Example sentences of "said to [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Later , drive to the Buddhist Swayambhunath Stupa , said to be 2,000 years old .
2 He was Alan Stephen Wild , 38 , said to be five feet nine inches , with fair hair .
3 Detectives have arrested two men , said to be fellow Russians .
4 Apple Computer Inc 's personal digital assistant — now said to be code-named Newton — is being described as ‘ one of the most exciting electronics products in years ’ according to sources that spoke to the Associated Press .
5 Last night , there he was again between the sections of The Greatest Story ( Signals , C4 ) , a kind of Michelin guide to the Hindu poem generally said to be 15 times as long as the Bible ; a fact I am not inclined to check .
6 La Rive restaurant has been doubled in size and is served by an award winning kitchen , designed by British consultant Ken Winch , and said to be seven years ahead of anything else in Holland .
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