Example sentences of "said [prep] [be] [adv] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In the elucidation of disease and its treatment , while the patient was standing by , Coleman was said to be even more successful .
2 If the information has been divulged to sufficient people so that it can be said to be no longer confidential , an injunction will not be of any help ; it would be like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted .
3 That is said to be no longer true in South Africa where a general feeling of ‘ tiredness ’ in the Church is alleged .
4 According to a DCDA telephone survey four places in Stockton are said to be very rarely vacant and 21 on North Tyneside , due to be ready from April , are already subject to a long waiting list .
5 ‘ Described as a ‘ law professor 's dream ’ , the law was said to be far too complicated for easy day-to-day use .
6 The production of Le nozze di Figaro which Gründgens did earlier with Klemperer in 1931 was said to be politically very radical , yet Gründgens later became Intendant of Berlin 's Staatliches Schauspielhaus , with Goering 's support .
7 However , there was one big kolkhoz consisting of 150 households only 20 versts from Roslavl' that was said to be too well satisfied with itself , and so did not welcome visits from the town .
8 A TEACHER who was sacked because some of his lessons were said to be too sexually explicit has won £12,000 compensation for unfair dismissal .
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