Example sentences of "[noun] the [noun] be said [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In this case the liquids are said to be partially miscible .
2 In the latter case , if the wife or husband dies without issue the tenant is said to be tenant in tail , ‘ after possibility of issue extinct ’ , and his rights are substantially no greater than those of a tenant for life .
3 In the aftermath of the war the government was said to be concerned over Turkey 's increasingly prominent international role .
4 In Venice the corruption was said to be principally related to an understanding between local sections of the PSI and the DC , and to have involved the payment of bribes by businessmen for the award of public contracts in motorway construction and waterworks projects .
5 Last night the teenager was said to be serious but stable after surgery at London 's King 's College Hospital .
6 On Mr calculations for the defendant on the other hand the cost was said to be six hundred and twenty thousand three h three hundred pounds and thirty one pence .
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