Example sentences of "[coord] the [noun sg] be said " in BNC.

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1 And the approach was said to have a huge plus-point as well .
2 The flames were put out in good time and the donkey was said to be fit for the final , against Preston North End .
3 THE PRINCESS ROYAL announces her divorce and the Queen is said to be upset .
4 When the trust is in demand , prices are likely to be at the upper end of the range and the trust is said to be on an ‘ offer ’ basis .
5 According to Electronic News , Hewlett-Packard Co 's Sterling or PA10 project to do a single chip implementation of the processor and all the support circuitry of a low-end Precision Architecture RISC workstation is now being fabricated by Hitachi Ltd for use as an embedded processor — and the part is said to cost under $10 in large quantities .
6 It is a good Christian well now , and the water is said to be curative .
7 One man was ‘ seriously ill ’ and the other was said to be making a satisfactory recovery .
8 In those days sermons at the Love Feast lasted 45–50 minutes and the town was said to be ‘ rich in piety , gifts and wealth ’ .
9 The walls are of marble and mirror , the floors of parquet , and the restaurant is said to be among the best in Florence .
10 Historians say that Anerley Station was named after a villa owned by a Scots merchant and meaning ‘ Lonely ’ and the area is said to have been developed between 1853 and 1858 .
11 Both the gardens and the castle are said to be undermined with escape tunnels built during the years of Communism .
12 ‘ At that time it was SOS Pompey and the club were said to have only a week to survive .
13 It never gave large quantities of milk , but the milk was said to be richer than that of the well-known Suffolk Dun ( see Red Poll ) .
14 NCR Corp 's total revenues , including sales to other AT&T units , fell 3.9% to $1,480m , but the company is said to be seeing strong orders for its products .
15 NCR Corp 's total revenues , including sales to other AT&T units , fell 3.9% to $1,480m , but the company is said to be seeing strong orders for its products .
16 But the duchess is said to have dug in her heels by telling Buckingham Palace : ‘ You take my kids and it 's no deal . ’
17 In April next year , the government will introduce a rare species bill , similar to Britain 's Wildlife and Countryside Act , but the emphasis is said by Cecelia Song of the World Wide Fund for Nature to be more on development than on environmental protection .
18 Knox modestly demurred , but the meeting was said to be happy and humorous .
19 The figures showed assets of 638,364 million roubles , backed by over 374 tonnes of gold , but the bank was said to be overburdened with credit of 462,060 million roubles to union and republican finance ministries ( only 23,646 million roubles of which went to republican ministries ) .
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