Example sentences of "be said [prep] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To that extent , the oil sector , that makes up around 8% of the stockmarket 's capitalisation , could be said to be 100% dollar sensitive . |
| 2 | For example , an Indian village producing Kashan-style rugs can not be said to be part of the Kashan weaving group ; nor can the Persian towns of Kashan and Arak be placed together , despite their relative proximity , because of the strong dissimilarities in their rugs . |
| 3 | The wording of the section contains no express limitation to documents which can be said to be part of a process of reconstituting the company 's state of knowledge . |
| 4 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
| 5 | They have regularly been used to put pressure on management during major negotiations , and could be said to be part of the ritual of collective bargaining . |
| 6 | In no sense could they be said to be members of industrial co-operatives : that is , of organisations set up for the manufacture of goods or the provision of services and wholly , or very largely , owned and ultimately controlled by those working in them . |
| 7 | ‘ If the purpose of life can be said to be replication , then we have both failed dismally . ’ |
| 8 | In both cases , relevant information about the speaker 's voice can be said to be evidence in the case , going beyond what is contained in the written version . |
| 9 | In other words , the undersurface curves upwards as it approaches the trailing edge.In fact this is so prominent in the Flexifoil that the section could be said to be upside down ! |
| 10 | Indeed , contour ploughing , contour brushwood planting , and ditch-and-bund constructions could be said to be types of terrace . |