Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] is said [prep] " 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 | The most likely explanation for the decline is said to be the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991 . |
| 3 | The order of the B-tree is said to be one more than the maximum number of keys per index block . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Therefore the volume of the cube is said to be 1 cm3 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Why , even the Chancellor of the Exchequer is said to be worried at that . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This double vision of the woman-goddess is said to be the mainspring of Shakespeare 's tragedies . |
| 11 | The more junior executives , if the cause of the disease is said to be a lack of involvement by the senior bosses . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Behind the resignation is said to be her discontent with the management style of the American board and their way of treating her market . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A large circular flat stone on the green is said to be the remains of the market cross . |
| 16 | Totemism is the earliest form of religion , according to Freud , and he quotes Robertson Smith 's The Religion of the Semites in which the sacrifice of an animal at the altar is said to be the most fundamental element in religion . |