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

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1 Not until it does begin to react to such objects in recognisable and predictably different ways can the baby be said to be capable of noticing the objects in question .
2 But surely there are no acts of introspection " that could in any intelligible sense be said to be identifiable independently of their objects , analogous to " acts of extrospection " .
3 How far can the characteristics suggested for tribunals be said to be true of tribunals to the exclusion of other forms of dispute resolution ?
4 I could n't say it 's new , but then could blue be said to be royal ?
5 But in what sense can the conditions in prisons be said to be unjust ?
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