Example sentences of "be said to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They are said to be similar to material distributed previously by Mr Round . |
| 32 | The ridge walks are said to be second only to those of the Cuillin in Skye in terms of drama and scenery . |
| 33 | Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance . |
| 34 | Two matrices , A , B are said to be equivalent if one can be derived from the other by any finite number of elementary operations of the types specified above . |
| 35 | Some of the conventional munitions are said to be equivalent in immediate destructiveness to nuclear weapons . |
| 36 | ACE inhibitors are said to be useful in acute myocardial infarction . |
| 37 | Such rocks are said to be permeable ; sandstones and gravels are good examples of permeable rocks . |
| 38 | Er the worst side obviously will be the drill bit side where Retool is not very significant in the North Sea Hycal on the other hand has a very strong market presence here er and Reler being submersible pumps and base based in enhanced recovery I would say the effect would be relatively neutral , though they do a lot of business with companies like B P who are said to be one of the beneficiaries . |
| 39 | There are said to be two reasons for referring the valuation of a company 's shares to its auditors . |
| 40 | Half of all aircraft are said to be inoperable and two thirds of all vessels are in port at any given time . |
| 41 | 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 . |
| 42 | The so-called chiral drugs ( from chiros — the Greek word for hands ) made with these molecules are said to be safer and more effective . |
| 43 | Consider , for example , two of the conditions which are said to be necessary for Monitor use : time and focus on form . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | His White House advisers are said to be worried that the Energy Department is still too keen on conservation and regulation . |
| 50 | The President 's economists are said to be worried about the costs . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | 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 . |
| 54 | The Galileo group of end users and system integrators pushing for a common graphical front-end on different types of computers are to meet during UniForum in San Francisco this month : a couple of the Baby Bells and Mitre Corp are said to be latest converts to the cause . |
| 55 | The Galileo group of end users and system integrators pushing for a common graphical front-end on different types of computers are to meet during the Uniforum show in San Francisco next month : a couple of the Baby Bells and Mitre Corp are said to be latest converts to the cause ( UX Nos 415 , 423 ) . |
| 56 | 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 . |
| 57 | There are said to be three preconditions of a common-law system based upon judicial precedent : |
| 58 | Moreover these gods are said to be more part of the world 's spiritual furniture than transcendent of it — perhaps more like the saints in Catholic tradition . |
| 59 | It is a centre of pilgrimage , since the bones in the cathedral are said to be those of St. James , and the cathedral is a must , particularly the entrance from the Plaza del Obradoiro . |
| 60 | The footsteps are said to be those of an unfortunate platelayer who was killed shortly after the introduction of the electric trains . |