Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] be said to [be] " in BNC.

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1 However , there was one big kolkhoz consisting of 150 households only 20 versts from Roslavl' that was said to be too well satisfied with itself , and so did not welcome visits from the town .
2 Relative to Figure 6 , the plane of Figure 7 is said to be " rotated about " the insect .
3 Squire Western is said to be modelled on Philip Bennet , and the heroine of Tom Jones on his daughter Ann .
4 Thus in the valuable Brockman Iron Formation of the Hamersley Basin , bands about an inch thick are said to be correlatable over an area of some 20000 square miles and even microscopic varves within those bands can be traced over 185 miles .
5 Motorola Inc is said to be concerned that the move will fuel suggestions that the 88000 RISC chip is dead even though the company may be at least partially responsible for the shortfall in 88open 's funding .
6 The key to section 13 was said to be ‘ identification ’ not ‘ quality . ’
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