Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all in order because the proceedings start with a service conducted by the Anglican rural dean , at which the reading is by a member of the Free Churches , and where prayers are said by a Jesuit . |
| 2 | To early Christians dragons symbolised paganism and sin , witness Psalms xci:13 , where saints are said to ‘ trample the dragon under their feet ’ . |
| 3 | Bishops were ordered to ensure that prayers were said in every church for the success of the king 's expeditions to France , and news of the great victory of Crécy was proclaimed throughout the realm . |
| 4 | Both this novel and the one which it resumes are ‘ hung ’ books , in the sense that Parliaments are said to be hung . |
| 5 | The first enlistments to the Macedonian army were reported on April 13 , although Albanians were said to be refusing to obey the call-up . |
| 6 | It is interesting that women are said to be conservative only at times and in places where this trait is not valued . |
| 7 | Under these conditions , the reactants and products are said to be in their standard states . |
| 8 | In the Soviet Union , central state control of the curriculum and syllabuses is said to be ‘ virtually total ’ . |
| 9 | Unhappily the men were sent for from their temporary quarters in the town , and goodbyes were said at the castle . |
| 10 | Leibniz 's view is that the sources of individuation lie within the entities themselves ; in other words , entities are regarded as basic , and places are said to be explicable in terms of relations between entities — " entities " meaning here " individual substances " or " monads " . |
| 11 | The examples listed earlier suggest that it covers a vast variety of relations ; for example the relation between capitalists and workers is said to be one of oppression , while that between factions of the ruling class might be competition . |
| 12 | Workers are said to be rationed in the labour market and firms are said to be rationed in the commodity market . |
| 13 | Around Sheffield this was known as the " stuffing system " and prices were said to be overvalued three-fold . |
| 14 | Environmental chemicals and foods are said to be responsible for an unlimited variety of symptoms which occur in the absence of physical findings or abnormal laboratory results . |
| 15 | Since individuals are said to be altogether determined , constraints must be found to explain all their actions and intentions . |
| 16 | The expression " breach of warranty " is often used in disputes about deferred consideration , when vendors are said in the agreement to " warrant " that the profits reach a specified figure , and the purchasers seek a repayment from the vendors to compensate them for that loss , in most cases calculated on a pre-agreed formula : if the profits exceed the specified figure , the vendors may be entitled to additional consideration . |
| 17 | When sounds are said to be ‘ voiced ’ , they are produced with vibration . |
| 18 | The gay love scenes were sensitively filmed , although the men had to wear boxer shorts for the US version as Americans are said to be touchy about testicles . |