Example sentences of "[pers pn] be said to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Where a relationship is linked to two entities ( as in the case of the examples in figure 3.3 ) , it is said to be binary . |
| 32 | Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ? |
| 33 | U , of spectral type M , appears to be irregular , with a range of from 5.6 to 7.5 ; EU ranges from 6.0 to 6.9 , and is also of type M. It is said to be semi-regular , with a period of around 60 days , but I have never been at all confident about this . |
| 34 | It is said to be shorter in Angoras than dairy goats . |
| 35 | In addition to his political and military achievements , Barbarossa acquired a legendary fame ; like the British King Arthur , he is said to be sleeping , awaiting the time of greatest need for his return as a national saviour . |
| 36 | He is said to be hyperactive by the nursery staff and seems to show some bizarre behaviour . |
| 37 | Subjective comments about John : ‘ He is said to be hyperactive and seems to show bizarre behaviour ’ ( lines 8 and 9 ) . |
| 38 | 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 . |
| 39 | It was said to be effective only if found without actually seeking it , and some people who came upon it used to say a prayer such as : |
| 40 | There is , in fact , every indication that Karajan was acutely aware of the temper of the times , though to find evidence of this we do not go to the random rag-bag of recordings he was permitted to make in the early 1940s but to what he immediately turned his mind to with Legge in Vienna in 1947 : Strauss 's Metamorphosen , a recording , still , of unparalleled intensity , and the Brahms German Requiem , a performance ( it was said to be one of Toscanini , s favourite records ) of unbearable directness and poignancy of utterance . |
| 41 | In 1717 he began buying land in Kent and the city of London , which eventually placed the family among the largest landowners in the county ; it was said to be possible to walk for a day in north-west Kent without leaving Page property . |
| 42 | It was said to be 700 years old when it fell in 1896 . |
| 43 | Bror Blixen , Karen Blixen 's husband , had syphilis and it was said to be common among the Masai . |
| 44 | For instance , one woman who was described by all as extremely jealous of her husband ( he was said to be innocent ) had an angry liver , and she was always quarrelling . |
| 45 | He was said to be one of the highest-placed spies unmasked by Soviet intelligence in recent years . |
| 46 | Later when the prices soared he was said to be furious . |
| 47 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 48 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
| 49 | Last night he was said to be comfortable . |
| 50 | Mr Morton was rushed to Middlesbrough General Hospital 's burns unit where last night he was said to be comfortable ’ . |
| 51 | He was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night . |
| 52 | He was said to be comfortable in Leeds General Infirmary with facial injuries and fractures . |
| 53 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 54 | He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries . |