Example sentences of "be [adv] said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |
| 2 | Many fund managers are still said to be considering their next move . |
| 3 | ( Chinese and Japanese mustards are also said to be strong , but I have not tried them . ) |
| 4 | Potential competitors such as the hot-shot Mac-to-Unix people at Quorum Software , who might eventually find their market niche too narrow , are also said to be watching . |
| 5 | deodorant , use fresh leaves in the bath water , or a decoction of the roots , which are also said to be effective in removing freckles |
| 6 | Ammonium fumes from the farms are also said to be damaging trees . |
| 7 | Early registration figures are also said to be disappointing for the banks and building societies which have set up share shops . |
| 8 | Such networks are also said to be active in the spirit of the application of the term active at the end of chapter 2 . |
| 9 | I know that such experiences are often said to be the result of the individuals concerned having read a book or article or seen a film or television programme about the particular place and then having forgotten that they have done so . |
| 10 | Er and similarly the syntax of languages are often said to be oppressive of women , a lot of the way that language is structured and a lot of the words that you get in a language , that 's another thing that 's said . |
| 11 | Clark ( 1990 ) has recently referred to the ‘ myth ’ of the Anglo-Norman scribe and has collected a large number of comments from early in the century up until very recently from the work of distinguished scholars , in which attested forms are typically said to be ‘ Anglo-Norman ’ and therefore rejected . |
| 12 | Let us hope that the Danes will vote ‘ No ’ in their referendum on June 2 , thus forcing all members to renegotiate the treaty , as many of them are now said to be having second thoughts of their own . |
| 13 | However , its founders , Larry and Doug Michels , are now said to be reluctant because the future is uncertain — it 's a heck of a time to have to start posting quarterly reports . |
| 14 | Other US nuclear plants are now said to be studying their fuel pool cooling . |
| 15 | Any shares which the bidder 's shareholders agree to purchase are then said to be " clawed back " from underwriters . |
| 16 | What was even worse , the women were unofficially said to be better at it . |
| 17 | While the agreement of Aug. 27 deferred formal dissolution until the New Year , both leaders were still said to be optimistic on the Sept. 30 deadline for passage of federal laws to dissolve the federation and divide its powers and property . |
| 18 | The plummy Home Counties accents were also said to be difficult for Americans to understand ( though this problem never seemed to arise when the same actors — James Mason , Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons — became Hollywood stars ) . |
| 19 | Er women were also said to be polite , diffident , verbose and deferential , which |
| 20 | Nearly 3,000 pieces of real estate were also said to be affected , most belonging to the FLN but some belonging to the now dissolved Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |
| 21 | Voters were now said to be more worried about ‘ poor public services ’ than they were about high taxes . |
| 22 | She 's tonight said to be critical but stable . |
| 23 | What is thus left unstated forms the normal background or context of statements of legal validity and is thus said to be ‘ presupposed ’ by them . |
| 24 | Although it is a consonantal loss , it is not said to be ugly or careless in England generally . |
| 25 | ‘ language or conduct is not said to be insulting unless it is intended to show contempt or disesteem , or is understood by the hearer or observer to show this attitude . ’ |
| 26 | Kenya has about one million flamingos living around lakes Nakuru and Bogoria , a major tourist attraction , and the species ' survival is not said to be threatened by the epidemic , which is expected to die down in about a month . |
| 27 | This is not said to be mean , but to protect Lennie from getting into trouble because of his fascination for her . |
| 28 | The first constituent of the so-called ‘ toxic mix ’ is usually said to be lifers — prisoners serving sentences of life imprisonment . |
| 29 | The plan has been finalised by high-ranking officials of the Environment Protection Agency , although EPA Administrator William K. Reilly is still said to be " looking at the options " himself . |
| 30 | He had first mentioned the concept of ego ideal in his paper ‘ On Narcissism ’ ( 1914 ) , and the notion of ego ideal is later said to be identical with that of super-ego in The Ego and the Id ( 1923 ) . |