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

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1 Both of these words which are said to be inadequate fail to satisfy one or other of the criteria outlined for a wording to establish a trust .
2 Consider , for example , two of the conditions which are said to be necessary for Monitor use : time and focus on form .
3 It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic .
4 Earlier the court had been shown a quantity of bricks and stones some of which were said to be bloodstained , and a heavy iron bar .
5 VITALITE Light is a sunflower oil spread which is said to be high in polyunsaturated fat , and low in saturated fat and cholesterol .
6 The new measures , similar to those in force in Britain and the US , were drawn up over the summer by Mr Lang 's Ministry , which is said to be interested in extending the French insurance model to the whole of Europe .
7 I 've also just been lent a political fiction saga by one of Mrs T 's former advisers which is said to be excellent .
8 The unions backing Mr Smith are moving towards endorsement of proportional representation ; Mr Smith himself is said to be open-minded .
9 The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has been asked to look at the allegations and to arrange for certain persons who are said to be able to shed new light on the case to be interviewed .
10 Immediately after the first wave of evacuation had taken place there was a chorus of outrage from reception areas about some of the evacuees — evidently those from the poorest homes in inner-city areas — who were said to be filthy , verminous , incontinent , ungrateful and thoroughly ill-mannered .
11 Before it left , the UN mission compiled information on 1,100 people who had been detained , were alleged to have been detained or who were said to be missing , back to 1977 .
12 The Nightriders collected cash for Children in Need from passengers who were said to be full of Christmas spirit .
13 But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’
14 This evidently does not apply to God , who is said to be able ( although unlikely ) to create duplicate worlds .
15 She was said to be upset because she was too old to use the centre where the party was held in Whitley Bay .
16 She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator .
17 She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible .
18 His knowledge of Paris was confined to the underworld , but he did know that the bandit , Chicot , had a mistress who was said to be British .
19 There were other alleged cases when guards were playing scrabble instead of going on patrol and one was said to be unfit for work through drink .
20 Oscillation is clearly just prevented and there is said to be critical damping ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) )
21 In some cases where peasant movements have taken place , they are said to be clientelist-based .
22 Until now we have considered practices within a society , and allowed that if these fail to complement each other they are said to be contradictory .
23 Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance .
24 They are said to be similar to material distributed previously by Mr Round .
25 They are said to be unfair .
26 If ever they lose the ability to scavenge energy , and put it to use in repairing their own fabric , then they are said to be dead ; and they begin immediately to fall apart .
27 Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) .
28 They are said to be exothermic compounds .
29 They are said to be yellow or mottled brown in colour , often with seaweed-like manes .
30 The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial .
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