Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] be said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | At any energy there will be at least one closed orbit , and this orbit is said to parent the family of non-closed orbits that librate around it . |
| 2 | Putting and making the inverse transformation via equation ( 11.32 ) or Again there is an absence of oscillation and the circuit in this condition is said to be overdamped ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) again ) . |
| 3 | In the locker room — no ordinary changing room this , but a soft paradise of fluffy towels , hairdryers , lotions , masseurs , electronic scales , isometric drinks , cardio-vascular scans and congratulatory attendants — he told a well-known ( everyone in this club is said to be well-known ) producer that he took the first three games off me in each set . |
| 4 | This sluice is said to ‘ sleep ’ . |
| 5 | Implicitly , if not explicitly , papal letters could with some truth be said to be ultimum quasi robur and firmamentum of the whole case . |
| 6 | Central to this approach is said to be an emphasis upon guidance from the best available scientific evidence . |
| 7 | This expansion is said to be " inflationary , " meaning that the universe at one time expanded at an increasing rate rather than the decreasing rate that it does today . |
| 8 | This tendency is said to be exacerbated by the growth of institutional holdings , the institutions themselves exhibiting a short-termist attitude , conspicuous in the fund managers engaged by them . |
| 9 | The low and high-pass , L-C , ladder filters already discussed in this section are said to be constant-k filters because the product of the series and parallel impedances is independent of frequency , which fact can be expressed in terms of a constant k as For the low and high-pass filters considered , k is just . |
| 10 | According to Alcuin the oppression of the Church by the secular power had been for some time a feature of Northumbrian political and ecclesiastical life , but the problem now was that Eanbald was said to be accompanied on his journeys through Northumbria by a retinue more numerous than any which had attended on his predecessors and inclusive of low-born soldiers , and Alcuin affected to be at a loss as to why he needed so large a force . |