Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [be] said [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of safeguards were said to be in force , the first being that all applications had to be made in writing . |
| 2 | Opposition estimates of casualties were said to be much higher . |
| 3 | For all these states of affairs are said to be united within the complex whole . |
| 4 | Baku , meanwhile , remained without special security measures or curfew restrictions , and gangs of looters were said to be attacking abandoned Armenian homes largely unchallenged by the sole detachment of 1,000 Interior Ministry troops who had arrived from Moscow on Jan. 14 . |
| 5 | In a survey of London 's trades in 1747 , the wages of milliners were said to be " poor and mean " : " Though a young woman can work neatly in all manner of Needle Work , yet she can not earn more than Five or Six Shillings [ 25-30p ] a week , out of which she is to find herself in board and lodging . " |