Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adv] said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let us hope that the Danes will vote ‘ No ’ in their referendum on June 2 , thus forcing all members to renegotiate the treaty , as many of them are now said to be having second thoughts of their own . |
| 2 | She 's tonight said to be critical but stable . |
| 3 | I find her difficult to handle and my soundings are that she is deeply unpopular in Fleet St. She is also said to be extremely bitter about the way she has been treated and evidently stands to make millions from various lawsuits . |
| 4 | Mrs Kemp , 52 , suffered several fractures and is still being treated in Doncaster where she was yesterday said to be ‘ fine . ’ |
| 5 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |
| 6 | It 's also said to be making Microsoft Mail interoperate with Unix E-Mail . |
| 7 | Oh yeah but the thing is it 's something , it 's the main , it 's something she , it 's like said to her last night |
| 8 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 9 | It is also said to be fleur-de-lis of French heraldry . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But he is also said to be intensely loyal to the woman who stood by him during his 27 years of imprisonment . |
| 12 | He is even said to be at liberty to play golf . |
| 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 | He is commonly said to be mad , and may indeed be so , but his unreasoning rage is backed up by a keen and artistic mind . |
| 15 | If you have a pre he 's actually said to me if you have a problem I will listen and I will help you , so there 's me going to him and saying look due to a misunderstanding I have a problem and this one saying tough |
| 16 | It was even said to be the Nepenthe described by Homer which , when taken with wine , brought absolute forgetfulness . |
| 17 | The Portsmouth Court case was halted while he was taken to hospital where he was later said to be ‘ comfortable . ’ |
| 18 | He was also said to be unpopular with some members of the profession , although he was elected president of the London Veterinary Medical Society . |
| 19 | He was also said to be personally responsible for the omission of the Jamaican , Jeffrey Dujon , from the World Cup squad . |
| 20 | Mr Saggers , of Alpha Street West , Seedley , Greater Manchester , was taken by ambulance to Salford 's Hope Hospital , where he was yesterday said to be ‘ comfortable ’ . |