Example sentences of "[noun prp] are said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France Telecom , Thomson Consumer Electronics SA , Alcatel NV and Matra SA are said to be clients . |
| 2 | Those born on a Friday are said to be marked out for special piety , which does not mean that they will be pious necessarily ; only that their natures are imbued with that proclivity . |
| 3 | Mr and Mrs Key are said to be grief-stricken and still undergoing therapy after the loss of their baby sons . |
| 4 | As one might expect , West Germany has inherited the ability to maintain vast dossiers on people within its borders and , bearing in mind that some 8,000 spies working for East Germany and Russia are said to be operating in West Germany , there is certainly plenty for them to do . |
| 5 | Taiwan and Ireland are said to be preparing to halt the use of driftnets by June 30 next year . |
| 6 | Refugee camps here in Amman are said to be crammed to capacity , the authorities are growing more and more concerned about the numbers of Asian refugees , Indians , Bangladeshis , Pakistanis , Philippinos and Thais . |
| 7 | Following Hungary 5 recent opening of ties with South Korea , diplomatic relations with Israel are said to be imminent . |
| 8 | As this book goes to press , ACAS are said to be ‘ trying again ’ . |
| 9 | According to a DCDA telephone survey four places in Stockton are said to be very rarely vacant and 21 on North Tyneside , due to be ready from April , are already subject to a long waiting list . |
| 10 | Sponsors Dunlop are said to be unhappy with it and wanted it axed from the 1993 calendar . |
| 11 | The stones at the Merry Maidens stone circle in Cornwall are said to be musicians who accelerated their pace until they became petrified with exhaustion . |
| 12 | NEC and Sony are said to be ready to formalise an alliance following their initial agreement in May to share application software catalogues . |
| 13 | All those serving at Upper Heyford are said to be shocked . |
| 14 | The Vedas are said to be direct renderings of the structure of the universe , ‘ the Universe 's DNA ’ . |
| 15 | At the time of writing ( Oct 77 ) the Japanese MSDF are said to be interested in fifteen aircraft to replace its mixed fleet of thirty-four prop driven aircraft . |