Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [pron] [is] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this event there is said to be market failure . |
| 2 | this holiday everyone 's saying , Ooh yeah I need some more lessons you know . |
| 3 | In this position it is said to indicate " Full scale deflection " . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Without a justification being given , these ‘ wants ’ constitute the son of psychological state which is said to characterize prejudice . |
| 7 | There is a rough period which is said to be around 2070 days or just over 5½ years , but it is rough . |
| 8 | That instinct which is said to restrain other animals from killing and devouring their own species we need not attribute to him . |
| 9 | It requires , in all but the most self-evident cases , the recognition that the content which is given to concepts such as proportionality will be dependent upon the identification of the particular political theory which is said to warrant the conclusion which is being drawn . |
| 10 | While philosophy and history may be used as part of a tactic for establishing the disciplinary validity of English against the soft option charge , the essence of English is none the less taken to inhere in its " nobler , more eternal and universal element " , that very artistic quality which is said to transcend both the historical process and all systems of ideas : |
| 11 | On one occasion he is said to have decorated the whole of the College in three days after which he could still outlast anyone on the dance floor . |
| 12 | she makes me laugh , she stands there talking and she 's saying , one minute she 's saying oh Steven really loves school , he really enjoys it , he 's really calmed down since he 's gone to school Steven stop running down that corridor . |
| 13 | I mean , from the first line it 's says , what shall I do , I 'm catched ? |
| 14 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 15 | In the Far East it is said that a girl is not eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice . |
| 16 | So if you get someone in that situation who 's saying I 'm desperate for money , I 'm claiming income support , I 've heard nothing and you have n't been told how much they 're entitled to . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's the nicest thing anybody 's said all week . |
| 18 | No — I daresay not — and in any case who 's to say what would have come of it ? |
| 19 | At the same time nothing is said about the way in which firms will converge on one of the large set of possible equilibrium agreements ( given that collusion is sustainable ) . |
| 20 | Or one other word which is to say that sponsorship is enabling because if you go into a partnership like A B S A it enables you to get the gov similar government funding . |
| 21 | Well that 's a good idea , the thing , you see the thing is she says oh , we , I read anything , you know , buy anything , well I said well suppose you 've already got it , you know , it 's erm , and also we offered him some , some author 's names so he did n't like this , and he did n't want that , you see , so , erm , but , in one hand he 's saying buy me anything and the other hand he 's saying I do n't like this and I do n't like that |
| 22 | But on the other hand he is said to have posited a trio of practices , which fulfil the same function in his own account . |
| 23 | One other feature which is said to distinguish Japanese society from the West concerns their greater propensity towards collective effort for the good of the nation . |
| 24 | In a moment of careless intimacy he is said to have told Camilla Parker Bowles : ‘ I love you … |
| 25 | Then there 's the relative confidence which is to say how much stronger is that particular output compared to any others . |
| 26 | So we might say , Well our overall confidence is two but our relative confidence which is saying how different it is from everything else is only one . |