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 . |