Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [be] said [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some delegates were said to be angry at Kuwait 's intransigence , including officials from Nigeria who said their country needed oil revenues as much as any other because of difficult economic problems . |
| 2 | Some underwriters were said to be selling to hedge their commitment . |
| 3 | Some women are said to be ‘ dangerous ’ if they act as many men do all the time . |
| 4 | Such groups were said to be like the foreigners in the adjacent forces , for it was constantly repeated that many wanted to join us but failed because of some inadequacy . |
| 5 | Such waves are said to be capable of setting up oscillations which may damage a jointed structure , as the increases and decreases of pressure tend to pull jointed blocks away . |
| 6 | The nuclei of certain atoms resemble tops in that they have an intrinsic angular momentum — or spin , such atoms are said to be polarised when they are all spinning in the same direction . |
| 7 | Such liquids are said to be immiscible . |
| 8 | Such rocks are said to be permeable ; sandstones and gravels are good examples of permeable rocks . |
| 9 | The so-called chiral drugs ( from chiros — the Greek word for hands ) made with these molecules are said to be safer and more effective . |
| 10 | These shapes are said to be common to each of the three pictures . |
| 11 | Furthermore , these circumstances are said to be essentially heterogeneous , so that they can not be seen as aspects of one large contradiction ; each is a contradiction within a particular social totality . |
| 12 | The source of these collections was said to be the papal registers . |
| 13 | The main reasons for these changes are said to be economic pressures , grant aid , and a gradual replacement of older , smaller , and more conservative farmers with younger , larger and more profit-orientated farmers . |
| 14 | Moreover these gods are said to be more part of the world 's spiritual furniture than transcendent of it — perhaps more like the saints in Catholic tradition . |
| 15 | These solids are said to be amorphous . |
| 16 | The research and development costs of these drugs are said to be close to £10-£15 million . |
| 17 | At Box all tesserae are said to be between 0.6 and 14.4 cm. sq . |
| 18 | China 's own demands are said to be precise . |
| 19 | Both defendants were said to be of no fixed abode , although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool . |