Example sentences of "[adj] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are communities in the sense that one has a sense of ‘ belonging ’ in them , and in the sense that Shetlanders belonging to each are said to be distinguishable by special characteristics in dialect or , less often ( and more humorously ) , by difference in mentality and general attitudes . |
| 2 | Some remote pain stabbed at Paul , where had that been said to him before ? |
| 3 | THE BRITISH are said to be fascinated by the weather and talk of little else when the talk is small . |
| 4 | Some are said to be getting cold feet . |
| 5 | But how may this be said to be a Christology ? |
| 6 | Can anything sensible be said about the marriages of our women compositors in terms of social equality or mobility ? |
| 7 | Look at the start of the play — Catherine is devoted to Eddie and Eddie is kind and even jokes about her independence — this is seen on page 21 , when Eddie says that Catherine will move away when she gets a job ( but this is said without resentment ) and Catherine denies it . |
| 8 | This is said to be ‘ getting real ’ , being ‘ very Nineties ’ . |
| 9 | This is said to be the first house built in the village . |
| 10 | This is said to be the ‘ age of travel ’ . |
| 11 | Hindus know the cosmic energy as the kundalini or serpent force , and this is said to be coiled around the base of the spine in every human being . |
| 12 | All of this is said to be made easier by ( and possibly to have been a partial consequence of ) the introduction of information technology . |
| 13 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 14 | This is said to be a future three star route . |
| 15 | Quicklime slaked in urine and laid on the wood while hot , will also stain it a red colour ; and this is said to be the general practice with Windsor chair manufacturers in the neighbourhood of London ’ . |
| 16 | This is said to be one of the best angling waters in the Midlands although this nearly changed a year ago when a slug of pollution threatened to wipe out 100,000 fish . |
| 17 | This is said to be saving 1,000,000 bags per week — including 20,000 gallons of oil and 20 tonnes of plastic involved in their manufacture . |
| 18 | The FA-18 is said to be not well-suited to Switzerland , where fast aircraft find mountains looming up alarmingly soon . |
| 19 | This was said with such an earnest effort for accuracy that Delia Sutherland smiled . |
| 20 | This was said with a direct simplicity which normally would have had its appeal for Alice . |
| 21 | This was said without fear but with considerable surprise , as most certainly such a thought had not crossed his mind for months . |
| 22 | This was said through gritted teeth . |
| 23 | In one shape or size this was said to me often in writing this book , and always by women and girls themselves . |
| 24 | In addition , Wagaddon , publishers of the magazine , had its own legal bill , but this was said to be less than £35,000 . |
| 25 | This was said to be because of the risk of radioactive iodine emitted during the fire getting into people 's thyroid glands . |
| 26 | This was said to be ‘ the first Peruvian book of poetry that does not make tribute to a colonial aesthetic . ’ |
| 27 | This was said to be ‘ erring wildly on the cautious side . ’ |
| 28 | Too much sugar was being produced , so the excess was made into aguardente ( sugarcane rum ) but this was said to be causing alcoholism as the unemployed took to drinking cheap aguardente . |
| 29 | On the one occasion this was said to me , my reply was : ‘ OK , imagine I go out to dinner and do n't get back . |
| 30 | This was said to me a year after the announcement at the press conference when Fleischmann and Pons still did not know what caused the heat . |