Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] is say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function for English preferred by the Committee , then , is one of aligning the popular imagination and culture , ( what is elsewhere called the " public mind " ( see p.46 ) ) with a sense of communal identity having sufficient " sanity " to neutralize not only " the hostility towards " the culture of capitalism " now prevalent in Bolshevist Russia " , but indeed that antagonism and contempt for literature which is said to be found among " the working classes , especially those belonging to organised labour movements " . |
| 2 | Fundamentalism , then , is a simple expression of a faith which is said to enshrine the sacred tenets of a belief-structure . |
| 3 | We 're very pleased , we put in about 18 months really hard work on this , we 've er done our development funding , we 've put in our plan which is said to be one of the best plans in the country , we worked very hard , we 're very pleased . |
| 4 | A GHOST who is said to be the guardian spirit of Somerset orchards , in south-western England . |
| 5 | It is the total state apparatus which is said to be ‘ overdeveloped ’ in relation to indigenous social classes . |
| 6 | There is a rough period which is said to be around 2070 days or just over 5½ years , but it is rough . |
| 7 | She considers the idea , implicit in much feminist theory , of an authentic self which is said to be socially conditioned by patriarchal power , and argues that this idea owes much to a tradition in Western philosophy which dates back to the Aristotelian distinction between actions that are voluntary and actions which are coerced , a tradition that can be traced through Descartes to the present time . |
| 8 | The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities has declared itself a potential purchaser but is apparently negotiating on the asking price which is said to be $2 million . |
| 9 | If the market does not achieve an efficient allocation of resources there is said to be market failure . |
| 10 | In this event there is said to be market failure . |
| 11 | On Monday , the Assembly Rooms will open its doors on arts exhibition which is said to be the biggest ever promoted locally . |
| 12 | I 've also just been lent a political fiction saga by one of Mrs T 's former advisers which is said to be excellent . |
| 13 | The man who is said to be in his 40s and local was taken to the specialist burns unit at Whiston Hospital but his condition is not known . |
| 14 | If the statement does not become incorporated into the contract it is said to be a representation ; something said in the course of the negotiations leading up to the contract itself . |
| 15 | Built as a hunting lodge for the Deer Park it is said to be haunted by a huntsman in green ! |
| 16 | U , of spectral type M , appears to be irregular , with a range of from 5.6 to 7.5 ; EU ranges from 6.0 to 6.9 , and is also of type M. It is said to be semi-regular , with a period of around 60 days , but I have never been at all confident about this . |
| 17 | The letter it sends is to an attractive friend who goes about ‘ bagging birds ’ , and who belongs to a world in which the beautiful say yes to the beautiful and wildly misbehave , a world which is said to be ‘ described on Sundays only ’ , in papers like the News of the World — but which is also described in Take a girl like you . |
| 18 | When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable . |
| 19 | VITALITE Light is a sunflower oil spread which is said to be high in polyunsaturated fat , and low in saturated fat and cholesterol . |
| 20 | A budget maximizing strategy is inconsistent with the aim of survival which is said to be the rational foundation for such a strategy ( Breton and Wintrobe 1979 ) . |
| 21 | The unions backing Mr Smith are moving towards endorsement of proportional representation ; Mr Smith himself is said to be open-minded . |
| 22 | It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith . |