Example sentences of "[noun] [be] say to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Not until it does begin to react to such objects in recognisable and predictably different ways can the baby be said to be capable of noticing the objects in question . |
2 | But surely there are no acts of introspection " that could in any intelligible sense be said to be identifiable independently of their objects , analogous to " acts of extrospection " . |
3 | How far can the characteristics suggested for tribunals be said to be true of tribunals to the exclusion of other forms of dispute resolution ? |
4 | I could n't say it 's new , but then could blue be said to be royal ? |
5 | But in what sense can the conditions in prisons be said to be unjust ? |