Example sentences of "[was/were] say [prep] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Main topics of the latest talks were said to be the new pluralist political system , a draft electoral law , and a timetable and monitoring arrangements for multiparty elections due to be held in 1992 . |
| 2 | Two groups implicated were said to be the National Democratic Alliance ( NDA — an alliance formed in 1989 which grouped the opposition parties , including the Umma party , with the SPLA ) and a hitherto unknown group , Ana al-Sudan ( " I am Sudan " ) . |
| 3 | These ‘ Masters ’ were said to be the hidden wise men who were spread around the world with the aim of bringing in a New World Order . |
| 4 | This hard , fast and unmelodic ‘ punk ’ music was said to be the new music of the skinheads . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Alexander was said to be the only mortal Bucephalus would ever respect and the only one who was successful in saddling and mounting him ; with all other men , Bucephalus had sensed their greed and weakness and had spurned them . |
| 8 | The source of these collections was said to be the papal registers . |
| 9 | The introduction of an obligatory consignment of 25 per cent of farm produce from individual farms to the state was said to be the potential means of bankrupting private farmers , as it would be administered by the nomenklatura ( the local authorities ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |