Example sentences of "[be] said to be [adj] or " in BNC.
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1 | Accordingly , shorelines are said to be submergent or emergent depending upon the most strongly marked characteristics present . |
2 | They are said to be yellow or mottled brown in colour , often with seaweed-like manes . |
3 | In adjudicating , a meaning is attributed to a rule of law which can not be said to be correct or incorrect . |
4 | I mean I know an awful lot of people outside Harlow who who come here but Harlow people could be said to be apathetic or not being marketed rightly . |
5 | Is saying , ‘ Oh , I 'm so tired ’ natural tiredness-behaviour for us , in spite of the fact that ‘ I 'm tired ’ , unlike yawning , even pretence yawning , can be said to be true or false ? |
6 | But other concerns seem to centre around whether animals might properly be said to be happy or free from worry' , not in the sense of being healthy and free from pain but rather with the human paradigm in mind . |
7 | Consider the extent to which the approach can be said to be atomistic or holistic , bottom-up or top-down . |
8 | Some change is certainly necessary , but by itself can not be said to be sufficient or specific . |
9 | When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable . |
10 | However , whether the appointment was said to be express or by necessarily holding the debtor out with ostensible authority such an appointment must in practice be a very rare event . |