Example sentences of "[noun pl] say [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lines said to be under threat in the North allegedly include : the historic Settle-Carlisle route , Bishop Auckland to Darlington , Thornaby to Saltburn , Whitby to Thornaby and Hull to Filey . |
| 2 | As numbers of mortgage arrears and repossessions grow , especially in London and the Southeast , and with up to 10 per cent of mortgage borrowers said to be in minor arrears or postponed repayments , building societies and other lenders are being particularly careful to offer their borrowers help in paying . |
| 3 | It is offering unlimited loans said to be from Global Finance Corporation , of Delaware , America . |
| 4 | PRICELESS gems said to be from the tomb of the Egyptian king Tutankhamen were stolen from a car in south London yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ You will be vexed to hear that some of the birds said to be in your last package from Sydney were missing : by what I can gather from your list they formed the whole of one of the smaller packages . |
| 6 | Others said to be in the wings include Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley . |
| 7 | Presumably each side would want to state its position about the quality/condition of the sample and the evidence would presumably be about other samples said to be of various qualities or conditions . |