Example sentences of "this be said to [be] " in BNC.

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1 But how may this be said to be a Christology ?
2 This is said to be ‘ getting real ’ , being ‘ very Nineties ’ .
3 This is said to be the first house built in the village .
4 This is said to be the ‘ age of travel ’ .
5 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 .
6 All of this is said to be made easier by ( and possibly to have been a partial consequence of ) the introduction of information technology .
7 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 ?
8 This is said to be a future three star route .
9 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 ’ .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 In addition , Wagaddon , publishers of the magazine , had its own legal bill , but this was said to be less than £35,000 .
13 This was said to be because of the risk of radioactive iodine emitted during the fire getting into people 's thyroid glands .
14 This was said to be ‘ the first Peruvian book of poetry that does not make tribute to a colonial aesthetic . ’
15 This was said to be ‘ erring wildly on the cautious side . ’
16 Too much sugar was being produced , so the excess was made into aguardente ( sugarcane rum ) but this was said to be causing alcoholism as the unemployed took to drinking cheap aguardente .
17 A 1986 U.S. study found an increased risk to expectant mothers , but this was said to be a small sample , which was followed by two further studies .
18 The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat .
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