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Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be said to [be] " in BNC.

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1	Both this novel and the one which it resumes are ‘ hung ’ books , in the sense that Parliaments are said to be hung .
2	The first enlistments to the Macedonian army were reported on April 13 , although Albanians were said to be refusing to obey the call-up .
3	It is interesting that women are said to be conservative only at times and in places where this trait is not valued .
4	Under these conditions , the reactants and products are said to be in their standard states .
5	In the Soviet Union , central state control of the curriculum and syllabuses is said to be ‘ virtually total ’ .
6	Leibniz 's view is that the sources of individuation lie within the entities themselves ; in other words , entities are regarded as basic , and places are said to be explicable in terms of relations between entities — " entities " meaning here " individual substances " or " monads " .
7	The examples listed earlier suggest that it covers a vast variety of relations ; for example the relation between capitalists and workers is said to be one of oppression , while that between factions of the ruling class might be competition .
8	Workers are said to be rationed in the labour market and firms are said to be rationed in the commodity market .
9	Around Sheffield this was known as the " stuffing system " and prices were said to be overvalued three-fold .
10	Environmental chemicals and foods are said to be responsible for an unlimited variety of symptoms which occur in the absence of physical findings or abnormal laboratory results .
11	Since individuals are said to be altogether determined , constraints must be found to explain all their actions and intentions .
12	When sounds are said to be ‘ voiced ’ , they are produced with vibration .
13	The gay love scenes were sensitively filmed , although the men had to wear boxer shorts for the US version as Americans are said to be touchy about testicles .