Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [be] said " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indeed , the manner in which the railways forced the mixing of the castes was said to have been a contributory cause of the Mutiny in 1857 , although it must be said that the revolt broke out in an area still far from the early Indian railway projects . |
| 2 | The Germans are said to have shot 100 French hostages in reprisal for this sinking which they thought was the work of the Resistance . |
| 3 | I found the church without too much trouble , and saw the spaces under the edge of the roof where the birds were said to have had their nest . |
| 4 | When we launched our boat in Rangkul for the first time and motored towards the islands where the birds were said to nest , it was with considerable relief that we saw there were indeed geese , and they were on eggs . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly the most important group of works by the artist to appear at auction for many years , the canvases are said to be in extremely good condition . |
| 6 | The products are said to prevent cancer , but studies carried out by the Us National Cancer Institute repudiate these claims . |
| 7 | The authorities are said to take the view that the Gulf war will distract attention from civilian casualties in Jaffna . |
| 8 | The authorities are said to have realised that too little time had been allowed for vehicles to be updated . |
| 9 | You should get there at all costs , because it is an absolutely astonishing place , but the nature of the spectacle is such that it can only work on you properly if the cirque is not being mobbed ; it demands a certain loneliness , and on afternoons in July and August , for instance , the coaches are said to have to queue before they can get into the village of Gavarnie . |
| 10 | All the candidates were said to be in favour of free legislative elections and economic reform . |
| 11 | The Highlanders were said to live on a diet of children , while the prince 's quartermaster put in a well-timed but no doubt inflated demand for the town to provide billets for 13,000 foot and , a more accurate figure , 300 horse . |
| 12 | Having refurbished two bits of year-old evidence to support the new Libyan thesis , he now weighed in with a two-year-old intelligence report about a meeting in Tripoli before the bombing — in mid-November 1988 — at which the Libyans were said to have taken over responsibility for the attack from the PFLP — GC after Jibril 's West German cell was broken up . |
| 13 | It could also be called ordeal by song , though the traditional and somewhat discordant songs sung by the trainers are said to have a soothing effect . |
| 14 | The funds were said to have been laundered and deposited in foreign bank accounts . |
| 15 | The plan to involve the superpowers is said to have the backing of President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica , the main motivator of the peace process . |
| 16 | The plan to involve the superpowers is said to have the backing of President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica , the main motivator of the peace process . |
| 17 | The final syllables in these words all have a similar sound when the words are said normally . |
| 18 | The words were said with such good humour and aggressive sureness that it would have been impossible to take offence . |
| 19 | The words were said , not harshly but firmly , according to one guest at the most unconventional royal wedding ever . |
| 20 | The words were said tightly and with reluctance . |
| 21 | Instead of adopting the cyclical idea of time , the Jews are said to have believed in a linear concept , based in their case on a teleological idea of history as the gradual revelation of God 's purpose . |
| 22 | The defendants were said to have spent two hours on the base and taken photographs of themselves painting the aircraft . |
| 23 | The goodbyes were said ; Annabel and Millie clasped hands , but Mrs Kirkley gently prevented her daughter from seeing their guests to the gate . |
| 24 | The footsteps are said to be those of an unfortunate platelayer who was killed shortly after the introduction of the electric trains . |
| 25 | The imports were said to be stifling local recycling industries . |
| 26 | The deals were said to give Kazakhstan up to 80 per cent of expected profits . |
| 27 | Pyramids are found in both the Middle East and the Americas , perhaps because men reflected that mountains were closer to the heavens , where the gods were said to live , so they built the pyramids as their own mountains . |
| 28 | Colorado-based CERAM Inc can now put 960MB of external storage on a Sparc pizza box with its TurboSwap products : the peripherals are said to improve price/performance and response time significantly on fully loaded systems by eliminating latency . |
| 29 | In the exciting report of the prospect of finding a Roman amphitheatre at Newstead in the Borders ( 11 March ) the legions are said to have been there from ‘ about 43 AD ’ . |
| 30 | 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 . |