Example sentences of "be [adv] said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |
| 2 | Many fund managers are still said to be considering their next move . |
| 3 | Notches on tallies were an early way of scoring in cricket matches , and people are still said to ‘ notch up ’ a good score , just as one can still hear a commentator say that a free-scoring batsman is ‘ in good nick ’ . |
| 4 | ( Chinese and Japanese mustards are also said to be strong , but I have not tried them . ) |
| 5 | Potential competitors such as the hot-shot Mac-to-Unix people at Quorum Software , who might eventually find their market niche too narrow , are also said to be watching . |
| 6 | deodorant , use fresh leaves in the bath water , or a decoction of the roots , which are also said to be effective in removing freckles |
| 7 | Ammonium fumes from the farms are also said to be damaging trees . |
| 8 | Early registration figures are also said to be disappointing for the banks and building societies which have set up share shops . |
| 9 | Such networks are also said to be active in the spirit of the application of the term active at the end of chapter 2 . |
| 10 | I know that such experiences are often said to be the result of the individuals concerned having read a book or article or seen a film or television programme about the particular place and then having forgotten that they have done so . |
| 11 | Er and similarly the syntax of languages are often said to be oppressive of women , a lot of the way that language is structured and a lot of the words that you get in a language , that 's another thing that 's said . |
| 12 | Football fans in this region are often said to the most fanatical in the country and so deserve teams among the elite . |
| 13 | yeah I would think so nights or days I would of thought nothing 's been really said about what 's happening on that yet , not till the end of towards the end of the |
| 14 | Clark ( 1990 ) has recently referred to the ‘ myth ’ of the Anglo-Norman scribe and has collected a large number of comments from early in the century up until very recently from the work of distinguished scholars , in which attested forms are typically said to be ‘ Anglo-Norman ’ and therefore rejected . |
| 15 | Let us hope that the Danes will vote ‘ No ’ in their referendum on June 2 , thus forcing all members to renegotiate the treaty , as many of them are now said to be having second thoughts of their own . |
| 16 | However , its founders , Larry and Doug Michels , are now said to be reluctant because the future is uncertain — it 's a heck of a time to have to start posting quarterly reports . |
| 17 | Other US nuclear plants are now said to be studying their fuel pool cooling . |
| 18 | Critics seem to have it the other way round , so there 's a lot of stuff talked about me using different styles , but there does n't seem to be much said about whether it works , or whether it 's done with taste , or whether the end result is worth having . |
| 19 | It may be justly said of embalming , that it is undeniably the most considerable and efficacious means to answer their intentions . ’ |
| 20 | There is more to be said , but it will be better said in reply other related objections . |
| 21 | to bringing the claim , if it is pursued , the claim maybe good , it maybe bad and it depends upon the circumstances of the underline agreement , that 's one example where something maybe good or it maybe bad , it 's like an intellectual property ride , depending on how you exercise the right , it maybe good or it maybe bad , if you use it to block parallel imports or for some anti competitive purpose then it may be bad , erm it , it 's not necessarily the case that if you have a clause in the contract it is always in every circumstance bad , where the clause itself allows the undertaking concerned , to exercise it in a particular way , now , erm so so that as a matter of principal not all clauses could be automatically said in a standard form contract to be good or bad and it may depend upon how they are to exercise in a particular way , what we have said is the , the , erm , the provision in on , on the , the unfettable authority , er , erm and powers of the agent , erm is void it would depend upon the facts of each individual case whether or not every other restriction as your Lordships seen again only through and the cases they side , erm that other provisions in a standard form contract may on the facts be had , it depends upon the significance of the particular clause in the circumstances , my Lord in , in answer to your Lordships question , I do n't think it necessary follows that every clause is bad , but we do say it depends upon the facts and we have pleaded that not all loss might be erm defensible against . |
| 22 | While it can never be legitimately said of a theory that it is true , it can hopefully be said that it is the best available , that it is better than anything that has come before . |
| 23 | But there is much that can be usefully said about the way in which all governmental activities are controlled by law , particularly when considering the relationships between different branches of government . |
| 24 | It has been well said of the Reformers themselves that the Bible was the sole norm and guide in matters of faith and conduct , not in everything under the sun . |
| 25 | Galadriel 's warning about the events in her mirror , ‘ Some never come to be , unless those that behold the visions turn aside from their path to prevent them ’ , would have been well said to him . |
| 26 | Any shares which the bidder 's shareholders agree to purchase are then said to be " clawed back " from underwriters . |
| 27 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 28 | While the agreement of Aug. 27 deferred formal dissolution until the New Year , both leaders were still said to be optimistic on the Sept. 30 deadline for passage of federal laws to dissolve the federation and divide its powers and property . |
| 29 | The plummy Home Counties accents were also said to be difficult for Americans to understand ( though this problem never seemed to arise when the same actors — James Mason , Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons — became Hollywood stars ) . |
| 30 | Er women were also said to be polite , diffident , verbose and deferential , which |