Example sentences of "said to have been [vb pp] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Originally , the Seychelles kestrels nested in holes in the mountain crags but are said to have been ousted from that habitat by barn owls which were introduced to try and control the rat population . |
| 2 | If the purpose of damages is to compensate a victim rather than punish the perpetrator , then a successful plaintiff who passes his award to charity can not be said to have been compensated in any way . |
| 3 | Sir : The suggestion of Mr Varcoe-Cocks ( letter , 5 October ) that if I win damages for libel and give them to charity I ‘ can not be said to have been compensated in any way ’ is extraordinary . |
| 4 | The attempt was said to have been led by former Minister of Territorial Administration Maj. Lamine Diabira ; eight other officers were reported to have been arrested . |
| 5 | Up to the middle of the seventeenth century they overran only western Siberia where , for instance , the number of Kets is said to have been reduced by half . |