Example sentences of "be said [prep] be on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further west , nitrogens in the few crops of Puffin barley so far harvested are said to be on the low side . |
| 2 | Three operations are said to be on the verge of bankruptcy because their claims — submitted through the ‘ one door ’ compensation office in Lerwick — have not been met . |
| 3 | His estranged wife and two children lived nearby , they 're said to be on holiday at the moment . |
| 4 | It may be said to be on the right lines , but at best it provides materials for an answer to the logical question , materials which it does not combine properly . |
| 5 | A chamber-pot is said to be on offer with Mozart on the outside and Salieri inside ; and in the bookshops , serious biographical and analytical works are well hidden under a catch-crop of sugary Mozart nostalgia . |
| 6 | The hottest programme now is said to be on missiles that would destroy their targets within the atmosphere but without using a nuclear warhead . |
| 7 | Full IBM CICS support is said to be on its way . |
| 8 | And James Herbert , another of Hodder 's biggest selling authors , is rumoured to be going the same way : he is said to be on the point of signing a two-book deal with HarperCollins worth £1.7m . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Southeastern Asset Management , a US group , was said to be on the verge of selling on its 10 per cent stake . |
| 11 | A red national flag was chosen , no alliances with non-party forces were envisaged , the country was said to be on the road to socialism . |
| 12 | Macnab went on holiday to Berlin with a letter from Joyce to Christian Bauer , a contact whom they had made in London and who was said to be on good terms with Goebbels . |
| 13 | Corn that was not bound into shuffs ( sheafs ) was said to be on the gavel . |