Example sentences of "they are 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 . |