Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [be] said [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before we plunge into that debate we ought to recognize that recruitment to elite positions in the public and private sectors is said to be highly meritocratic . |
| 2 | Traditional patterns of family life and cultural values are said to be breaking down under the pressure of geographical and social mobility , and the power of the mass media . |
| 3 | Serbian units were said to be conducting house-to-house searches last night after ordering Muslims and Croats to surrender their weapons . |
| 4 | Several big British companies are said to be ‘ extremely interested ’ . |
| 5 | High-ranking officials were said to be rigging privatization to their own advantage , using their influence in local administrations . |
| 6 | At the time when the income of many of the top charities is said to be either static , or to have fallen , it 's essential for public in the private sector , do not forsake their supporting role . |
| 7 | German firms are said to be dumping in Eastern Europe waste which it would be costly for them to dispose of in Germany itself , including radioactive uranium , used tyres and banned pesticides . |
| 8 | Some delegates were said to be angry at Kuwait 's intransigence , including officials from Nigeria who said their country needed oil revenues as much as any other because of difficult economic problems . |
| 9 | Cheapest items are said to be £32 wine goblets etched by the Queen 's engraver Andrew Lawson Johnston with Ovid 's motto : Wine gives courage and makes men apt for passion . |
| 10 | Popular activists were said to be resentful of the army takeover , expressing fears that the achievement of multiparty democracy might be further delayed . |
| 11 | Some underwriters were said to be selling to hedge their commitment . |
| 12 | Similarly , the child fixated at the anal stage will develop an ‘ anal character ’ , whose most marked traits are said to be orderliness , parsimony and obstinacy . |
| 13 | ‘ Tin Can Island ’ proclaim the postage stamps , and old ones are said to be almost as sought after as British Guiana Triangulars or Penny Blacks . |
| 14 | Some women are said to be ‘ dangerous ’ if they act as many men do all the time . |
| 15 | The aim of the Thatcherite reforms to the public services is said to be to give consumers the power to go elsewhere if they are not satisfied . |
| 16 | PLATFORM-soled shoes are said to be coming back . |
| 17 | Between 200 and 500 miners are said to be inside the park , polluting it with mercury , and local politicians appear reluctant to remove them . |
| 18 | Such groups were said to be like the foreigners in the adjacent forces , for it was constantly repeated that many wanted to join us but failed because of some inadequacy . |
| 19 | Such waves are said to be capable of setting up oscillations which may damage a jointed structure , as the increases and decreases of pressure tend to pull jointed blocks away . |
| 20 | At one moment six Emperors were said to be alive , each as impotent as the others . |
| 21 | The nuclei of certain atoms resemble tops in that they have an intrinsic angular momentum — or spin , such atoms are said to be polarised when they are all spinning in the same direction . |
| 22 | Questions about actions are defined as those which seek to establish facts ; questions which explicitly or implicitly seek to criticize individual officials are said to be directed at their conduct . |
| 23 | If autonomous actions are said to be uncaused ( and hence undetermined ) they are left completely mysterious , and the prospects for individualism as a set of explanatory theories look very weak indeed . |
| 24 | The established professions are said to be based upon an underlying logic which is essentially instrumental ; the individual is seen as an instance of a general category . |
| 25 | Such liquids are said to be immiscible . |
| 26 | Such rocks are said to be permeable ; sandstones and gravels are good examples of permeable rocks . |
| 27 | The so-called chiral drugs ( from chiros — the Greek word for hands ) made with these molecules are said to be safer and more effective . |
| 28 | Three operations are said to be on the verge of bankruptcy because their claims — submitted through the ‘ one door ’ compensation office in Lerwick — have not been met . |
| 29 | Natural products are said to be … |
| 30 | These shapes are said to be common to each of the three pictures . |