Example sentences of "be often said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that such experiences are often said to be the result of the individuals concerned having read a book or article or seen a film or television programme about the particular place and then having forgotten that they have done so . |
| 2 | Er and similarly the syntax of languages are often said to be oppressive of women , a lot of the way that language is structured and a lot of the words that you get in a language , that 's another thing that 's said . |
| 3 | Football fans in this region are often said to the most fanatical in the country and so deserve teams among the elite . |
| 4 | ‘ One of the things that is often said about the success of British athletics at the moment is that it hides an awful lot that 's wrong . |
| 5 | It is often said about notorious criminals that they have no feelings . |
| 6 | It is often said of the Prime Minister that he retains all the instincts and skills which were politically honed during his time in the Whips ' Office . |
| 7 | The quality of ‘ capture ’ which is often said to be the major aim of the department becomes another ‘ lip service ’ to the outside world , although once again the symbolic content of this truth is multi-vocal . |
| 8 | The embodiment of the new Europe is often said to be Mikhail Gorbachev . |
| 9 | This , then , is often said to be another difference between the Near Eastern and the Indian traditions . |
| 10 | Built in 1814 , it is 72 feet high , and is often said to be the tallest windmill in the country , though that honour properly belongs to a tower mill at Sutton ( q.v. ) in Norfolk . |
| 11 | Beta has a B8-type spectrum , and is about 100 times as luminous as the Sun ; it is often said to be the only naked-eye star which is greenish in colour , though I have never noted this either with or without optical aid , and to me Beta always looks white . |
| 12 | The totem is often said to be an ancestor of the clan . |
| 13 | He is often said to be fixing a ‘ tariff ’ period ; and there is no harm in using that expression provided that one realises that it is the Home Secretary 's tariff , not the judges ' tariff . |
| 14 | One type suggests that it is simply the frequencies with which the separate features occur ; a ‘ prototype ’ is often said to be formed from the most commonly occurring features ( thus we form mental prototypes of dog , tree , car , and so on ) . |
| 15 | Goal displacement in the form of means becoming ends in themselves is often said to be a characteristic dysfunction of bureaucratic forms of organization . |
| 16 | Just as a player is often said to be struggling to justify a big fee . |
| 17 | A religious war is often said to be very bitter because the two sides are fighting for something that they both feel is very important . |
| 18 | It is often said in such circumstances that the shock of the news has been too great . |
| 19 | The Act was often said by advisers to be powerless to deal with problems of insufficient , inadequate or poor quality management services . |