Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] be said " 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 | The order of the B-tree is said to be one more than the maximum number of keys per index block . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The probative value of the evidence was said to outweigh its prejudicial effect . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Therefore the volume of the cube is said to be 1 cm3 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The history of the building is said to have been associated with the Pilgrims travelling the old road , possibly to Canterbury to the shrine of Thomas Becket , or to that of St. William of Rochester . |
| 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 | The short side of the market is said to dominate . |
| 16 | Such measures were understood to include the closing of camps in Libya in which groups from various parts of the world were said to receive training . |
| 17 | This double vision of the woman-goddess is said to be the mainspring of Shakespeare 's tragedies . |
| 18 | Transnational involvement in the Egyptian food system can by no stretch of the imagination be said to have improved Egypt 's long-term food security . |
| 19 | The more junior executives , if the cause of the disease is said to be a lack of involvement by the senior bosses . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The colours used on the façade of the palace are said to be the same as those originally used . |
| 22 | Only 10 per cent of the coast was said to be in excellent condition . |
| 23 | A survey of the wreckage was said to have proved that the helicopter had been carrying combat weapons and armed personnel as well as civilians ; the Georgian side attributed the crash itself to overloading , with 64 passengers on a 24-seat helicopter . |
| 24 | In West Germany , up to one in 10 of the population is said to suffer . |
| 25 | Behind the resignation is said to be her discontent with the management style of the American board and their way of treating her market . |
| 26 | The bonds with the Führer were said to have been deepened , the trust in the leadership strengthened . |
| 27 | Some 120,000 Sierra Leonean refugees from the fighting were said to have fled across the Guinean border . |
| 28 | 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 ’ . |
| 29 | And finally , the contradictions within the whole are said to develop unevenly . |
| 30 | The question which teachers rated their pupils as having had most experience with was 112 - : 7 ; 71 per cent of pupils in the sample were said to have had " frequent experience , including this term " of this kind of item . |