Example sentences of "[noun] be said [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These words were said by Antoine Lavoisier in 1793 . |
| 2 | Two hundred Iraqi prisoners-of-war were said by Iran to have been released on Oct. 29 ; according to the International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) more than 20,000 Iraqis were still held in Iran . |
| 3 | Thus , a child is said by Skinner to vocalise because this kind of response is strongly reinforced through adult attention and the gratification of physiologically based needs . |
| 4 | Bishop Lyfing of Crediton is said by Florence of Worcester to have been accused of being associated with Earl Godwin in the murder of the ætheling Alfred in 1036 , and one of his accusers was Archbishop Ælfric of York , who had designs on the bishopric of Worcester , given to Lyfing by Harold Harefoot as a reward for his support . |
| 5 | Many rude things were said about Mme Cresson by opponents and rivals , but being a woman was not held against her , at least not overtly . |
| 6 | In April next year , the government will introduce a rare species bill , similar to Britain 's Wildlife and Countryside Act , but the emphasis is said by Cecelia Song of the World Wide Fund for Nature to be more on development than on environmental protection . |
| 7 | Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan was said on Dec. 11 to have resigned as head of the UN 's Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme for Iraq and Kuwait , reportedly in the hope of assuming overall charge of UN relief efforts . |
| 8 | For example , not a word was said about Europe — the factor most likely in the next decade to change the terms of the British political and economic game . |
| 9 | Eanfrith and Osric are said by Bede to have reverted to paganism on their accession , but it may be that Paulinus and the queen did not take flight immediately upon the death of Eadwine but only on the death of Osric . |
| 10 | Tripartism is said by Newman to be the essence of corporatism . |