Example sentences of "was say [prep] [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The protection of wildlife was said to be germane to both China 's economic and ethical development . |
| 2 | She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator . |
| 3 | Brent McCafferty , 26 , was said to be poorly in hospital last night after being stabbed in the arm in an incident outside his home in Colchester Terrace , Sunderland . |
| 4 | There is , in fact , every indication that Karajan was acutely aware of the temper of the times , though to find evidence of this we do not go to the random rag-bag of recordings he was permitted to make in the early 1940s but to what he immediately turned his mind to with Legge in Vienna in 1947 : Strauss 's Metamorphosen , a recording , still , of unparalleled intensity , and the Brahms German Requiem , a performance ( it was said to be one of Toscanini , s favourite records ) of unbearable directness and poignancy of utterance . |
| 5 | He was said to be one of the highest-placed spies unmasked by Soviet intelligence in recent years . |
| 6 | Anthony Gould was said to be one of the most unpopular men in the prison because of a crusade against drug abuse . |
| 7 | Although the time spent teaching was said to be similar on most wards , the trained staff on a good ward devoted more time to supervision , practical demonstrations and participation in ward reporting sessions . |
| 8 | When Ps. lanisticola was first described by Dr Warren Burgess in 1976 , the hobby was in general not impressed , as the new species was said to be similar in appearance to livingstonii with the main difference being in the dentition . |
| 9 | The Bettiscombe skull , preserved in the house at that time , was said to be that of a negro slave , so devoted to John Frederick that it emitted the most ghastly screams if it were ever parted from him . |
| 10 | There were other alleged cases when guards were playing scrabble instead of going on patrol and one was said to be unfit for work through drink . |
| 11 | Last night PC Hall was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 12 | He was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night . |
| 13 | Last night Pringle was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 14 | He was said to be comfortable in Leeds General Infirmary with facial injuries and fractures . |
| 15 | Last night he was said to be comfortable in the West Highland Hospital , Oban . |
| 16 | ‘ In particular , ’ the FT wrote , ‘ Smith 's management was said to be uncommunicative regarding the DIY business , although an analysts ’ visit next week is intended to set out future strategy . ’ |
| 17 | The flames were put out in good time and the donkey was said to be fit for the final , against Preston North End . |
| 18 | The singer , best known for the classic Great Balls Of Fire , was expected two days ago but was said to be furious at taking second billing in the Giants of Rock 'n' Roll concerts . |
| 19 | However Di was said to be furious about the tapes , which a book says are of her voice . |
| 20 | The view that ‘ the war might have been over today ’ was said to be common among women in country localities . |
| 21 | Bror Blixen , Karen Blixen 's husband , had syphilis and it was said to be common among the Masai . |
| 22 | In the aftermath of the war the government was said to be concerned over Turkey 's increasingly prominent international role . |
| 23 | A fragment of plastic circuit board found at Lockerbie was said to be identical with the circuit boards used in timing devices seized with a quantity of explosives from two Libyans at Dakar airport in February 1988 . |
| 24 | What was identified as ‘ … general community work … organising groups to bring pressure to bear … becoming a focus in the neighbourhood for campaigns , ’ was said to be inappropriate for a legal service . |
| 25 | The boy was said to be calm after his 15-minute ordeal . |