Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] have been said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who act at the place of business must be doing so on the business of the company and not their own account ; the crucial question has been said to be , ‘ Does the agent in carrying out the foreign corporation 's business make a contract for the corporation , or does the agent in carrying out his own business , sell a contract for the foreign corporation ? ’ . |
| 2 | Section 33 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 , even if it applies to composite rate tax , is not applicable for a number of reasons , not least that no valid assessment could be made under an invalid regulation , that no assessment was in fact made and that , even if made , the assessment could not on the facts of the present case have been said to be ‘ excessive by reason of some error or mistake in a return : ’ section 33(1) . |
| 3 | A great deal has been said and written over the past two years about East European grandees being given back their property , but reality lags behind the talk . |
| 4 | A great deal has been said and written , and food manufacturers have been in a hurry to extol the virtues of their food based on its fibre content . |
| 5 | A great deal has been said about the need to improve language skills in order to deal with the needs of trade and industry in the contemporary multi-lingual world . |
| 6 | A good deal has been said about his struggles on the greens in the last 28 months , but in Canada the situation was altogether different . |
| 7 | If hurtful things have been said to you or about you do n't let your mind keep going over and over them . |
| 8 | In Britain various landforms have been said to be exhumed from beneath a covering of Triassic sediments . |
| 9 | Mr Lamont said : ‘ Obviously some harsh and difficult things have been said . |
| 10 | In a positive sense active citizenship has been said to involve voluntary work , local initiative and payment of one 's civic dues in service , not just cash . |
| 11 | ‘ A lot of bad things have been said but I 've fulfilled a lifelong dream this season for which I 've worked very hard . ’ |