Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be said to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In 1942 he was persuaded to go into hospital , where he was said to be schizophrenic . |
| 3 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 4 | Many baby orangs are caught in the forests of Indonesia and taken by ship to Taiwan , where they are sold as pets , shop props and showbiz gimmicks — so many , in fact , that there is said to be a greater density of orangs in Taiwan 's capital city , Taipei , than in their own habitat . |
| 5 | There has been a series of decisions over the past 50 years which , although they are said to be cases of estoppel are not really such . |
| 6 | Gordon Brown , who has been squeezed out of the leadership race by Smith ( although he is said to be consoled by the fact that he is ten years younger and can wait a generation ) will have an important contribution to make . |
| 7 | When I refer to the ‘ Popular Purgatory ’ I am referring to the Purgatory which is most widely known — the place referred to in Roman Catholic teaching and which is said to be arrived at after death . |
| 8 | From August onwards the newspapers were over-flowing with the exploits of the various gangs in London : the ‘ Lion Boys ’ from the Lion and Lamb in Clerkenwell ; the so-called ‘ Clerkenwell ‘ pistol Gang' ’ ’ ; the ‘ Girdle Gang ’ which took its name from Thomas , alias ‘ Tuxy ’ , Girdle ; the ‘ Somers Town Gang ’ who were said to be the pests of Euston Road and Gower Street ; the ‘ Pinus Gang ’ who infested Leather Lane and Clerkenwell ; the ‘ Drury Lane Boys ’ ; the notorious ‘ Waterloo Road Gang ’ ; the ‘ Pickett Gang ’ ; , ‘ McNab 's ’ ; the ‘ Rest Gang ’ ; the ‘ Fulham Boys ’ ; the ‘ Chelsea Boys ’ ; the ‘ Velvet Cap Gang ’ ; the ‘ Plaid-Cap Brigade ’ from Poplar ; the gangs who romped around King Street and Great Church Lane in Hammersmith and who were said to be ‘ not ‘ Hooligans ’ ’ but worse' ; and many others , including a band of youngsters who had adopted the dare-devil title of the ‘ Dick Turpin Gang ’ . |
| 9 | Macnab went on holiday to Berlin with a letter from Joyce to Christian Bauer , a contact whom they had made in London and who was said to be on good terms with Goebbels . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Apparently , however , WABI has been turned into a product and packaged , and there is said to be some kind of cross-productisation afoot with parent company Sun Microsystems Inc . |
| 12 | Oscillation is clearly just prevented and there is said to be critical damping ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) ) |
| 13 | Naltrexone is an anti-euphoriant which masks any pleasure from subsequent use of opiate drugs and it is said to be non-addictive . |
| 14 | The term " Urgonian " has become almost a dirty word in Cretaceous stratigraphy , for it is not one of the internationally accepted stage names and it is said to be a diachronous , southern facies . |
| 15 | Bror Blixen , Karen Blixen 's husband , had syphilis and it was said to be common among the Masai . |
| 16 | ‘ And what are said to be her feelings about him ? ’ |
| 17 | As Hopwood states ( 1982 , p. 43 ) : ‘ Familiarity with experience elsewhere should instil a greater realization of the differences between what should be done and what is said to be done , and what is done and what might be done . ’ |
| 18 | But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’ |
| 19 | No breach of confidence was alleged but there was said to be a contract not to publish before the report . |
| 20 | But there were said to be no signs of a break-in . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good . |
| 23 | This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion . |
| 24 | Two medical practitioners , neither of whom previously knew the patient , recommended her detention in hospital because she was said to be a paranoid schizophrenic with signs of aggressive , overactive and irrational behaviour . |
| 25 | 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 ’ ? |
| 26 | The word ‘ aura ’ is derived from the Greek avra meaning breeze because it is said to be continually in motion . |
| 27 | A self certification programme for Wabi vendors starts in June — though there are said to be only a dozen Windows applications up on it and the thing still does n't print — Wabi 1.0 will be out in the summer . |
| 28 | Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance . |
| 29 | It remains a secret , though it is said to be passed on from chairman to chairman in a discreet whisper . |
| 30 | Now , the constitution as it " really " is , as it is said to be , and as it is said it should be , only really line up in times of political ( and therefore constitutional ) stability when there is agreement on clear and simple constitutional fundamentals . |