Example sentences of "[pron] be said to 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | VITALITE Light is a sunflower oil spread which is said to be high in polyunsaturated fat , and low in saturated fat and cholesterol . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 've also just been lent a political fiction saga by one of Mrs T 's former advisers which is said to be excellent . |
| 10 | The unions backing Mr Smith are moving towards endorsement of proportional representation ; Mr Smith himself is said to be open-minded . |
| 11 | Er the worst side obviously will be the drill bit side where Retool is not very significant in the North Sea Hycal on the other hand has a very strong market presence here er and Reler being submersible pumps and base based in enhanced recovery I would say the effect would be relatively neutral , though they do a lot of business with companies like B P who are said to be one of the beneficiaries . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Nightriders collected cash for Children in Need from passengers who were said to be full of Christmas spirit . |
| 16 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
| 17 | This evidently does not apply to God , who is said to be able ( although unlikely ) to create duplicate worlds . |
| 18 | She was said to be upset because she was too old to use the centre where the party was held in Whitley Bay . |
| 19 | She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator . |
| 20 | She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | There are said to be two reasons for referring the valuation of a company 's shares to its auditors . |
| 24 | William may or may not have been a rogue and charlatan ; there are said to be many such in Panama , which as a crossroads for the modern world radiates a special magnetism for crews of ne'er-do-wells . |
| 25 | There are said to be some mystic rivers one drop of which can steal a man 's life away . |
| 26 | There are said to be three preconditions of a common-law system based upon judicial precedent : |
| 27 | His right to the throne was distinctly tenuous ; there were said to be 57 people , if Roman Catholics were included , with a better claim . |
| 28 | In the key marginal seat of Stretchford North , for instance , where John Grudge , nephew of the veteran retiring member Arthur Grudge , is standing for Labour against the Conservative Mike Jelkes ( formerly known as the Hon M. S. B. St J. St X. Haggard-Jelkes ) and the Liberal Democrat Frank Pale-Jones , a former official of the British Boring Board of Control , there is said to be such a degree of apathy that any one of the 26 ‘ fringe ’ candidates may easily win . |
| 29 | Oscillation is clearly just prevented and there is said to be critical damping ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) ) |
| 30 | There is said to be many decorated examples using dot and line relief , but I have found only two such decorated ones during my twenty years of detecting . |