Example sentences of "[noun pl] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schooldays are said to be the happiest days in your life but for Asian children in Britain they are often the harshest . |
| 2 | According to 3Com , router administration is reduced through its Boundary Routing System Architecture — it says five to 10 times more remote site connections can be added without adding resources , complexity or risk — and Cascade 's switching technologies are said to produce cost-effective wide area network backbones that are easily managed . |
| 3 | Frontrunners are said to be British Aerospace and Daimler Benz . |
| 4 | The Germans are said to have shot 100 French hostages in reprisal for this sinking which they thought was the work of the Resistance . |
| 5 | Three operations are said to be on the verge of bankruptcy because their claims — submitted through the ‘ one door ’ compensation office in Lerwick — have not been met . |
| 6 | Only the basic entities are said to qualify as genuine ontological objects ; all other objects are merely quasi-objects , i.e. they are explicable as logical constructions from ontologically fundamental items , and can be treated as a sort of convenient logical artefacts . |
| 7 | Only 500 copies are said to have been printed . |
| 8 | Those jellies whose natural frequency matches the frequency of the shakes will oscillate with the greatest amplitude — the two frequencies are said to be ‘ in resonance ’ . |
| 9 | The authorities are said to take the view that the Gulf war will distract attention from civilian casualties in Jaffna . |
| 10 | In this book authorities are said to be limited also by the kinds of reasons on which they may or may not rely in making decisions and issuing directives , and by the kind of reasons their decisions can pre-empt . |
| 11 | Individuals who contribute to local authority finances through rates can challenge authority spending decisions by judicial review because local authorities are said to owe a ‘ fiduciary duty ’ towards their ratepayers . |
| 12 | Nine workmen were reportedly employed at the Luxeuil-les-Bains foundry and authorities are said to have been alerted by the fact that Hains got behind with his Social Security payments . |
| 13 | The authorities are said to have realised that too little time had been allowed for vehicles to be updated . |
| 14 | For example , if all syllables are said with low pitch except for one said with high pitch , then the high-pitched syllable will be heard as stressed and the others as unstressed . |
| 15 | Undoubtedly the most important group of works by the artist to appear at auction for many years , the canvases are said to be in extremely good condition . |
| 16 | We avoid the yew tree walk , reputedly the oldest in Europe , where ghostly friars are said to appear after dark . |
| 17 | Language experts are said to have challenged the conclusions of four top scientists — reported in my Daily Mirror column — that a key confession was false . |
| 18 | You should get there at all costs , because it is an absolutely astonishing place , but the nature of the spectacle is such that it can only work on you properly if the cirque is not being mobbed ; it demands a certain loneliness , and on afternoons in July and August , for instance , the coaches are said to have to queue before they can get into the village of Gavarnie . |
| 19 | Traditional patterns of family life and cultural values are said to be breaking down under the pressure of geographical and social mobility , and the power of the mass media . |
| 20 | The so-called chiral drugs ( from chiros — the Greek word for hands ) made with these molecules are said to be safer and more effective . |
| 21 | In a sense , such clearly defined ground rules are said to reduce the alienation of labour from management , and provide a secure base for corporate harmony . |
| 22 | Artists whose cash-pressed dealers have ended their stipends are said to be climbing on board . |
| 23 | Its radiation emissions are said to be a severe health risk to local residents . |
| 24 | Natural products are said to be … |
| 25 | The products are said to prevent cancer , but studies carried out by the Us National Cancer Institute repudiate these claims . |
| 26 | Under these conditions , the reactants and products are said to be in their standard states . |
| 27 | Forty well organised criminal groups are said to be smuggling works of art out of Russia . |
| 28 | Groups are said to work because the group members can now react to each other instead of just reacting to management . |
| 29 | Such waves are said to be capable of setting up oscillations which may damage a jointed structure , as the increases and decreases of pressure tend to pull jointed blocks away . |
| 30 | The spectral type is F. In general F-stars are said to be yellowish , but I have never seen any colour in Canopus , either with the naked eye or with optical aid ; to me it looks pure white . |