Example sentences of "and [noun prp] be said to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taiwan and Ireland are said to be preparing to halt the use of driftnets by June 30 next year . |
| 2 | And Bourne was said to be ‘ a well-built and pleasant market town , which has doubled its population during the last forty years ’ . |
| 3 | As one might expect , West Germany has inherited the ability to maintain vast dossiers on people within its borders and , bearing in mind that some 8,000 spies working for East Germany and Russia are said to be operating in West Germany , there is certainly plenty for them to do . |
| 4 | The VUE desktop manager lost out to IXI Ltd 's X.desktop manager in the failed Advanced Computing Environment initiative and Hewlett is said to be determined not to lose this time around . |
| 5 | Jaguar is offering them on every new model and Audi is said to be phasing out its Procon-Ten safety system in favour of driver's-side airbags . |
| 6 | I do n't give a damn about Ivan 's ridiculous rag , said Charles , but of course he did , he cared much more than she did , and with reason , for Ivan usually managed to deliver her some backhanded compliment , whereas Charles always got it in the neck : ‘ HEADLEAND CRASHES HEADLONG ’ had been the headline of Ivan 's latest piece of gossip , which had consisted of a dangerous account of Charles 's behaviour at a meeting of a board of directors , laced with unfounded but inventive innuendo about a country house which he and Liz were said to be purchasing as a tax dodge . |
| 7 | Lithuania and Estonia were said to be considering the idea of transitional currencies ; in May Lithuania introduced coupons in 200 and 500 denominations , paid as a percentage of wages and used for goods in short supply . |
| 8 | Mitterrand and Thatcher were said to be ‘ in harmony ’ over the EEC the day before France said it was opposed to flexible arrangements for the British contribution to the EEC . |
| 9 | NEC and Sony are said to be ready to formalise an alliance following their initial agreement in May to share application software catalogues . |