Example sentences of "said [adv] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , SSAP 12 ( which is directly concerned with depreciation ) is said not to be relevant to local authorities . |
| 2 | The buyer is said not to be one of the large five record companies — Thorn EMI of the UK , Sony , Warner , Polygram and Bertelsman — which between them dominate 70 per cent of world sales . |
| 3 | He was taken to Airedale General Hospital , Keighley , where his condition was said not to be serious . |
| 4 | They are explicitly said not to be fearful . |
| 5 | Dick Turpin used the moor , but was said not to be fond of it , possibly because of the competition . |
| 6 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |