Example sentences of "[be] say [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it has been said before we should have professional referees — the sooner it 's sorted out the better . |
| 2 | Once she got away from lingerie interest flagged and Rain found herself puzzling over something which had been said before the speeches began . |
| 3 | I ca n't realy add much to what has already been said except that I saw the goals on Manc of the day and thought theirs were all sloppy and avoidable . |
| 4 | More has been said than has actually happened . |
| 5 | And it has been said that local authorities are not always very sympathetic to acting as a choice of career and sometimes obtaining a grant may be more difficult if a student has evidently changed his or her career tack . |
| 6 | In another age and another society it might have been said that they loved each other . |
| 7 | It has been said that Lewis 's expressed distaste for the poetry of his contemporaries , such as MacNeice and Eliot , was based on jealousy . |
| 8 | It has been said that it is best not to know too much about salami and other sausages , in the same way that ignorance about haggis aids its enjoyment and easy digestion . |
| 9 | It 's also been said that Prince , who writes songs for anyone and everyone from Sheena Easton to The Bangles , has written a song specifically for her called ‘ Do Me Baby ’ . |
| 10 | It has been said that he understood the psychology of an orchestra better than almost any other conductor . |
| 11 | It has been said that we can regard ATP as a common currency which must be spent to provide energy whenever it is needed — to drive chemical reactions , to cause muscles to contract , or to pump substances across membranes . |
| 12 | It has also been said that private companies can be enticed into investment in eastern Europe , as in the deal whereby BSN of France and Nestle of Switzerland bought a stake in Czech confectioner Chakoladnovy . |
| 13 | It has often been said that the majority of European farmers live poor , but die rich . |
| 14 | It has been said that Philip Miller worked at the Garden before 1722 and that this referred to his promotion . |
| 15 | It had also been said that his father had been employed there . |
| 16 | In biological writing it has often been said that a character is advantageous or detrimental to a species . |
| 17 | This is the case of Austria , for instance , of which it has been said that ‘ banished to insignificant social roles , Austrian federalism has taken on something of a folklore quality ’ . |
| 18 | Indeed , it has been said that the north-west of Scotland has a higher sustained wind speed than any other inhabited part of the world ( Gloyne 1968 ) . |
| 19 | It has been said that McDonald 's is involved with the destruction of rainforests of Central and South America in order to raise cattle for hamburgers . |
| 20 | The Standard commentary column enthused again about the benefits that would accrue to the town ; ‘ people of means and leisure will take up residence in the district ; it has long been said that Henley needed further attractions and the present move is assuredly one in the right direction ’ . |
| 21 | It has been said that Gouzenko 's defection was the start of the Cold War in that it convinced people that Russia was not benign and friendly but busily spying on its wartime allies by any means at its disposal . |
| 22 | It has been said that the Imperial Court was more successful in mounting great set pieces than in its day-to-day running , and indeed so successful was it in this field that an impression was created that the whole of the period was one long spectacle — the so-called fête impériale — whose only aim was entertainment , prodigality and licence . |
| 23 | It has been said that ‘ … during the last forty years the United Kingdom has moved away from the nationality citizenship model ’ . |
| 24 | It has been said that it is unsporting to receive help from another angler when you catch a fish . |
| 25 | It has been said that he gave too much of himself in his idealistic way , and that the ‘ political football ’ aspects of the CBC in eastern Canada , where he was finally transferred , caused a breakdown in health and his early retirement . |
| 26 | It has often been said that heads are recruited largely on the basis of having been successful classroom teachers and are therefore appointed to a new task on the basis of their ability in a different job . |
| 27 | It is recognised in planning circles that planning applications for fish and chip shops are contentious and it has been said that whilst ‘ Joe Public wants hot food shops he does not want them near him and he is prepared to fight tooth and nail to stop anyone opening one near his house ’ . |
| 28 | It has been said that Vial was quite unsuited for the post of founding Professor . |
| 29 | It has been said that Peter 's military and naval staff headquarters were almost Scottish institutions . |
| 30 | It has been said that a negative character quality is a positive quality misused . |