Example sentences of "said in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was said in court that the dogs looked different and the breeder again stated that she had not bred them . |
| 2 | It may be that what he 's said in court is purely something to get back at you and he does n't really mean it . |
| 3 | Matthew Gould , who 's 25 , was said in court to be a man doing his duty as a bailiff . |
| 4 | It was also said in court she did n't habitually drink so heavily , but she and her friends were regular social drinkers . |
| 5 | Reginald Oliffe , who 's 44 , was said in court at Cheltenham to have been a farmer for 25 years . |
| 6 | Margaret Hughes was said in court to have been a farmer for 40 years . |
| 7 | Chairman can I just clarify that we we 're saying up to the erm what I 've said in speaking was that two point one million beyond that what is actually in the budget erm which is . |
| 8 | He said that all the important things in life are said in Latin . |
| 9 | Would that we could as easily gather back all the things we have said in mistake over the years , gather them in and powder them down until not one trace of their original form is left . |
| 10 | Gently but firmly explain your point of view and listen very carefully to what is said in return . |
| 11 | The clause cited from the will , however , is not a pure example of a trust clause , for its purpose is not purely to confirm in trust form what has already been said in civil-law terms . |
| 12 | When the barrister made his remark he was not aware that no such document existed , although he believed that it did because of what his client had said in evidence . |
| 13 | William Webster , director of the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) , had said in evidence to the House armed services committee on Dec. 5 that sanctions " have dealt a serious blow " , shutting off " more than 90 per cent of imports and 97 per cent of exports " but that there was " no assurance or guarantee " that economic hardship would bring a change in Iraqi policy . |
| 14 | Many things can be said in conversation which assume a different weight when used , verbatim or otherwise , on the printed page . |
| 15 | Very little of what 's said in conversation is direct and meaningful . |
| 16 | During a three-day visit to the north of Russia beginning on April 28 , Yeltsin was reported to have said in conversation that the Congress , having failed to resolve the land issue , would have to be dissolved ; he reportedly called for a referendum to be held to alter the constitution accordingly . |
| 17 | Version ( i ) might be said in conversation on hearing someone 's name , as in this example : A : John Cleese is a very funny actor . |
| 18 | With very few exceptions the rule is that Parliament determines the maximum penalty and it is then for the courts , having heard the evidence , and seen the defendant in person , and heard what can be said in mitigation on his behalf , to decide upon the appropriate punishment in all the circumstances of the case . |
| 19 | At first she tended to listen and take in what was said in order to mull over it in the quiet of her own bed . |
| 20 | It means asking promoting questions and also repeating what seems to have been said in order to ask for clarification . |
| 21 | Whenever he spoke to the woman he regretted that he had not stamped his authority and demanded that Gwen should be released from Leconfield and transferred with him , but they had said in Century 's personnel that he must have a secretary who knew the ropes of the Service , and he had acquiesced . |
| 22 | Two other tournaments intervened before the Masters and one of them at Houston was washed out with hardly , as would be said in cricket , a ‘ ball being bowled ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'll have been provided for , ’ Dora had said in disapproval . |
| 24 | The Law Commissions of England and Scotland in their joint Report on the Interpretation of Statutes in 1969 and the Renton Committee on the Preparation of Legislation both recognised that there was much to be said in principle for relaxing the rule but advised against a relaxation at present on the same practical grounds as are reflected in the authorities . |
| 25 | In a statement issued on Nov. 10 Worner had said in reference to the opening of borders between East and West Germany ( see p. 37024 ) that " … we see this as part of an inevitable process ' . |
| 26 | It is , however , worth stressing what Jessop has said in support of his own neo-Marxist approach to the analysis of power and the state , because it emphasises both the strengths and weaknesses of the Marxist school of writings : ‘ an adequate theoretical analysis of the state [ and power ] must consider not only economic determinations but also those rooted in the distinctive organisation of the state as well as in the social division of labour between officialdom and people ’ . |
| 27 | Never a truer word is said in jest , Roirbak thought . |
| 28 | The BBC insisted : ‘ It was all said in jest . ’ |
| 29 | It takes as fact that employers , judges and Tory legislators can do no wrong , and so it is hardly surprising that it finds nothing to be said in favour of trade unions . |
| 30 | The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage . |