Example sentences of "said [prep] [be] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the recession was said to be the major cause , blame was also aimed at tycoon Gerald Ratner , whose father founded the firm and built it up to become Britain 's biggest jewellery chain . |
| 2 | The quality of ‘ capture ’ which is often said to be the major aim of the department becomes another ‘ lip service ’ to the outside world , although once again the symbolic content of this truth is multi-vocal . |
| 3 | This hard , fast and unmelodic ‘ punk ’ music was said to be the new music of the skinheads . |
| 4 | The Emperor Karl Franz is said to be the greatest statesman in the Old World . |
| 5 | It is said to be the only tide mill in western Europe that is still operating . |
| 6 | A budget maximizing strategy is inconsistent with the aim of survival which is said to be the rational foundation for such a strategy ( Breton and Wintrobe 1979 ) . |
| 7 | Mr no doubt of what is said to be the divine preference for called three . |
| 8 | It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith . |
| 9 | This is said to be the first house built in the village . |
| 10 | It was said to be the first house since Roman times to have central heating : over three miles of piping were used but there was no chimney in the house itself . |
| 11 | The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed . |
| 12 | Where once lifetime employment was said to be the key factor behind high productivity levels , the need to reduce labour costs now means that ‘ Lifetime employment is becoming something of a curse to Japanese industries ’ ( FTW 12/3/83 ) . |
| 13 | Floating is said to be the perfect way of easing tensions and calming the mind . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | C. Itoh is said to be the largest creditor , having lent Asahi Juken around ¥50 billion . |
| 16 | Not that Denholm would have claimed to be anything of what he would have said to be the ridiculous kind . |
| 17 | Springfield Mill , east of the town centre , dates from the year of Trafalgar , and is said to be the earliest paper mill powered by steam , having a Boulton and Watt beam engine installed when it was opened for business . |
| 18 | This is despite a major reduction in the proportion of calls performed by deputising services , the use of which had been said to be the main factor increasing the numbers of night visits . |
| 19 | The Mosher case is said to be the main reason . |
| 20 | For any symmetric section , one possibility being a section of the form of figure 9.14(a) with , the two iterative impedances are equal and the common impedance is said to be the characteristic impedance as stated earlier . |
| 21 | The 65 ft tower is said to be the best-proportioned tower in Holderness . |
| 22 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 23 | They had so few experienced seamen on board that an English prisoner was released from his chains to take the helm of one vessel during what was said to be the worst storm for 20 years . |
| 24 | Built in 1814 , it is 72 feet high , and is often said to be the tallest windmill in the country , though that honour properly belongs to a tower mill at Sutton ( q.v. ) in Norfolk . |
| 25 | Thousands of demonstrators turned out in the streets of Bratislava last night in what was said to be the biggest demonstration there in decades . |
| 26 | Thousands of demonstrators turned out in the streets of Bratislava last night in what was said to be the biggest demonstration there in decades . |
| 27 | Church of the Holy Sepulchre is said to be the oldest building in Northampton and the largest and best preserved of the medieval round churches in the Country . |
| 28 | Called Tickford Bridge , it is said to be the oldest iron bridge in Britain still in constant use . |
| 29 | After all as one employer opined , " twelve years is said to be the maximum working life of a woman compositor " . |
| 30 | With step-by-step diagrams and photography plus an A to Z listing of garden plants , plant propagation is said to be the cheapest way of getting a well-stocked garden . |