Example sentences of "[pron] is say [that] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And who is to say that whatever deal between the two sides is struck will actually last ? |
| 2 | And it is said that her sister , the Lady Isabella Thynne , saw the like of herself also , before she died . |
| 3 | It is said that his influence came through his extraordinary power , both learned and ‘ uncanny ’ , to rearrange suggestively the letters of the divine Name ( the Tetragrammaton : YHWH ) , which are so sacrosanct that they are considered to be unpronounceable . |
| 4 | Alternatively , he could argue that a defendant has sufficient awareness for the purposes of section 6(4) if he knows of the circumstances by which it is said that his conduct is disorderly . |
| 5 | It is said that his ghost still haunts the crypts below the tower and occasionally assists searching scholars . |
| 6 | It is said that his journey to America had taken him via Mexico , where he spent some time in discussion with Trotsky , on the issue of Negro involvement in the revolutionary movement . |
| 7 | one which does not exclude the bailor from possession , an action for conversion against a third person is maintainable by either bailor or bailee ; by the bailee because he is in possession , by the bailor because it is said that his title to the goods draws with it the right to possession , that the bailee is something like his servant and that the possession of the one is equivalent to that of the other . |
| 8 | It is said that his height at the time of his death was only 39 inches . |
| 9 | Alf had married quite early in his career , and it is said that his son , also Alfred , was an even more talented player . |