Example sentences of "[noun sg] be said to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The histories of the various herds are quite complicated but , very broadly , two of the oldest were the Guisborough Priory in Cleveland and the Whalley Abbey in Lancashire , whose stock was said to be derived from the wild white horned cattle of near-by Bowland Forest in the sixteenth century and deliberately bred for the polling factor by the abbot . |
| 32 | By Nov. 24 the death toll was said to be 214 , with 300 seriously wounded . |
| 33 | Indeed , a quota was said to be imposed on the number of warrants which the Home Office would permit the police at any one time in order to ensure that the need for existing warrants was carefully scrutinized . |
| 34 | The plant was boiled in water and the resulting infusion was said to be an effectual diuretic . |
| 35 | The State Department was said to be ‘ unconvinced ’ by the ‘ rather meagre ’ evidence . |
| 36 | Unfortunately , the methodology was said to be in an early state of development and no references to this approach are given . |
| 37 | Whose penis was said to be as damn near as big as his guitar ? |
| 38 | Does the Secretary of State recall that in the last recession under this Government the collapse of manufacturing industry was said to be making it leaner and fitter to face the future ? |
| 39 | Only 10 per cent of the coast was said to be in excellent condition . |
| 40 | ( In Chan Man-sin the thing in action was said to be the benefit of the contract with the bank . ) |
| 41 | The ( unnamed ) organization responsible for the conspiracy was said to be directed by a committee of 75 members , and there were also allegations of plans to mount a money-laundering operation . |
| 42 | On admission , the child 's condition was said to be good , and she had fully recovered by the autumn . |
| 43 | He was admitted to hospital and his condition was said to be ‘ critical ’ . |
| 44 | They were taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital where their condition was said to be stable . |
| 45 | Mr Deacon , whose condition was said to be stable , had been transferred to Middlesbrough from Bishop Auckland General . |
| 46 | Ironically , Lorentz 's disagreement with then-Prime Minister Edith Cresson over having NEC as a shareholder was said to be a prime reason for his departure . |
| 47 | Nerves that communicate with the use of acetylcholine are said to be cholinergic and are found in the peripheral and central nervous systems . |
| 48 | Evenings in the Jones household are said to be a nightmare . |
| 49 | Substances which have the same type of chemical formula and which crystallise with the same crystal lattice are said to be isomorphous . |
| 50 | 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 ’ . |
| 51 | Interest was also expressed over another site in the village , adjacent to the school , which East Hampshire District Council were said to be looking at with a view to a second affordable housing development . |
| 52 | A source of tension in government was Lekhanya 's perceived conciliatory attitude towards South Africa , whereas Moshoeshoe and some officers on the Council were said to be themselves sympathetic to the South African liberation movement , the African National Congress ( ANC ) . |
| 53 | Suppose a scene is said to be in correct perspective ? |
| 54 | The range is said to be from 3.2 to 4.2 and the period around 45 days , but I have never been able to make much periodicity out of it , and neither have I ever seen it brighter than magnitude 3.6 . |
| 55 | Sun is said to be going into direct competition with Apple Computer Inc spin-out General Magic Inc and has already licensed designs for its nomadic computer to two Japanese companies , and is in talks with French and German consumer electronics companies . |
| 56 | In July , looking thin and strained , the Princess is said to be suffering from post-natal depression during the Balmoral holidays . |
| 57 | Meanwhile the condition of the two year old boy is said to be improving . |
| 58 | With step-by-step diagrams and photography plus an A to Z listing of garden plants , plant propagation is said to be the cheapest way of getting a well-stocked garden . |
| 59 | Raw garlic is said to be preferable to kill bacteria and boost immune functioning . |
| 60 | The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them . |