Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [was/were] say [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three remaining Sunni factions were said to be refusing to talk to Kabul . |
| 2 | Debate in the early days of the new Assembly was reported as more lively than previously , and opposition members were said to be testing the government 's receptiveness to reform : 32 members called for the formation of a committee to investigate Kuwait 's failure to anticipate or respond to the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] ; several members were said to have demanded an investigation of alleged mishandling of Kuwait 's overseas investments ; and a draft law was introduced that would widen the franchise , including extending the vote to women . |
| 3 | Last night PC Hall was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 4 | The public interest would not perhaps be regarded as well served if a fully qualified solicitor was effectively deprived of the opportunity of practising his profession : this may be behind the Scottish decision of Dallas McMillan & Sinclair v Simpson ( 1988 ) SLT 454 where the covenant purported to prevent the outgoing partner from practising as a solicitor within 20 miles of the centre of Glasgow , an area in which roughly half of Scotland 's law firms were said to be located . |
| 5 | Restrictive measures have been directed at Third World manufacturers whose electronic and electrical products , garments , shoes , toys , sporting and household goods were said to be unfairly flooding vulnerable First World markets . |
| 6 | In November 1940 , for example , ‘ personal economic worries ’ in the light of the coming second war winter were said to be widespread and to have given rise to ‘ discontented and sceptical thoughts ’ . |
| 7 | At one stage the Hinkley Point site was said to be officially designated as ‘ remote ’ , because the number of people living in the immediate vicinity was small — about 1,500 . |
| 8 | If confirmed by official figures , this will be an 80 per cent reduction on 1987 's figure , when carbon emissions from burning rain forest were said to be the third largest contributor to the greenhouse effect . |
| 9 | Last night Pringle was said to be comfortable in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 10 | Investigations — fundoscopy , serum potassium , and chest radiography — varied substantially , up to one quarter of physicians rounded the blood pressure reading up to 10 mm Hg , and although risk factor intervention was said to be important , cholesterol measurement was done by as few as 27% of clinicians . |
| 11 | Troops of the 1,500-strong Senegalese ECOMOG contingent were said to be holding off NPFL guerrillas attacking a strategic bridge 7 km north of central Monrovia . |
| 12 | Interest was also expressed over another site in the village , adjacent to the school , which East Hampshire District Council were said to be looking at with a view to a second affordable housing development . |
| 13 | The State Department was said to be ‘ unconvinced ’ by the ‘ rather meagre ’ evidence . |
| 14 | Does the Secretary of State recall that in the last recession under this Government the collapse of manufacturing industry was said to be making it leaner and fitter to face the future ? |
| 15 | The Action for Smoking and Health campaign was said to be ‘ aghast and horrified ’ by the disclosure . |
| 16 | By mid-February food stocks were said to be running low ; according to local reports , soldiers were sent to Matadi , the country 's main port , to unload ships and transport goods to the capital . |
| 17 | Most of them went to the cities , or at any rate out of traditional rural pursuits , to find their way as best they could in strange , frightening , but at best boundlessly hopeful new worlds , where the city pavements were said to be paved with gold , though immigrants rarely picked up more than some copper . |
| 18 | In Tripoli a bank raid was said to be the work of Tunisians . |
| 19 | His widow Jane was said to be ‘ inconsolable ’ as she was being comforted by friends . |
| 20 | Software managers were said to be deciding which projects to kill at a Geneva meeting last week — one of those mentioned was the Network Application System . |
| 21 | Teenagers under the influence of the locally produced khat narcotic plant were said to be responsible for much of the artillery fire . |
| 22 | By Nov. 24 the death toll was said to be 214 , with 300 seriously wounded . |
| 23 | After a two-hour operation to her face Vicky was said to be ‘ stable ’ in Middlesbrough General Hospital . |
| 24 | 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 ) . |