Example sentences of "[noun prp] is said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Becky is said to be ‘ comfortable ’ in the special burns unit of Frenchay hospital , Bristol , where her brother is also being treated . |
| 2 | Praxsys is said to be ‘ leagues ahead ’ of Quorum Software , the Mac-on-RISC house that captured the limelight back at Uniforum — see opposite . |
| 3 | HOG members stress the group is concerned only with generic definitions , and whilst OSF is said to be taking a lead role in new work , HOG members have already agreed to endorse those previously established by the Network Management Forum . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 5 | In one case — IBM 's AIX versions 3.1 and 3.2 — sar enquires of cache performance data brings up only a screenful of headings with no data — a problem IBM is said to be ‘ aware of ’ . |
| 6 | IBM is said to be late off the mark and may not get the chance to inject itself officially . |
| 7 | Fiat is said to be looking for a partner for its car business . |
| 8 | Although prices have not been announced , Land-Rover is said to be keen that the turbodiesel Discovery should undercut the £17,859 Mitsubishi Shogun five-door turbodiesel . |
| 9 | On the one hand , Duna is said to be thinking about buying the rights to a publish a Hungarian or European version of an unnamed US Unix programmers title , with current circulation of 7,000 . |
| 10 | Miss Hepburn is said to be ‘ in good spirits ’ . |
| 11 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is said to be planning an extensive arena tour this summer , starting in Europe . |
| 12 | The VUE desktop manager lost out to IXI Ltd 's X.desktop manager in the failed Advanced Computing Environment initiative and Hewlett is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 13 | The Emperor Karl Franz is said to be the greatest statesman in the Old World . |
| 14 | But working near the top of the BBC is said to be a nightmare , with Checkland a lame-duck , Birt not speaking out and Hussey acting like an executive . |
| 15 | Is it just a coincidence that Jesus is said to be thirty years old when he embarks on his ministry ? |
| 16 | There is a fascinating passage in Hebrews 7 ; 25 , where the Lord Jesus is said to be able to ‘ save to the uttermost those who come to God by him , because he is always alive to make intercession for them ’ . |
| 17 | Moreover , SCO is said to be toying with the idea of doing some kind of COSE implementation for Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |
| 18 | Jaguar is offering them on every new model and Audi is said to be phasing out its Procon-Ten safety system in favour of driver's-side airbags . |
| 19 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
| 20 | Next I proceed to what may be called conservative Christologies , Christologies in which the maleness of Christ is said to be of the very essence of Christology . |
| 21 | Cellnet is said to be spending £3 million a week improving the cellular phone network , and until recently Racal was spending £2 million a week . |
| 22 | But the Florentines to whom Paul Gascoigne is said to be related eat charcoal-grilled steak , chickens roasted on spit , ham , beans and the most beautiful vegetables . |
| 23 | DEMI Moore is said to be devastated after police snatched l3l X-rated nude photos of her in a raid on a porn magazine . |
| 24 | This is an easy way of getting light into a garage , and the glazing material used by Cardale is said to be 100 times stronger than glass . |
| 25 | But even Fujitsu is said to be more interested in Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT and the new Unix axis it is forging with its affiliates — see opposite . |
| 26 | God may be totally other to humanity , but at the same time ( as in the quotation from sura 50 ) God is said to be closer to a human being than is his or her jugular vein . |
| 27 | Thus God is said to be trinity in unity , the second person of the trinity becoming incarnate in Christ . |
| 28 | Ambulance Service paramedic Brian Moss is said to be in a comfortable condition in hospital ; the ambulance driver , Glyn Day , has already been discharged . |
| 29 | Commenting on his purchase , McCartney is said to be delighted that the land is now ‘ free from the huntsmen . ’ |
| 30 | Bishop Peter is said to be receiving medical treatment for the stress of recent weeks . |