Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , if he 's left alone for a minute it feels like an hour to him , he can not remember what has just been said to him , therefore he will repeat himself endlessly , and he has no frame of references to enable him to take part in any kind of conversation . |
| 2 | The principal problem about them has generally been said to be that of their meaning or semantics . |
| 3 | The current Tsunami run meanwhile is said to be exceeding expectations in speed and yield . |
| 4 | These just put up are said to be in order that the managers of the cement works at Halling and Upnor may be able to speak to each other . |
| 5 | On the other they disapproved of some of the impediments which had been erected in the twentieth century : the requirements of a lis inter partes and a superadded duty to act judicially were said to be false constraints . |