Example sentences of "they [be] said [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 Consequently they are said to be only suitable for the rarified world of HQ where men with no ‘ bottle ’ and the non-combatants have fled .
2 Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) .
3 They are said to be his own work , although the truth is that he probably has the final say .
4 They are said to be very fast over the first 40 yards , and the advice offered by the locals is that you should run on a zig-zag course if one of them takes a fancy to you .
5 If ever they lose the ability to scavenge energy , and put it to use in repairing their own fabric , then they are said to be dead ; and they begin immediately to fall apart .
6 In some cases where peasant movements have taken place , they are said to be clientelist-based .
7 In fact , these are the only points that do not move with inversion ; they are said to be ‘ invariant under inversion ’ .
8 Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance .
9 If certain capital letters incorporate coloured drawings representing scenes in the text , they are said to be ‘ historiated ’ .
10 I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good .
11 They are said to be ‘ very fond ’ of him .
12 Bourque and Grossholtz ( 1984 ) argue that the acceptance of ‘ masculinity as ideal political behaviour ’ has dire consequences for studying women : the unquestioned assumption that the political attitudes , behaviour and preferences of men define mature political behaviour means that when women do not match these they are said to be either apolitical or politically naive .
13 Until now we have considered practices within a society , and allowed that if these fail to complement each other they are said to be contradictory .
14 They are said to be generally positive to the takeover but still need to achieve certain comfort levels .
15 They are said to be ‘ regressive ’ : they bear most heavily on those with low incomes since the key element is the value of the property not the occupier 's ability to pay .
16 They are said to be unfair .
17 Local authorities have no powers except those conferred upon them by statute , and when they take action which is not sanctioned by the law they are said to be acting ultra vires ( beyond the powers ) .
18 They are said to be yellow or mottled brown in colour , often with seaweed-like manes .
19 There has been a series of decisions over the past 50 years which , although they are said to be cases of estoppel are not really such .
20 They are said to be exothermic compounds .
21 Since households can not sell their notional supply of labour services , i.e. , they are said to be rationed in the labour market .
22 If they are forced to , they are said to be ‘ in the Bank ’ .
23 They are said to be similar to material distributed previously by Mr Round .
24 The Nairacs , now in their eighties , declined to comment , but they 're said to be hopeful that one day they WILL be able to give their son a proper burial .
25 His estranged wife and two children lived nearby , they 're said to be on holiday at the moment .
26 They 're said to be concerned , though , about the effect all the publicity is having on the boy .
27 Recent reports have suggested some local authorities are putting pressure on the government to settle early and avoid huge payouts ; they 're said to be concerned that if the case is drawn out , more haemophiliacs will die , and in the event of the ruling going against the government , relatives will be eligible for compensation .
28 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 .
29 However they were said to be ‘ furious ’ that the Scottish Office , the local community health specialist and the water suppliers had reassured people that there was no risk to health .
30 Some political activists concluded from this that what was needed was to ‘ empower the poor ’ , encourage their civic and political participation as a way to redress the balance , give them the strength to organize in such a way as to make effective claims on society , to receive those citizen 's rights to which they were said to be entitled .
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