Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] said to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deal is said to be divided into two portions , with $3,000m for IBM itself and $1,600m for IBM Credit Corp . |
| 2 | If the fedback signal opposes the input signal then the feedback is said to be negative . |
| 3 | In a similar way , if the fedback signal augments the input signal then the feedback is said to be positive . |
| 4 | Quality consciousness is said to be very high among Japanese workers who endeavour to eliminate components that are rejected as substandard . |
| 5 | The alleged theft is said to be related to Axil 's hiring a Sun engineer who is named in the suit . |
| 6 | The buying is said to be largely from America , where investors are beginning to take a more optimistic view of their economy while showing concern about renewed Middle East tension . |
| 7 | With Frigi-Thalgo , inch loss is said to be almost permanent after six or more sessions — dieting and exercise included — and noticable loss is possible within a £35 one-hour session , with the effect lasting 48 hours . |
| 8 | A thumping defeat is said to be a victory . |
| 9 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 10 | It is hoped the slabs will block the conduit from which the main force of the lava is said to be bearing down ‘ like a train ’ , causing it to break up and cool . |
| 11 | Mind is said to be ‘ full of will ’ or ‘ desire ’ to progress and process different sensations , driven by the Ego in its ceaseless quest to assimilate experience : the mental image is presented to the intellect where it becomes ‘ known ’ by individual consciousness . |
| 12 | The cell is said to be the remains of an ancient Carthaginian temple . |
| 13 | The cable television industry is said to be leery of handing over a standard to a third party such as Microsoft Corp , which has teamed up with Intel Corp to develop a set-top control box based on the 80386 and Windows ; the 80386 is also regarded as underpowered for graphics work . |
| 14 | Labour is said to be in terminal decline because we have failed to identify , let alone appeal to , a natural constituency we might expect to provide us with majority support . |
| 15 | The Clinton administration is said to be looking again at the tangible objectives underlying the federal government 's support for research ( see page 776 ) , while the British government , in the shape of the Department of Trade and Industry , is seeking a more direct ( if a more avuncular than the American ) role in fostering industrial competitiveness . |
| 16 | His condition is said to be giving cause for concern . |
| 17 | His condition is said to be stable and detectives at his bedside are hoping he may be able to give them more information about the attack . |
| 18 | The injured woman was admitted to hospital in Bristol with serious burns , where her condition is said to be comfortable . |
| 19 | He is also being treated at Middlesbrough General Hospital , where his condition is said to be stable and his life not in danger . |
| 20 | He is now undergoing treatment for a jaw injury in Middlesbrough General Hospital where his condition is said to be stable . |
| 21 | Putting and making the inverse transformation via equation ( 11.32 ) or Again there is an absence of oscillation and the circuit in this condition is said to be overdamped ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) again ) . |
| 22 | Suppose a scene is said to be in correct perspective ? |
| 23 | The range is said to be from 3.2 to 4.2 and the period around 45 days , but I have never been able to make much periodicity out of it , and neither have I ever seen it brighter than magnitude 3.6 . |
| 24 | Sun is said to be going into direct competition with Apple Computer Inc spin-out General Magic Inc and has already licensed designs for its nomadic computer to two Japanese companies , and is in talks with French and German consumer electronics companies . |
| 25 | In July , looking thin and strained , the Princess is said to be suffering from post-natal depression during the Balmoral holidays . |
| 26 | Meanwhile the condition of the two year old boy is said to be improving . |
| 27 | With step-by-step diagrams and photography plus an A to Z listing of garden plants , plant propagation is said to be the cheapest way of getting a well-stocked garden . |
| 28 | Raw garlic is said to be preferable to kill bacteria and boost immune functioning . |
| 29 | The objection involves the feeling or perhaps the conviction that we can never state or explicitly describe such a thing as a causal circumstance is said to be , which is to say that we can not do something like give a complete enumeration of its elements : we can not give particular or individuating descriptions of all of them . |
| 30 | The effect of jurisdictional error of law is said to be to render the affected decision void or a nullity in the sense that the decision is treated as never having had any legal effect . |