Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] said [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | After his victory at Auberoche , prisoners were taken whose ransoms were said to be worth over £50,000 , and in 1346 , according to Froissart , Lancaster 's army returned from a raid into Poitou so laden with riches that they had difficulty in transporting all their gains . |
| 2 | Serbian units were said to be conducting house-to-house searches last night after ordering Muslims and Croats to surrender their weapons . |
| 3 | At one moment six Emperors were said to be alive , each as impotent as the others . |
| 4 | All the candidates were said to be in favour of free legislative elections and economic reform . |
| 5 | In an age when décolletage mattered , her shoulders were said to be superb . |
| 6 | A number of safeguards were said to be in force , the first being that all applications had to be made in writing . |
| 7 | There had reportedly been no profit from Kuwait 's total $5,000 million investment in Spain , and KIO 's worldwide losses were said to be estimated at $5,000 million in 1992 . |
| 8 | The histories of the various herds are quite complicated but , very broadly , two of the oldest were the Guisborough Priory in Cleveland and the Whalley Abbey in Lancashire , whose stock was said to be derived from the wild white horned cattle of near-by Bowland Forest in the sixteenth century and deliberately bred for the polling factor by the abbot . |
| 9 | By Nov. 24 the death toll was said to be 214 , with 300 seriously wounded . |
| 10 | Indeed , a quota was said to be imposed on the number of warrants which the Home Office would permit the police at any one time in order to ensure that the need for existing warrants was carefully scrutinized . |
| 11 | Plenty of people skirted the area : in 1730 Whitehaven was said to be the third busiest port in England , after London and Bristol . |
| 12 | The plant was boiled in water and the resulting infusion was said to be an effectual diuretic . |
| 13 | The State Department was said to be ‘ unconvinced ’ by the ‘ rather meagre ’ evidence . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the methodology was said to be in an early state of development and no references to this approach are given . |
| 15 | Whose penis was said to be as damn near as big as his guitar ? |
| 16 | Kuwait was said to be deporting 50-100 Bedoun through Safwan to Iraq every week . |
| 17 | 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 ? |
| 18 | Only 10 per cent of the coast was said to be in excellent condition . |
| 19 | ( In Chan Man-sin the thing in action was said to be the benefit of the contract with the bank . ) |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | On admission , the child 's condition was said to be good , and she had fully recovered by the autumn . |
| 22 | He was admitted to hospital and his condition was said to be ‘ critical ’ . |
| 23 | They were taken to Middlesbrough General Hospital where their condition was said to be stable . |
| 24 | Mr Deacon , whose condition was said to be stable , had been transferred to Middlesbrough from Bishop Auckland General . |
| 25 | Ironically , Lorentz 's disagreement with then-Prime Minister Edith Cresson over having NEC as a shareholder was said to be a prime reason for his departure . |
| 26 | Opposition estimates of casualties were said to be much higher . |
| 27 | 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 ’ . |
| 28 | Both defendants were said to be of no fixed abode , although they originate from the Old Swan district of Liverpool . |
| 29 | Robert Knolles , whose origins were said to be very humble , made a fortune out of war service in the 1350s and 1360s , and may be taken as typical of the successful captains with no inherited wealth who raised themselves by their military skills . |
| 30 | Some big bids were said to be arriving late in the day , pointing towards further gains on Monday if Wall Street continued to hold steady . |