Example sentences of "[pers pn] be said to be " in BNC.

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1 The shortage of Pentiums is so bad that those that have them are said to be ‘ tea-bagging ’ them — moving their precious chips from system to system to prove to customers that their box works , then quickly back into the safe .
2 Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend .
3 This points to Eleanor of Provence , Edward 's mother and consort of Henry III , whose reputation is as bad as that of Eleanor of Castile is good — though not for David Gordon , who seems to think that because she 's said to be ‘ of Provence ’ , this puts her above suspicion .
4 She 's said to be the daughter of a English general and apparently very beautiful … a good bit younger than him , of course . ’
5 But she 's said to be brave , tough , and very bright . ’
6 She 's said to be in a great state of shock .
7 She is said to be bricked up in her room , spinning her hand loom for all eternity .
8 Children being what they are , she was said to be a witch .
9 She was said to be ‘ strained and suspicious ’ , but insisted she was well and did not need help .
10 She was said to be the most beautiful girl in the whole island , with a fair complexion , blue eyes and golden-brown hair .
11 She was said to be upset because she was too old to use the centre where the party was held in Whitley Bay .
12 She was said to be the most handicapped person in Britain at that time , since , due to a rare muscular disease , she was paralysed throughout her whole body except in her big toe .
13 She was said to be callous , selfish , irresponsible .
14 Two medical practitioners , neither of whom previously knew the patient , recommended her detention in hospital because she was said to be a paranoid schizophrenic with signs of aggressive , overactive and irrational behaviour .
15 She was said to be stable in Middlesbrough General Hospital last night , but no longer on a ventilator .
16 She was said to be ‘ comfortable ’ in Middlesbrough hospital .
17 Consequently they are said to be only suitable for the rarified world of HQ where men with no ‘ bottle ’ and the non-combatants have fled .
18 Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) .
19 They are said to be his own work , although the truth is that he probably has the final say .
20 They are said to be very fast over the first 40 yards , and the advice offered by the locals is that you should run on a zig-zag course if one of them takes a fancy to you .
21 If ever they lose the ability to scavenge energy , and put it to use in repairing their own fabric , then they are said to be dead ; and they begin immediately to fall apart .
22 In some cases where peasant movements have taken place , they are said to be clientelist-based .
23 In fact , these are the only points that do not move with inversion ; they are said to be ‘ invariant under inversion ’ .
24 Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance .
25 If certain capital letters incorporate coloured drawings representing scenes in the text , they are said to be ‘ historiated ’ .
26 I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good .
27 They are said to be ‘ very fond ’ of him .
28 Bourque and Grossholtz ( 1984 ) argue that the acceptance of ‘ masculinity as ideal political behaviour ’ has dire consequences for studying women : the unquestioned assumption that the political attitudes , behaviour and preferences of men define mature political behaviour means that when women do not match these they are said to be either apolitical or politically naive .
29 Until now we have considered practices within a society , and allowed that if these fail to complement each other they are said to be contradictory .
30 They are said to be generally positive to the takeover but still need to achieve certain comfort levels .
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