Example sentences of "[adj] [be] said [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are communities in the sense that one has a sense of ‘ belonging ’ in them , and in the sense that Shetlanders belonging to each are said to be distinguishable by special characteristics in dialect or , less often ( and more humorously ) , by difference in mentality and general attitudes . |
| 2 | The Japanese are said to be keen to invest more , but worry about the safety of their executives there . |
| 3 | Since the disagreement was only about the implicit extension of conventions they all recognized at a more abstract level , they could all be said to be soft conventionalists . |
| 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 | The marriage of a person who has been judicially declared insane is totally void , and the same is said to be true of any disposition of property made by such a person . |
| 6 | The two are said to be doubtful about Sun 's ability to deliver the code on time and they suspect the company may not give their systems priority over its own . |
| 7 | The two are said to be concerned over Sun 's ability to deliver code on time and suspect it may not prioritise their platforms over Sun 's own . |
| 8 | In general , materials that are carbon-based are said to be organic . |
| 9 | 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 . |