Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [noun sg] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David Paul McKnight ( 27 ) , of Juniper Park was said by his solicitor at Craigavon Crown Court to be ‘ a virtual alcoholic ’ and was drinking heavily at the time of the offences on January 4 . |
| 2 | The sixty seven year old chairman of Thames water is said to be depressed after he was diagnosed as having Parkinsons disease . |
| 3 | The disadvantages of matrix organisation are said to be as follows : |
| 4 | Does the Secretary of State recall that in the last recession under this Government the collapse of manufacturing industry was said to be making it leaner and fitter to face the future ? |
| 5 | In this case , the ‘ strategic compromises ’ of monopoly capital are said to be imposed by the balance of power between classes in the power bloc — a balance which might itself be explicable in structural terms . |
| 6 | Though the Conservative Club 's 500 members have pledged Party allegiance to a man the question of women membership is said to be ‘ in abeyance ’ the number of votes in Horden is unlikely to have filled many coal tubs . |