Example sentences of "said [prep] be the [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Localised Puddle of Indifference I guess Gary Gibson is going to have to do more routes just to keep people 's minds ticking over during winter ) HVS , is said to be the best of the bunch and worth a couple of stars . |
| 2 | The sundial on a cottage in North End was made in the 1840s and is said to be the largest in England with its twelve ft diameter . |
| 3 | It is said to be the longest-lived of the British dairy and dual-purpose breeds ; it is also hardy and with a low incidence of metabolic disease . |
| 4 | Floods in the southern provinces of Kompong Speu , Takeo , Kampot and Kandal which had begun in mid-August [ see p. 38390 ] and were said to be the worst in 50 years , left 100 people dead and washed away houses , roads , bridges and railway lines , and by Sept. 4 were threatening Phnom Penh . |
| 5 | One of the waterwheels that drove machinery here was said to be the biggest in England . |
| 6 | Not surprising , then , that Soho 's fire-fighters are said to be the busiest in the world . |