Example sentences of "a [noun] say [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government yesterday refused to take action to prevent the loss to the nation of a statue said to be worth £7.6 million . |
| 2 | Funny how with all their computers and name-matching , these people never seem to come up with offers of anything one actually wants : Diners Club France has chosen Cardpac , Sema Group Plc 's software package for managing credit cards , to support a ‘ new commercial strategy and to develop its financial and non-financial services ’ in a contract said to be worth between $1.45m and $1.8m : ‘ We will use Cardpac to follow our clients ’ activity and to construct a database segmented by expenses , in order to understand client profiles better and to adapt our offers to their needs , ’ said Rolf Harff , managing director of Diners Club France . |
| 3 | Each field had its own small barn for wintering stock , a custom said to be typical of the early Norse settlers that came to this dale , leaving on the landscape the marks of their hands and on the speech the sound of their tongue . |
| 4 | The unit is going to Merisel ( UK ) Ltd for a price said to be just over £500,000 . |
| 5 | Detectives in Turkey have been questioning Mrs Hilali and a man said to be her adopted son . |
| 6 | Police had been alerted about a man said to be in a depressed state who was reported missing from the Carousel Hostel , Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |