Example sentences of "[pers pn] are say to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad that those that have them are said to be ‘ tea-bagging ’ them — moving their precious chips from system to system to prove to customers that their box works , then quickly back into the safe . |
| 2 | Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend . |
| 3 | ‘ What I feel you are saying to me is that this previous relationship is something you do n't want to talk about in front of Tom . |
| 4 | I mean what you 're looking for is a reduction or what you would have liked to have seen a reduction in the land allocation for employment needs , and yet in the other breath you are saying to North Yorkshire , you should really cater for one hundred percent migration . |
| 5 | An extinguished torch held upturned in the hand of Venus 's son , that troublesome archer Cupid , represents unrequited love — hence we are said to ‘ carry a torch ’ for someone . |
| 6 | I certainly think that nine months down the road we are saying to ourselves , ‘ Well what are we about ? ’ |
| 7 | We are saying to those councillors , ’ Wo n't pay , ca n't say ’ ; in other words , ’ If you are not prepared to obey the law and pay your rightful contribution to the cost of the local services which , as locally elected representatives , you have a say in providing , it is unjustifiable for you to have any influence , through your votes , on the amount of local tax that is levied in your area . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ What we are saying to those responsible is , ‘ stop ’ . |
| 9 | This is one of the reasons why we are saying to the government that they should consider what our competitor countries do , which is some form of temporary credit management ; some form of temporary credit controls to squeeze off this surge in demand before it really gets going and pushes inflation up again . |
| 10 | Consequently they are said to be only suitable for the rarified world of HQ where men with no ‘ bottle ’ and the non-combatants have fled . |
| 11 | Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) . |
| 12 | They are said to be his own work , although the truth is that he probably has the final say . |
| 13 | They are said to be very fast over the first 40 yards , and the advice offered by the locals is that you should run on a zig-zag course if one of them takes a fancy to you . |
| 14 | If ever they lose the ability to scavenge energy , and put it to use in repairing their own fabric , then they are said to be dead ; and they begin immediately to fall apart . |
| 15 | In some cases where peasant movements have taken place , they are said to be clientelist-based . |
| 16 | In fact , these are the only points that do not move with inversion ; they are said to be ‘ invariant under inversion ’ . |
| 17 | Eyes closed , the girls move in perfect synchronisation — even though they are said to be untrained in the intricate pattern of the dance . |
| 18 | If certain capital letters incorporate coloured drawings representing scenes in the text , they are said to be ‘ historiated ’ . |
| 19 | I have not tried the Nitragon myself but they are said to be very good . |
| 20 | They are said to be ‘ very fond ’ of him . |
| 21 | Bourque and Grossholtz ( 1984 ) argue that the acceptance of ‘ masculinity as ideal political behaviour ’ has dire consequences for studying women : the unquestioned assumption that the political attitudes , behaviour and preferences of men define mature political behaviour means that when women do not match these they are said to be either apolitical or politically naive . |
| 22 | Until now we have considered practices within a society , and allowed that if these fail to complement each other they are said to be contradictory . |
| 23 | They are said to be generally positive to the takeover but still need to achieve certain comfort levels . |
| 24 | They are said to be ‘ regressive ’ : they bear most heavily on those with low incomes since the key element is the value of the property not the occupier 's ability to pay . |
| 25 | They are said to be unfair . |
| 26 | Local authorities have no powers except those conferred upon them by statute , and when they take action which is not sanctioned by the law they are said to be acting ultra vires ( beyond the powers ) . |
| 27 | They are said to be yellow or mottled brown in colour , often with seaweed-like manes . |
| 28 | There has been a series of decisions over the past 50 years which , although they are said to be cases of estoppel are not really such . |
| 29 | They are said to be exothermic compounds . |
| 30 | Since households can not sell their notional supply of labour services , i.e. , they are said to be rationed in the labour market . |