Example sentences of "[is] say [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Playground ’ was written specifically for the movie In A League Of Their Own starring Geena Davis , Tom Hanks and Madonna which premieres in the UK in September , and is said to be unrepresentative of the material featured on the ‘ Erotica ’ LP .
2 Is it just a coincidence that Jesus is said to be thirty years old when he embarks on his ministry ?
3 It is said to be present , although usually without symptoms , in one in ten people over the age of forty , and in one in three over the age of sixty .
4 IBM is said to be late off the mark and may not get the chance to inject itself officially .
5 Sonia might be persuaded to keep a seat warm for her daughter : Priyanka is only 20 ( the minimum age for a seat in the lower house is 25 ) but is said to be sharp and keen on politics .
6 Commenting on his purchase , McCartney is said to be delighted that the land is now ‘ free from the huntsmen . ’
7 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 .
8 The informal ceiling placed on share option deals by institutional investors is said to be one reason .
9 The former , the central panel of which depicts the Crucifixion , is said to be one of the finest examples in the North of the noted stained glass expert , William Morris .
10 Paddy Ashdown , on the other hand , is said to be one of the fittest MPs at Westminster but according to his camp , ‘ he likes to keep his fitness regime out of the headlines ’ .
11 The difference is said to be one of place , the place of the sensation in the body qua sensitive .
12 The examples listed earlier suggest that it covers a vast variety of relations ; for example the relation between capitalists and workers is said to be one of oppression , while that between factions of the ruling class might be competition .
13 While head of the Darmstadt development centre Jurgen Wegner would provide no further details , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is said to be one of the hot favourites to win the multimillion dollar contract .
14 According to the German weekly Computerwoche , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is said to be one of the hot favourites to win the multimillion dollar contract .
15 If substantial public funds are to be made over to voluntary associations then , as Griffiths intimates , some form of audit ‘ becomes essential : and this raises the question of the independence of voluntary organisations , which is said to be one of their great virtues .
16 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 .
17 Dissatisfaction with facilities offered to the ARC fleet in Barbados is said to be one of the chief reasons why the destination has changed , although a hint of rancour appeared to cloud references to the former destination .
18 If we take the two words ‘ my turn ’ , the relationship between and , between and and between and is said to be one of close juncture .
19 We 're very pleased , we put in about 18 months really hard work on this , we 've er done our development funding , we 've put in our plan which is said to be one of the best plans in the country , we worked very hard , we 're very pleased .
20 ( 11 ) Orthogonal matrices — a square , non-singular matrix A having the property unc is said to be orthogonal .
21 When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable .
22 The picture quality of the system is said to be better than VHS and if it catches on then in future all CD machines may be build with decoders already inside , making the CD the most versatile medium for home entertainment .
23 How does one go about luring people away from a profession that is said to be non-existent ?
24 It follows that we can not make up a square matrix X of eigenvectors to satisfy ( 8 ) ; for this reason the matrix B is said to be defective .
25 A level gutter with a central outlet is said to be capable of draining 210 sq .
26 The 50MHz version is said to be capable of 100 MIPS .
27 Who is to say that the poorer countries of Europe are to be happy with a dominant Germany just because it is said to be good for ‘ Europe ’ ?
28 The sixty seven year old chairman of Thames water is said to be depressed after he was diagnosed as having Parkinsons disease .
29 In terminology which is due to Kydland and Prescott ( 1977 ) , the optimal position point B is said to be time-inconsistent .
30 Loosely , a policy is said to be time-inconsistent if , once it has been adopted , there is an incentive at some later date to renege or cheat on it .
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