Example sentences of "[num] be said to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The FA-18 is said to be not well-suited to Switzerland , where fast aircraft find mountains looming up alarmingly soon . |
| 2 | The same day the USA was reported to have extended its food airlift to the town of Baidoa , where hundreds were said to be dying from starvation each day . |
| 3 | Relative to Figure 6 , the plane of Figure 7 is said to be " rotated about " the insect . |
| 4 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 5 | Almost as hard to credit , the figure for the number of nuclear explosions set off by the French in the Pacific since 1975 was said to be 52 . |
| 6 | On July 29 a Croatian report cited figures from the Bosnian health centre that to date 8,018 had been killed in the fighting and 100,000 were said to be in " concentration camps " , reports of which remained unconfirmed . |
| 7 | Another five were said to be ‘ very poorly ’ after being transferred to a hospital specialising in infectious diseases . |
| 8 | The key to section 13 was said to be ‘ identification ’ not ‘ quality . ’ |
| 9 | The two are said to be concerned over Sun 's ability to deliver code on time and suspect it may not prioritise their platforms over Sun 's own . |
| 10 | The two are said to be doubtful about Sun 's ability to deliver the code on time and they suspect the company may not give their systems priority over its own . |
| 11 | In a country where one in four is said to be an informer or member of the secret police , if the present order breaks down there will be a lot of old scores to be settled . |
| 12 | The production of Le nozze di Figaro which Gründgens did earlier with Klemperer in 1931 was said to be politically very radical , yet Gründgens later became Intendant of Berlin 's Staatliches Schauspielhaus , with Goering 's support . |