Example sentences of "[adv] say [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 2 | She 's tonight said to be critical but stable . |
| 3 | Last night , there he was again between the sections of The Greatest Story ( Signals , C4 ) , a kind of Michelin guide to the Hindu poem generally said to be 15 times as long as the Bible ; a fact I am not inclined to check . |
| 4 | So I mean , I 'm not gon na point the questions at anyone in particular , I 'm just like have them answered , but I might just say to is this normal for her to be late . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | ( Chinese and Japanese mustards are also said to be strong , but I have not tried them . ) |
| 8 | It is also said to be fleur-de-lis of French heraldry . |
| 9 | Er women were also said to be polite , diffident , verbose and deferential , which |
| 10 | Early registration figures are also said to be disappointing for the banks and building societies which have set up share shops . |
| 11 | Ammonium fumes from the farms are also said to be damaging trees . |
| 12 | UNITA admitted that abuses had occurred , but blamed N'Zau Puna , who was also said to be responsible for the disappearances . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | Such networks are also said to be active in the spirit of the application of the term active at the end of chapter 2 . |
| 15 | He was also said to be unpopular with some members of the profession , although he was elected president of the London Veterinary Medical Society . |
| 16 | At Westbury on Severn the A-Forty-Eight is underwater and the A-Thirty eight Gloucester to Tewksbury road is also said to be treacherous . |
| 17 | erm At least it can be more nearly said to be mental than anything else . |
| 18 | His condition was later said to be stable in hospital . |
| 19 | He had first mentioned the concept of ego ideal in his paper ‘ On Narcissism ’ ( 1914 ) , and the notion of ego ideal is later said to be identical with that of super-ego in The Ego and the Id ( 1923 ) . |
| 20 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc will launch its K2 series of multiprocessor Microsoft Corp Windows NT systems co-designed with Tricord Systems Inc on May 3 in the US — May 4 in the UK ( UX No 420 ) : Tricord has already launched the things as its 5000 series in the US running a variety of operating systems — though Sequent has an exclusive deal on NT versions ; as well as the low-end K2 boxes , Sequent will also be launching a series of high-end , Pentium-ready systems also said to be NT-capable . |
| 21 | The Stedelijk 's Barnett Newman , worth DFl. 5.4 million just before it was vandalised in 1986 , is now said to be worthless . |
| 22 | Mrs Lenihan , who suffers from dementia is now said to be comfortable in hospital in Oxford . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This , then , is often said to be another difference between the Near Eastern and the Indian traditions . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Apple Computer Inc 's personal digital assistant — now said to be code-named Newton — is being described as ‘ one of the most exciting electronics products in years ’ according to sources that spoke to the Associated Press . |
| 27 | The beginning of this slowing down process is frequently said to be Allied 's failure to take over Boddingtons in 1969 ( Boddingtons were part of the Whitbread ‘ umbrella ’ , and Whitbread threw its weight behind the family shareholders ) . |
| 28 | On the other hand , the nuclear family is sometimes said to be selfish and inward-looking , failing in its wider duty , especially towards the elderly . |
| 29 | Public disagreement about a school is sometimes said to be bad for the education of its pupils . |
| 30 | He is commonly said to be mad , and may indeed be so , but his unreasoning rage is backed up by a keen and artistic mind . |