Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] is said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any energy there will be at least one closed orbit , and this orbit is said to parent the family of non-closed orbits that librate around it . |
| 2 | British Aerospace is said to be one of the key contenders to mount a rescue bid for Ferranti , a vital subcontractor providing navigational and radar equipment for BAe 's military aircraft . |
| 3 | Putting and making the inverse transformation via equation ( 11.32 ) or Again there is an absence of oscillation and the circuit in this condition is said to be overdamped ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) again ) . |
| 4 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 5 | The referential rigidity is said to be subject to a simple intuitive test . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the condition of the two year old boy is said to be improving . |
| 7 | This sluice is said to ‘ sleep ’ . |
| 8 | Raw garlic is said to be preferable to kill bacteria and boost immune functioning . |
| 9 | This self-sustaining quality is said to be exemplified by current epistemologies . |
| 10 | The new French government is said to be taking a fresh look at the matter . |
| 11 | Central to this approach is said to be an emphasis upon guidance from the best available scientific evidence . |
| 12 | He does not smoke , but despite his diet , he has a penchant for champagne and his favourite food is said to be lobster . |
| 13 | This expansion is said to be " inflationary , " meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today . |
| 14 | This tendency is said to be exacerbated by the growth of institutional holdings , the institutions themselves exhibiting a short-termist attitude , conspicuous in the fund managers engaged by them . |
| 15 | Thus a government borrowing requirement financed wholly by the sale of debt to the non-bank private sector is said to be ‘ fully funded ’ . |
| 16 | A level gutter with a central outlet is said to be capable of draining 210 sq . |
| 17 | There is a universal indestructible ‘ I ’ ( called Manas ) and each individual man is said to be merely a ray projected down from it . |
| 18 | The average wage is said to be about $25.00 a month . |
| 19 | Post-natal depression is said to be common among immigrant women generally . |
| 20 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp is said to be looking to the second source agreement with Digital Equipment Corp on the Alpha RISC to build a new base for its semiconductor business : the company gave up manufacturing its own mainframe and mid-range computers several years ago , in favour of selling IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co machines on an OEM basis , and focusing its strategy on client-server systems , where it was assisted by its purchase of the Apricot Computers Ltd hardware division — but Apricot insists that it is 100% wedded to the Intel Corp iAPX-86 architecture and has no plans to build Alpha machines , although if the instruction comes in from Tokyo , it wo n't have much option ; there is an element of two-timing in Mitsubishi Electric signing up with DEC because it is already a member of the Hewlett-Packard Precision RISC Organisation . |
| 21 | In this culture a soft feeble person is said to ‘ lack horns ’ : men who have proved their manhood in war and battle , as well as in their marriage beds , are entitled to sport ornately carved horns on their door-posts . |
| 22 | This large implication is said to be justified because Parliament must have intended to preserve the long-standing immunity against questioning after charge , and can not have intended to create a régime which would ‘ make a mockery of ’ ( A. v. H.M. |
| 23 | Another unifying principle is said to be the concept of trust . |
| 24 | Besides , even if the bureaucratic elite is more influential than in the West , their high status as permanent guardians of the national interest is said to be justified by their personal merit . |
| 25 | Some courts treat these terms in an omnibus fashion ; natural justice is said to be but a manifestation of a broader concept of fairness . |
| 26 | The other procedural advantage is said to be that it is open to a prosecutor to include a series of incidents in the one charge , rather than as a series of assaults . |
| 27 | The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them . |
| 28 | The only factor undermining this powerful position is said to be the incompetence of the majority of government employees . |
| 29 | Yet , the incidence of alcoholism in the older population is said to be increasing too . |
| 30 | Its closure to through traffic is said to be an important safety feature of the scheme . |