Example sentences of "[noun sg] say [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( c ) Construction of partnership agreements The following general rules apply : ( 1 ) The agreement will not be presumed to be exhaustive so as to disallow evidence of actual practices of the partnership said to be inconsistent with the written terms or alleged to indicate how those terms should be construed . |
| 2 | Each field had its own small barn for wintering stock , a custom said to be typical of the early Norse settlers that came to this dale , leaving on the landscape the marks of their hands and on the speech the sound of their tongue . |
| 3 | all parts of considerable use in liver troubles , a good diuretic and tonic , also mild laxative ; juice said to be effective in treating warts |
| 4 | Fellow undergraduates and tutors at the University were last night said to be stunned by the news of his death . |
| 5 | This case arises from an undercover police operation said to be unique in this country . |
| 6 | ‘ Doctor says to be quick , ’ repeated Rose , ‘ and he 's in our Buildings . |
| 7 | The shaft widens as it descends to form an immense cavern said to be large enough to contain a cathedral . |
| 8 | Since 1982 the government has made twenty-nine changes to the way in which the unemployed are counted , each change resulting in a downward shift in the number said to be unemployed . |
| 9 | And is not the creation of a complementary marine park said to be imminent ? |
| 10 | ( Local GP said to be good ) |
| 11 | ICI 's pharmaceutical company in America is investing $24.7m ( £14m ) at its Newark , Delaware , complex to handle production of Merrem , an injectible drug said to be capable of treating sepsis and infections contracted by people taking leukaemia treatment . |
| 12 | This criticism is part of a wider attack on the use of classification of functions as a criterion for deciding issues such as the availability of judicial remedies to control administrative action ( the remedy of certiorari was at one time said to be available only if the decision-maker was under a duty to act ‘ judicially ’ ) , or the applicability of the rules of natural justice in particular circumstances ( sometimes said to apply only to ‘ judicial functions ’ ) . |
| 13 | And TP+ , Gresham 's transaction processing technology said to be complementary to teleprocessing managers such as Tuxedo , Top-End and Encina , has been integrated into Dun & Bradstreet financial accounting software which is now beginning to ship . |