Example sentences of "[be] said to be [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr and Mrs Key are said to be grief-stricken and still undergoing therapy after the loss of their baby sons . |
| 2 | Half of all aircraft are said to be inoperable and two thirds of all vessels are in port at any given time . |
| 3 | Nerves that communicate with the use of acetylcholine are said to be cholinergic and are found in the peripheral and central nervous systems . |
| 4 | Amplifier circuits that oscillate parasitically through accidental positive feedback are said to be unstable and , unless their design can be modified to render them stable , are useless for amplification purposes . |
| 5 | The first might be said to be context- and task-independent : we can understand what a sequence of symbols is meant to represent , without understanding the context within which those symbols might be put to use . |
| 6 | Miss Ellis writes cleverly and without wasting words , and her tale of Lili whose father is Egyptian and whose mother English , and whose own nature allows her to assume either nationality as the whim takes her , can be said to be compact and readable . |
| 7 | In November 1940 , for example , ‘ personal economic worries ’ in the light of the coming second war winter were said to be widespread and to have given rise to ‘ discontented and sceptical thoughts ’ . |
| 8 | Others were said to be interested and the uncertainty continued . |
| 9 | Sonia might be persuaded to keep a seat warm for her daughter : Priyanka is only 20 ( the minimum age for a seat in the lower house is 25 ) but is said to be sharp and keen on politics . |
| 10 | A certain number of members must be present before a meeting is said to be quorate and can proceed . |
| 11 | Subjective comments about John : ‘ He is said to be hyperactive and seems to show bizarre behaviour ’ ( lines 8 and 9 ) . |
| 12 | His condition is said to be stable and detectives at his bedside are hoping he may be able to give them more information about the attack . |
| 13 | He is also being treated at Middlesbrough General Hospital , where his condition is said to be stable and his life not in danger . |
| 14 | Whilst the examples used avoid questioning the assumptions on which these ideologies are based , mathematics is said to be neutral and divorced from social issues . |
| 15 | Although BST is said to be safe and effective , the Commission says its use to produce " turbocharged " cows , capable of producing 20 per cent more milk , can not be justified on animal welfare or economic grounds at a time of overproduction by the EC 's dairy farmers . |
| 16 | The unit matrix I is a diagonal matrix of unit elements ; a matrix having all its elements zero is said to be null and is written 0 . |
| 17 | The 76-year-old was said to be shocked and upset by the incident . |
| 18 | An instructor Karen Gardner , 21 , was said to be stable and the other instructor , Anthony Mann , 23 , stable and comfortable . |
| 19 | The event was supposed to be staged a couple of weeks back , but was postponed because Lewis was said to be unwell and still in America . |
| 20 | Mr Rushdie , who went into ‘ deep hiding ’ after his appearance , was said to be depressed and disappointed by the hard-line Iranian renewal of the edict . |
| 21 | He was said to be super-strong and super-virile , invulnerable to mortal harm , and had occupied the throne for more than two centuries . |
| 22 | Eleanor , on the other hand , was said to be beautiful and lively ; she was certainly headstrong and indiscreet . |
| 23 | The atmosphere in the the Ynys Hywel Countryside Centre at Cwmfellinfach , overlooking his Islwyn constituency , was said to be grim and depressed . |
| 24 | Knox modestly demurred , but the meeting was said to be happy and humorous . |
| 25 | She also suffered from epilepsy and diabetes but was said to be happy and cheerful despite her disabilities . |
| 26 | If symptoms of disease occurred during any five day reintroduction then that particular food was said to be suspect and was temporarily omitted from the diet . |
| 27 | He was said to be level-headed and unlikely to be affected by a few fancy words . |
| 28 | The princess was said to be furious and Channel 4 came under fierce attack from MPs who said the drawings were highly insulting . |