Example sentences of "[adv] said [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it .
2 She 's tonight said to be critical but stable .
3 While the agreement of Aug. 27 deferred formal dissolution until the New Year , both leaders were still said to be optimistic on the Sept. 30 deadline for passage of federal laws to dissolve the federation and divide its powers and property .
4 deodorant , use fresh leaves in the bath water , or a decoction of the roots , which are also said to be effective in removing freckles
5 ( Chinese and Japanese mustards are also said to be strong , but I have not tried them . )
6 It is also said to be fleur-de-lis of French heraldry .
7 Er women were also said to be polite , diffident , verbose and deferential , which
8 Early registration figures are also said to be disappointing for the banks and building societies which have set up share shops .
9 Ammonium fumes from the farms are also said to be damaging trees .
10 UNITA admitted that abuses had occurred , but blamed N'Zau Puna , who was also said to be responsible for the disappearances .
11 The plummy Home Counties accents were also said to be difficult for Americans to understand ( though this problem never seemed to arise when the same actors — James Mason , Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons — became Hollywood stars ) .
12 Such networks are also said to be active in the spirit of the application of the term active at the end of chapter 2 .
13 He was also said to be unpopular with some members of the profession , although he was elected president of the London Veterinary Medical Society .
14 At Westbury on Severn the A-Forty-Eight is underwater and the A-Thirty eight Gloucester to Tewksbury road is also said to be treacherous .
15 erm At least it can be more nearly said to be mental than anything else .
16 His condition was later said to be stable in hospital .
17 He had first mentioned the concept of ego ideal in his paper ‘ On Narcissism ’ ( 1914 ) , and the notion of ego ideal is later said to be identical with that of super-ego in The Ego and the Id ( 1923 ) .
18 The Stedelijk 's Barnett Newman , worth DFl. 5.4 million just before it was vandalised in 1986 , is now said to be worthless .
19 Mrs Lenihan , who suffers from dementia is now said to be comfortable in hospital in Oxford .
20 However , its founders , Larry and Doug Michels , are now said to be reluctant because the future is uncertain — it 's a heck of a time to have to start posting quarterly reports .
21 This , then , is often said to be another difference between the Near Eastern and the Indian traditions .
22 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 .
23 The beginning of this slowing down process is frequently said to be Allied 's failure to take over Boddingtons in 1969 ( Boddingtons were part of the Whitbread ‘ umbrella ’ , and Whitbread threw its weight behind the family shareholders ) .
24 On the other hand , the nuclear family is sometimes said to be selfish and inward-looking , failing in its wider duty , especially towards the elderly .
25 Public disagreement about a school is sometimes said to be bad for the education of its pupils .
26 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 .
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