Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] said [prep] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undoubtedly the most important group of works by the artist to appear at auction for many years , the canvases are said to be in extremely good condition . |
| 2 | Under these conditions , the reactants and products are said to be in their standard states . |
| 3 | All the candidates were said to be in favour of free legislative elections and economic reform . |
| 4 | A number of safeguards were said to be in force , the first being that all applications had to be made in writing . |
| 5 | Some 300 native applications are said to be in the process of moving to Solaris x86 . |
| 6 | One of the cannon balls was said to be in the Hall in 1840 . |
| 7 | By March 31 Gamsakhurdia forces were said to be in retreat although railways and roads were still blocked . |
| 8 | According to this latter explanation , whether it be a matter of dialect ( Labov , 1970 ) or sociolinguistic code ( Bernstein , 1971 ) , the disadvantage experienced by many lower-class children is said to be in their being inadequately prepared for the linguistic demands of the classroom by having learned a different model of language in use from their parents and the other members of their immediate language community . |