Example sentences of "said to be a [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |
| 2 | It is said to be a luminous and dynamic nature capable of independent existence apart from its physical counterpart . |
| 3 | They were said to be a happy and adoring family . |
| 4 | They were said to be a happy and adoring family . |
| 5 | When , however , its satisfactions depend upon the infliction of pain or damage upon an unwilling partner , the situation is again that of using a person as a mere object : the sadist ( or , sometimes , the masochist ) may genuinely be said to be a social and personal menace . |