Example sentences of "[be] said to be [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | No area of the law can ever be said to be easy but the legislation dealing with obscene and indecent publications seems to be unduly complicated . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | Thus each group of accounts might be said to be objective but they are not comparable . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Consider the extent to which the approach can be said to be atomistic or holistic , bottom-up or top-down . |
| 10 | Some change is certainly necessary , but by itself can not be said to be sufficient or specific . |