Example sentences of "now said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Let us hope that the Danes will vote ‘ No ’ in their referendum on June 2 , thus forcing all members to renegotiate the treaty , as many of them are now said to be having second thoughts of their own . |
2 | Already linked with top Italian clubs Roma and Juventus , Platt is now said to be booked for a £5.7 million summer move to Napoli . |
3 | Voters were now said to be more worried about ‘ poor public services ’ than they were about high taxes . |
4 | Rough Trade , for instance , had to dip into the piggy bank to move into the American market , where they 're now said to be pulling out . |
5 | Financial details were not revealed , but IBM is now said to be ‘ one of the two largest investors ’ in the privately held firm . |
6 | This is , of course , titillating information for its readers , but we need to remember that this woman was now said to be happily married ; her child would now be aged 10 and could be quite aware of a trial which was getting widespread coverage in the popular newspapers . |
7 | However , its founders , Larry and Doug Michels , are now said to be reluctant because the future is uncertain — it 's a heck of a time to have to start posting quarterly reports . |
8 | The Stedelijk 's Barnett Newman , worth DFl. 5.4 million just before it was vandalised in 1986 , is now said to be worthless . |
9 | Intuition is now said to be ‘ feminine ’ , and is opposed to logic ( which is thereby ‘ masculine ’ ) . |
10 | Since it joined in 1980 Japan has listed only four sites for protection and one of these , Lake Utonai on the northern island of Hokkaido , is now said to be threatened by secret plans to build a 40-kilometre flood control canal . |
11 | Other US nuclear plants are now said to be studying their fuel pool cooling . |
12 | Mrs Lenihan , who suffers from dementia is now said to be comfortable in hospital in Oxford . |
13 | For council staff , already weary from last years round of cuts , moral is now said to be at an all time low . |
14 | Mr Sam 's now said to be seriously ill , but stable in hospital after two operations . |
15 | England midfielder Platt , already linked with Roma and Juventus , is now said to be booked for a £5.7m summer move to Napoli . |
16 | Meanwhile , Germany 's employer , trade and industry associations said they had formed a committee to fight xenophobia , which is now said to be putting off foreigners from investing in the country 's impoverished East . |