Example sentences of "[art] [noun prp] [be] said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As of late November the Nasir group still claimed to control Malakal , whereas the government account stated that the town had been attacked abortively by a group led by a local religious leader , and Garang 's wing of the SPLA was said to be claiming that the town had been captured by " southern nationalists " within the army , aided by the southern rebel faction calling itself Anyanya II . |
| 2 | But working near the top of the BBC is said to be a nightmare , with Checkland a lame-duck , Birt not speaking out and Hussey acting like an executive . |
| 3 | The man most concerned to limit the publicity given to the Memorie was said to be Bernard Berenson . |
| 4 | The Ardakkeans were said to be superhumanly strong and invulnerable to most life-threats . |
| 5 | The Vedas are said to be direct renderings of the structure of the universe , ‘ the Universe 's DNA ’ . |
| 6 | Those born on a Friday are said to be marked out for special piety , which does not mean that they will be pious necessarily ; only that their natures are imbued with that proclivity . |