Example sentences of "[det] [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are communities in the sense that one has a sense of ‘ belonging ’ in them , and in the sense that Shetlanders belonging to each are said to be distinguishable by special characteristics in dialect or , less often ( and more humorously ) , by difference in mentality and general attitudes . |
| 2 | ‘ Has that been said before ? |
| 3 | Some remote pain stabbed at Paul , where had that been said to him before ? |
| 4 | His marriage was treated very briefly ; he recorded it as taking place in 1934 , and the bride as being ‘ at that time newly arrived from New Zealand and as a writer considered highly promising — alas , of how many has this been said ! ’ |
| 5 | Some are said to be getting cold feet . |
| 6 | ( But can this be said to have been what happened ? |
| 7 | But how may this be said to be a Christology ? |
| 8 | How many times do we hear this being said ? |
| 9 | This being said , and allowing for the fact that much which was viewed as sexually deviant a generation ago is now viewed tolerantly if not taken for granted , a few words may be said about some practices or groups of practices which are generally recognised as deviant from either the normal object , the normal aim or the normal focal issues of sexuality . |
| 10 | This being said , it hardly matters provided the tendency brings satisfaction and pleasure to the person , or persons , concerned . |
| 11 | However , this being said , the trend towards concentration of capital is very rapid in the industry and this is likely to increase in the near future . |
| 12 | This being said , it is extremely difficult to assess whether net environmental quality is being maintained or improved , since it is difficult to know what value future generations will place on the environments that will be damaged under MPG6 in order to feed development demands . |
| 13 | This being said , it is extremely difficult to assess whether net environmental quality is being maintained or improved , since it is difficult to know what value future generations will place on the environments that will be damaged under MPG6 in order to feed development demands . |
| 14 | If only could have stayed behind to hear this being said , he could 've taken a lot of messages back to his friends in government . |
| 15 | Armed guards told thousands of people with jobs in the western sector they should not report for work ‘ for the time being ’ , while a few were said to have turned a blind eye as scores of their fellow citizens ran for freedom . |
| 16 | This is said to be ‘ getting real ’ , being ‘ very Nineties ’ . |
| 17 | This is said to reflect a touch of panic among certain high-yielding income fund managers , pole-axed by the likes of Royal Insurance and Lonrho chopping pay-outs . |
| 18 | This is said to be the first house built in the village . |
| 19 | This is said to be the ‘ age of travel ’ . |
| 20 | Hindus know the cosmic energy as the kundalini or serpent force , and this is said to be coiled around the base of the spine in every human being . |
| 21 | This is said to block the way to true communion with the spiritual force . |
| 22 | All of this is said to be made easier by ( and possibly to have been a partial consequence of ) the introduction of information technology . |
| 23 | This is said to give you a quick energy boost . |
| 24 | Are you aware that the array of funerals , commonly made by undertakers , is strictly the heraldic array of a baronial funeral , the two men who stand at the doors being supposed to be the two porters of the castle , with their staves , in black ; the man who heads the procession , wearing a scarf , being a representative of a herald-at-arms ; the man who carries a plume of feathers on his head being an esquire , who bears the shield and casque , with its plume of feathers ; the pall-bearers , with batons , being representatives of knights-companions-at-arms ; the men walking with wands being supposed to represent gentlemen-ushers , with their wands : are you aware that this is said to be the origin and type of the common array usually provided by those who undertake to perform funerals ? |
| 25 | This is said to be a future three star route . |
| 26 | This is said to have been the scene of the Faroese legend of the eagle and the baby . |
| 27 | This is said to have been the last contact between the Judaeo-Christian Nazareans and the coalescing orthodoxy based on Pauline thought . |
| 28 | Quicklime slaked in urine and laid on the wood while hot , will also stain it a red colour ; and this is said to be the general practice with Windsor chair manufacturers in the neighbourhood of London ’ . |
| 29 | This is said to exist where a company has a number of large shareholders who engage in limited co-operation to protect their common interests , but are insufficiently cohesive and lack the necessary co-ordination to give rise to majority or minority control . |
| 30 | This is said to represent an increase in real terms of 5 per cent , but this assumes an inflation rate of 5.75 per cent by the fourth quarter of 1990/91 and a rate of 3 per cent in 1992/93 . |