Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] said to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those born on a Friday are said to be marked out for special piety , which does not mean that they will be pious necessarily ; only that their natures are imbued with that proclivity . |
| 2 | HOG members stress the group is concerned only with generic definitions , and whilst OSF is said to be taking a lead role in new work , HOG members have already agreed to endorse those previously established by the Network Management Forum . |
| 3 | Kuwait was said to be deporting 50-100 Bedoun through Safwan to Iraq every week . |
| 4 | As one might expect , West Germany has inherited the ability to maintain vast dossiers on people within its borders and , bearing in mind that some 8,000 spies working for East Germany and Russia are said to be operating in West Germany , there is certainly plenty for them to do . |
| 5 | Taiwan and Ireland are said to be preparing to halt the use of driftnets by June 30 next year . |
| 6 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 7 | Fiat is said to be looking for a partner for its car business . |
| 8 | Refugee camps here in Amman are said to be crammed to capacity , the authorities are growing more and more concerned about the numbers of Asian refugees , Indians , Bangladeshis , Pakistanis , Philippinos and Thais . |
| 9 | On the one hand , Duna is said to be thinking about buying the rights to a publish a Hungarian or European version of an unnamed US Unix programmers title , with current circulation of 7,000 . |
| 10 | Mr Hussey was said to be defending himself aggressively . |
| 11 | Traditionally , Canada was said to be bound by the Canadian Pacific 's ribbon of steel . |
| 12 | BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN is said to be planning an extensive arena tour this summer , starting in Europe . |
| 13 | The VUE desktop manager lost out to IXI Ltd 's X.desktop manager in the failed Advanced Computing Environment initiative and Hewlett is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 14 | Moreover , SCO is said to be toying with the idea of doing some kind of COSE implementation for Microsoft Corp Windows NT . |
| 15 | Jaguar is offering them on every new model and Audi is said to be phasing out its Procon-Ten safety system in favour of driver's-side airbags . |
| 16 | I do n't give a damn about Ivan 's ridiculous rag , said Charles , but of course he did , he cared much more than she did , and with reason , for Ivan usually managed to deliver her some backhanded compliment , whereas Charles always got it in the neck : ‘ HEADLEAND CRASHES HEADLONG ’ had been the headline of Ivan 's latest piece of gossip , which had consisted of a dangerous account of Charles 's behaviour at a meeting of a board of directors , laced with unfounded but inventive innuendo about a country house which he and Liz were said to be purchasing as a tax dodge . |
| 17 | Lithuania and Estonia were said to be considering the idea of transitional currencies ; in May Lithuania introduced coupons in 200 and 500 denominations , paid as a percentage of wages and used for goods in short supply . |
| 18 | Hanson is said to be gearing up for a further full-scale foray into our industrial base . |
| 19 | Cellnet is said to be spending £3 million a week improving the cellular phone network , and until recently Racal was spending £2 million a week . |
| 20 | But the Florentines to whom Paul Gascoigne is said to be related eat charcoal-grilled steak , chickens roasted on spit , ham , beans and the most beautiful vegetables . |
| 21 | DEMI Moore is said to be devastated after police snatched l3l X-rated nude photos of her in a raid on a porn magazine . |
| 22 | Mr Rafsanjani was said to be supported by the so-called moderate right . |
| 23 | Bishop Peter is said to be receiving medical treatment for the stress of recent weeks . |
| 24 | The Arab press had also referred to a deal by which Iran was said to be funding the purchase by Sudan of Chinese weaponry worth US$300 million over two years . |
| 25 | Merlin is said to be sleeping in a cave or an invisible glass house . |
| 26 | The Queen 's press secretary Charles Anson is said to be facing the chop for saying Fergie was ‘ unsuitable ’ after her split from Prince Andrew . |
| 27 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc declined to put a timeframe on delivery of its own COSE-compliant products — it wants to see the specifications first — but its IXI Ltd division expects to be first to market with a compliant desktop manager ; moreover , Santa Cruz is said to be toying with the idea of doing some kind of COSE implementation to run over Microsoft Corp 's Windows NT . |
| 28 | Newton is said to be powered by a RISC microprocessor , presumably Acorn Computers Plc 's ARM device , which is now owned by Advanced RISC Machines Ltd , the Cambridge , UK-based design company in which Apple , Acorn and VLSI Technology Inc are all investors . |
| 29 | Jean Alesi is said to be trying to disentangle himself from his 1993 Ferrari contract in order to make himself available to Williams . |
| 30 | NO WONDER Squidgy is said to be writing more letters these days . |