yellow or mottled brown in colour , often with seaweed-like manes . |
| 54 | Beef , Chicken , Vegetable and Low-Fat Granular Beef flavours are said to be high in meat , chicken or vegetable extracts . |
| 55 | Frontrunners are said to be British Aerospace and Daimler Benz . |
| 56 | Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) . |
| 57 | Sir Derek Alun-Jones , chairman of Ferranti , and some other directors of the troubled group are said to be ready to resign in February once a share issue to raise £187 million in finance for the group is agreed by shareholders .. |
| 58 | NEC and Sony are said to be ready to formalise an alliance following their initial agreement in May to share application software catalogues . |
| 59 | Bosch , with total sales of £12 billion last year , has 40 p.c. of the German market for wall-hung boilers and its products , some of which Worcester will make in Britain , are said to be complementary . |
| 60 | It is interesting that women are said to be conservative only at times and in places where this trait is not valued . |