Example sentences of "[adj] be said to be " 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 | THE BRITISH are said to be fascinated by the weather and talk of little else when the talk is small . |
3 | Some are said to be getting cold feet . |
4 | But how may this be said to be a Christology ? |
5 | This is said to be ‘ getting real ’ , being ‘ very Nineties ’ . |
6 | This is said to be the first house built in the village . |
7 | This is said to be the ‘ age of travel ’ . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | All of this is said to be made easier by ( and possibly to have been a partial consequence of ) the introduction of information technology . |
10 | 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 ? |
11 | This is said to be a future three star route . |
12 | 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 ’ . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | The FA-18 is said to be not well-suited to Switzerland , where fast aircraft find mountains looming up alarmingly soon . |
16 | In addition , Wagaddon , publishers of the magazine , had its own legal bill , but this was said to be less than £35,000 . |
17 | This was said to be because of the risk of radioactive iodine emitted during the fire getting into people 's thyroid glands . |
18 | This was said to be ‘ the first Peruvian book of poetry that does not make tribute to a colonial aesthetic . ’ |
19 | This was said to be ‘ erring wildly on the cautious side . ’ |
20 | 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 . |
21 | A 1986 U.S. study found an increased risk to expectant mothers , but this was said to be a small sample , which was followed by two further studies . |
22 | The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat . |
23 | The Japanese are said to be keen to invest more , but worry about the safety of their executives there . |
24 | The same day the USA was reported to have extended its food airlift to the town of Baidoa , where hundreds were said to be dying from starvation each day . |
25 | Relative to Figure 6 , the plane of Figure 7 is said to be " rotated about " the insect . |
26 | There are many memories which are too painful , or too wicked , for the patient to remember without the aid of psychoanalysis , and these are said to be repressed . |
27 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
28 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
29 | One of these was said to be a £5m loan to Raper 's master company , the Hong Kong and Netherlands based Gasco Group . |
30 | Since the disagreement was only about the implicit extension of conventions they all recognized at a more abstract level , they could all be said to be soft conventionalists . |