Example sentences of "[pers pn] be said to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's said to be in a great state of shock . |
| 2 | His estranged wife and two children lived nearby , they 're said to be on holiday at the moment . |
| 3 | They were said to be behind the acts of violence against the opposition parties , against the minorities , and against peaceful demonstrators . |
| 4 | Some of them were said to be at least a hundred years old . |
| 5 | And James Herbert , another of Hodder 's biggest selling authors , is rumoured to be going the same way : he is said to be on the point of signing a two-book deal with HarperCollins worth £1.7m . |
| 6 | He is said to be in a critical condition . |
| 7 | He 's said to be in a stable condition at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford . |
| 8 | He 's said to be in his 50s , stocky wearing a beige jacket . |
| 9 | He 's said to be in a stable and comfortable condition . |
| 10 | The obstacles to this were largely financial : it was said to be beyond the means of the WWF , let alone the Government of India . |
| 11 | Should the company do a thing which was outside the scope of the clause it was said to be beyond the company 's powers and ultra vires.At common law an ultra vires act was unlawful and without binding effect and a shareholder could restrain the company from undertaking ultra vires activities . |
| 12 | The policeman gave chase but one of the suspects turned and shot him twice in the back w He was rushed to Homerton Hospital where he was said to be in a serious condition early today . |
| 13 | He was said to be in good spirits , but this was assumed : he feared he would be denounced as a traitor on his return . |
| 14 | He was said to be in financial difficulty when he tried to blackmail Hillier in May 1991 . |
| 15 | Before the burglary he was said to be in good health . |
| 16 | He was said to be in a very distressed state . |
| 17 | He was said to be in a very distressed state . |
| 18 | Last night , he was said to be in a comfortable condition . |
| 19 | Last night , he was said to be in a comfortable condition . |
| 20 | He was said to be in a comfortable condition today , as he recovered in a hospital burns unit . |
| 21 | He was said to be in a critical condition yesterday after he was hit in the head and body . |
| 22 | He was said to be in a critical condition today . |
| 23 | Each one of us is said to be worth fifty thousand pounds of advertising per year to the tobacco companies . ’ |