Example sentences of "said [prep] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Consequently they are said to be only suitable for the rarified world of HQ where men with no ‘ bottle ’ and the non-combatants have fled . |
| 32 | ‘ The stopping and cutting of tape was always said to be very expensive , not only in the cost of the tape but also in the man hours needed to do it . |
| 33 | ‘ A most curious-looking young man with a mobile white face and small red-rimmed eyes ; he is said to be very clever as well as deeply religious . |
| 34 | The systems division is still not profitable after charging research and development expenditure , but services — technical support , third-party maintenance , consulting , are said to be very profitable and represent 30% of receivables all told . |
| 35 | I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good . |
| 36 | The black mud from the sea shores is said to be very good for the skin . |
| 37 | GE Plastics has introduced a strong new alternative to glass for home use — Lexan Margarde , which is said to be very effective . |
| 38 | Alain Carignon , forty-four , mayor of Grenoble since 1983 , and President of the Department of Isère , is said to be very keen on the post and possible the strongest candidate . |
| 39 | Robert Knolles , whose origins were said to be very humble , made a fortune out of war service in the 1350s and 1360s , and may be taken as typical of the successful captains with no inherited wealth who raised themselves by their military skills . |
| 40 | Quality consciousness is said to be very high among Japanese workers who endeavour to eliminate components that are rejected as substandard . |
| 41 | Staff who witnessed the murder are said to be very distressed . |
| 42 | A religious war is often said to be very bitter because the two sides are fighting for something that they both feel is very important . |
| 43 | They are said to be very fast over the first 40 yards , and the advice offered by the locals is that you should run on a zig-zag course if one of them takes a fancy to you . |
| 44 | Pain , or at least the consciousness of pain ( for Moore professes to distinguish these ) , is said to be very bad , but the main other things which he regards as bad are the enjoyment of ugly things , and the dislike of beautiful things ! |
| 45 | And , however badly Ratner appears to have screwed up the company 's finances — and public image — some people are said to be still willing to give him financial support . |
| 46 | A language is said to be recursively enumerable if a program could be written that would print out each sentence of the language . |
| 47 | In 1654 , only a year after Cromwell had taken the title of Lord Protector of the Commonwealth , the School was the stage for the preaching of the independent divine , Samuel Eaton , a remarkable orator , whose speeches against the Book of Common Prayer were said to be so powerful that his listeners would refuse to go to Church . |
| 48 | His power was said to be so great that each one of the dhāmis , when possessed by him , could split an iron cooking tripod with a single blow of his naked hand . |
| 49 | Some expressly did not want their money to go for weapons ; others were said to be so thrilled that they wanted their names on the missiles . |
| 50 | In 1792 wages in Sheffield were said to be so high generally as to allow the leisure-preferring cutlers to live comfortably from working only three days a week . |
| 51 | It is a consequence of this view that if two things are related to each other in any way , then neither of them , strictly , can be said to be ontologically independent of the other , for in such a case neither of them can be fully described without presupposing the existence of both . |
| 52 | With Frigi-Thalgo , inch loss is said to be almost permanent after six or more sessions — dieting and exercise included — and noticable loss is possible within a £35 one-hour session , with the effect lasting 48 hours . |
| 53 | Thus neither the causes nor consequences of this type of economic strategy can be said to be specifically local . |
| 54 | Teenagers are said to be especially sensitive to the financial implications and aware of their own lack of power in the matter . |
| 55 | In at least one case , Afghanistan , the regime could be said to be fully subordinate to Moscow . |
| 56 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 57 | Subjective assessments are said to be less acceptable , but I offer mine , nevertheless , drawn from my own studies of the literature of the project ( including one evaluation so far completed ) , from talks with project workers and brief visits to schools . |
| 58 | Considering this , the domain specific dictionaries can be said to be less reliable , and based on assumptions about the accurate identification of the domain that may not always be applicable . |
| 59 | Lord Greene M.R. 's distinction between purpose and relevancy both of which went to the scope of the discretionary power , and his substantive sense of unreasonableness , are said to be less clear and useful expressions of the same idea . |
| 60 | That being so , the direct object can not be said to be totally redundant . |