Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] be said to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The planned partial flotation of Optus Pty Ltd , Sydney , Australia — expected to raise about $100m and release at least 5% of equity in the company — has been deferred until at least late 1994 : the reason for the delay is said to be to gain more detailed information about market share splits between Optus and the Australian and Overseas Telecommunications Corp , says the Australian Financial Review . |
| 2 | A principal justification for the change was said to be that it unduly restricted the proper development of the law ( Practice Statement , ( Judicial Precedent ) , [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 ) . |
| 3 | The most likely explanation for the decline is said to be the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991 . |
| 4 | The ( unnamed ) organization responsible for the conspiracy was said to be directed by a committee of 75 members , and there were also allegations of plans to mount a money-laundering operation . |
| 5 | Efforts to control whaling between the wars was said to be for the purposes of resource conservation ; that they were really concerned with managing the flow of whale oil through international markets . |
| 6 | As of late November the Nasir group still claimed to control Malakal , whereas the government account stated that the town had been attacked abortively by a group led by a local religious leader , and Garang 's wing of the SPLA was said to be claiming that the town had been captured by " southern nationalists " within the army , aided by the southern rebel faction calling itself Anyanya II . |
| 7 | The order of the B-tree is said to be one more than the maximum number of keys per index block . |
| 8 | Remains of the chancel are said to be of the 12th century , and the tower was rebuilt in the 15th century and has three bells . |
| 9 | It was FOUNTAINDALE near Mansfield that was the sight of the colourful first meeting of Robin Hood and Friar Tuck and in the village of BLIDWORTH , the church yard of St Mary of the Purification is said to be the resting place of Will Scarlet . |
| 10 | The picture quality of the system is said to be better than VHS and if it catches on then in future all CD machines may be build with decoders already inside , making the CD the most versatile medium for home entertainment . |
| 11 | Therefore the volume of the cube is said to be 1 cm3 . |
| 12 | If you can find someone with a key to let you in , the interior of the chapel is said to be interestingly decorated , but the one time I was in Harambels I could find cows but no people . |
| 13 | Why , even the Chancellor of the Exchequer is said to be worried at that . |
| 14 | He was acquitted , under count 6 , of obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception in the same terms as that laid under count 1 , save that the victim of the deception was said to be Mr. Hughes , and of two further counts of obtaining property by deception . |
| 15 | But working near the top of the BBC is said to be a nightmare , with Checkland a lame-duck , Birt not speaking out and Hussey acting like an executive . |
| 16 | Some of the stones were said to be stained with blood . |
| 17 | This double vision of the woman-goddess is said to be the mainspring of Shakespeare 's tragedies . |
| 18 | The more junior executives , if the cause of the disease is said to be a lack of involvement by the senior bosses . |
| 19 | It is hoped the slabs will block the conduit from which the main force of the lava is said to be bearing down ‘ like a train ’ , causing it to break up and cool . |
| 20 | The colours used on the façade of the palace are said to be the same as those originally used . |
| 21 | Only 10 per cent of the coast was said to be in excellent condition . |
| 22 | Behind the resignation is said to be her discontent with the management style of the American board and their way of treating her market . |
| 23 | People in Schweinfurt itself who had suffered directly from the bombing were said to be completely demoralized and had declared that they would not hold out much longer in ‘ such nerve-racking days ’ . |
| 24 | All the accountants in the case were said to be acting as experts and not as arbitrators , and the determination was to be final and binding for all purposes . |
| 25 | It is a centre of pilgrimage , since the bones in the cathedral are said to be those of St. James , and the cathedral is a must , particularly the entrance from the Plaza del Obradoiro . |
| 26 | The inside of every room in the palace was said to be roofed and walled with rich fabric , and he guessed that the Yek had once been nomads . |
| 27 | The introduction of an obligatory consignment of 25 per cent of farm produce from individual farms to the state was said to be the potential means of bankrupting private farmers , as it would be administered by the nomenklatura ( the local authorities ) . |
| 28 | Of all the ministers present for today 's crucial session of future spending and tax plans , Michael Partial , the chief secretary to the Treasury is said to be most eager to see further cuts in the military . |
| 29 | The man most concerned to limit the publicity given to the Memorie was said to be Bernard Berenson . |
| 30 | A large circular flat stone on the green is said to be the remains of the market cross . |