Example sentences of "[det] is said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is said to be ‘ getting real ’ , being ‘ very Nineties ’ . |
| 2 | This is said to be the first house built in the village . |
| 3 | This is said to be the ‘ age of travel ’ . |
| 4 | Hindus know the cosmic energy as the kundalini or serpent force , and this is said to be coiled around the base of the spine in every human being . |
| 5 | All of this is said to be made easier by ( and possibly to have been a partial consequence of ) the introduction of information technology . |
| 6 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 7 | This is said to be a future three star route . |
| 8 | Quicklime slaked in urine and laid on the wood while hot , will also stain it a red colour ; and this is said to be the general practice with Windsor chair manufacturers in the neighbourhood of London ’ . |
| 9 | This is said to be one of the best angling waters in the Midlands although this nearly changed a year ago when a slug of pollution threatened to wipe out 100,000 fish . |
| 10 | This is said to be saving 1,000,000 bags per week — including 20,000 gallons of oil and 20 tonnes of plastic involved in their manufacture . |
| 11 | The marriage of a person who has been judicially declared insane is totally void , and the same is said to be true of any disposition of property made by such a person . |
| 12 | That is said to be no longer true in South Africa where a general feeling of ‘ tiredness ’ in the Church is alleged . |
| 13 | CELEX is open to the public and is available to subscribers by network , although that is said to be rather difficult to use . |