Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [was/were] say [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A principal justification for the change was said to be that it unduly restricted the proper development of the law ( Practice Statement , ( Judicial Precedent ) , [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 ) . |
| 2 | The 76-year-old was said to be shocked and upset by the incident . |
| 3 | It never gave large quantities of milk , but the milk was said to be richer than that of the well-known Suffolk Dun ( see Red Poll ) . |
| 4 | As of late November the Nasir group still claimed to control Malakal , whereas the government account stated that the town had been attacked abortively by a group led by a local religious leader , and Garang 's wing of the SPLA was said to be claiming that the town had been captured by " southern nationalists " within the army , aided by the southern rebel faction calling itself Anyanya II . |
| 5 | All the accountants in the case were said to be acting as experts and not as arbitrators , and the determination was to be final and binding for all purposes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At the Haymarket he directed Alec Guinness as John Mortimer 's blind father in A Voyage Round My Father ; at the Royal Court his version of Charles Wood 's Veterans starred John Gielgud and John Mills as two film actors on location ( the play was said to be based on the filming of Tony Richardson 's Charge of the Light Brigade ) ; and at the New Theatre , Donald Sinden scored a brilliant success as an urban fop pursuing a country heiress in Eyre 's revival of Dion Boucicault 's London Assurance . |
| 8 | All the candidates were said to be in favour of free legislative elections and economic reform . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , the methodology was said to be in an early state of development and no references to this approach are given . |
| 10 | The ( unnamed ) organization responsible for the conspiracy was said to be directed by a committee of 75 members , and there were also allegations of plans to mount a money-laundering operation . |
| 11 | Only 10 per cent of the coast was said to be in excellent condition . |
| 12 | The princess was said to be furious and Channel 4 came under fierce attack from MPs who said the drawings were highly insulting . |
| 13 | The outlook was said to be hopeless , and they started the journey back to Wales . |
| 14 | A source of tension in government was Lekhanya 's perceived conciliatory attitude towards South Africa , whereas Moshoeshoe and some officers on the Council were said to be themselves sympathetic to the South African liberation movement , the African National Congress ( ANC ) . |
| 15 | ‘ Described as a ‘ law professor 's dream ’ , the law was said to be far too complicated for easy day-to-day use . |
| 16 | The duchy was said to be a ‘ free land where the king of England holds complete jurisdiction ’ . |
| 17 | The imports were said to be stifling local recycling industries . |
| 18 | The boy was said to be calm after his 15-minute ordeal . |
| 19 | Knox modestly demurred , but the meeting was said to be happy and humorous . |
| 20 | In those days sermons at the Love Feast lasted 45–50 minutes and the town was said to be ‘ rich in piety , gifts and wealth ’ . |
| 21 | Payment of salaries and pensions was 221,600 million roubles in arrears , and half the population was said to be on or below the monthly minimum consumption level ( set in June at 2,150 roubles ) , as prices for goods and service rose faster than wages and food production fell by 23 per cent . |
| 22 | Loyal to the party , the group was said to be seeking the dismissal of President Yang Shangkun and of his brother , the head of the Army 's general political department , Yang Baibing . |
| 23 | He was acquitted , under count 6 , of obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception in the same terms as that laid under count 1 , save that the victim of the deception was said to be Mr. Hughes , and of two further counts of obtaining property by deception . |
| 24 | One man was ‘ seriously ill ’ and the other was said to be making a satisfactory recovery . |
| 25 | Last night the teenager was said to be serious but stable after surgery at London 's King 's College Hospital . |
| 26 | Toby was referring to one of the great stars in the American golfing firmament whom the sponsors were said to be paying £50,000 in appearance money , much to the disgust of most of the other professionals . |
| 27 | The people were said to be lazy , their manner of living rustic . |
| 28 | The man most concerned to limit the publicity given to the Memorie was said to be Bernard Berenson . |
| 29 | The Ardakkeans were said to be superhumanly strong and invulnerable to most life-threats . |
| 30 | The characters were said to be stiff . |