Example sentences of "[am/are] said [prep] [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At Box all tesserae are said to be between 0.6 and 14.4 cm. sq .
2 All the men are said to be between 20 and 30 .
3 The pieces are considered some of Peru 's finest archaeological treasures and are said to be of incalculable value .
4 At Augusta , more than at almost any other golf course , disaster stalks the champions , particularly on the greens — which are said to be in fine , fiery form this year .
5 The two other survivors of the tragedy who remain in hospital , Samantha Stansby , 17 , and Emma Hartley , 16 , are said to be in satisfactory condition .
6 The end stage of the pathway is represented by CD4 + CD8 - TCR high+ or CD4 - CD8 + TCR high+ cells ( both are said to be in single positive , or SP , stages ) , which are mostly immediate precursors of major histocompatibility complex ( MHC ) class II-restricted helper T cells and MHC class I-restricted cytotoxic T cells , respectively .
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