Example sentences of "[adv] said to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is in respect of ‘ contextually modulated sense ’ that a lexical unit may be justifiably said to have a different meaning in every distinct context in which it occurs . |
| 2 | The only sense in which the legislature can be properly said to have authorised these things to be done is that it has enabled the Poor Law Board to order , and the managers to do them , if , and when , and where , they can obtain by free bargain and contract the means of doing so . |
| 3 | However , the history of the Channel Tunnel is generally said to have begun with the 1820 proposal of French mining engineer Albert Mathieu-Favier for a road tunnel lit by gas and ventilated through chimneys emerging above sea level . |
| 4 | The vigorous shower did not have any of the beneficial effects such things were generally said to have by public-school games-masters of a previous age . |
| 5 | The caesium chloride lattice is thus said to have 8:8 coordination . |
| 6 | Abbado , 56 , who is already said to have inherited the mantle of Toscanini , was chosen out of a large field which included such names as Lorin Maazel , Bernard Haitink , Seiji Ozawa , Daniel Barenboim and Zubin Mehta . |
| 7 | In the meantime IBM is already said to have sold a number of Sparc-based models , and may have its own version ready by year-end . |
| 8 | For years afterward , whenever a line was accidentally misaligned ( as happened , for instance , at Sough Tunnel on the Blackburn & bolton in 1847 ) , it was always said to have been ‘ laid out on the Flynn principle . ’ |
| 9 | Orlando Azcué was also said to have been beaten by prison guards on at least three occasions . |
| 10 | She was also said to have doubted whether it would produce accurate information . |
| 11 | Mr Hussein is also said to have an indirect stake in Matra , a French arms company ( which is also a shareholder in Hachette ) , and in Germany 's Daimler-Benz . |
| 12 | Telephone lines to the property were also said to have been cut . |
| 13 | Mrs Magee 's mother was also said to have left her home in nearby Howard Street early yesterday carrying some suitcases . |
| 14 | He is also said to have caught a huge carp there , and to commemorate this event he took a gold ring from his finger and wore it ever after as an earring . |
| 15 | The Sargasso Sea is also said to have been the site of the ancient lost island of Atlantis where the eels could have once again found fresh water and been able to feed after spawning in the nearby sea . |
| 16 | Medical negligence was also said to have contributed to his death . |
| 17 | The man is also said to have repeatedly told her ‘ love you , love you . ’ |
| 18 | Advanced Computer Communications Inc , Eicon Technology Inc , General Datacomm Industries Inc , Hughes Network Systems , Madge Networks Ltd , Newbridge Networks Inc and Olicom USA Inc are also said to have expressed interest in joining . |
| 19 | Other sources confirm that he was a voracious reader and Jane Wyman , a notably intelligent actress , not only married Reagan , but is also said to have ‘ admired his mind ’ . |
| 20 | The company is also said to have been the beneficial owner of £346,800 held by solicitors in London . |
| 21 | According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle A ( s.a. 661 ) , Wulfhere harried Ashdown in 661 , in which year he is also said to have attacked the Isle of Wight and given it to Aethelwealh , king of the southern Saxons . |
| 22 | He is also said to have been a good Greek scholar and a poor preacher , and it is clear that he was retiring and modest . |
| 23 | His Masses ‘ Benedicta es ’ ( on Josquin 's motet ) , ‘ De beata Virgine ’ , and ‘ Ut re mi fa sol la ’ are also said to have been approved . |
| 24 | Braque had submitted some paintings to the Salon d'Automne in 1908 ( a few of the same paintings which he later showed at Kahnweiler 's ) , and Matisse , who was on the jury , is also said to have described these works as being composed of ‘ petits cubes ’ . |
| 25 | The fact that Coleman was also said to have been ‘ terminated ’ further underlined the notion of his unreliability by suggesting that , even as a snitch , he was not to be believed . |
| 26 | Welensky is also said to have been much impressed by the calibre of the Zambian Cabinet , and by the obvious advancement to women in the country since independence . |
| 27 | In the course of a demonstration in Kinshasa , the capital , on May 14 , two training college students were reported shot dead and a further 15 wounded in a confrontation with security forces , five of whom were also said to have been wounded . |
| 28 | He was also said to have been angered by a report by the US Export/Import Bank which criticized the structure of the Israeli economy and raised doubts about its ability to repay the debts it intended to take on to help Soviet immigrants . |
| 29 | Deng was also said to have attacked formalism within the CCP , and called for " new thinking " in speeding up the reforms . |
| 30 | He was also said to have pledged support for South Korea if it proved necessary to apply for UN sanctions against the North over the issue of nuclear inspections [ see also p. 38818-19 ] . |