Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [be] said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undoubtedly the most important group of works by the artist to appear at auction for many years , the canvases are said to be in extremely good condition . |
| 2 | All the candidates were said to be in favour of free legislative elections and economic reform . |
| 3 | The words were said with such good humour and aggressive sureness that it would have been impossible to take offence . |
| 4 | The footsteps are said to be those of an unfortunate platelayer who was killed shortly after the introduction of the electric trains . |
| 5 | The imports were said to be stifling local recycling industries . |
| 6 | Toby was referring to one of the great stars in the American golfing firmament whom the sponsors were said to be paying £50,000 in appearance money , much to the disgust of most of the other professionals . |
| 7 | Despite their vivid appearance when seen in bright sunlight on open grassland , the zebras are said to be well camouflaged in broken cover at dawn and dusk , when predators are active and the light is dim . |
| 8 | The forgeries are said to be good quality copies . |
| 9 | International Business Machines Corp and IBM Credit Corp appear to be seeking $4,600m of revolving credit in the international syndicated loan market , Reuter reports from New York ; the loans are said to be being arranged by Credit Suisse and syndicated to a group of relationship banks , each of which has been asked to commit around $500m . |
| 10 | The characters were said to be stiff . |
| 11 | When two closely related species have similar behavioural patterns or capacities , and this similarity is due to their having a common origin , then the behaviours are said to be homologous . |
| 12 | Each cooking function can be used singularly or simultaneously and the controls are said to be simple to operate . |
| 13 | In this case the liquids are said to be partially miscible . |
| 14 | Efforts to control whaling between the wars was said to be for the purposes of resource conservation ; that they were really concerned with managing the flow of whale oil through international markets . |
| 15 | The differences are said to be the following : |
| 16 | The Tigers were said by the government to have blown up the defence minister , Ranjan Wijeratne , in March 1991 , and a general , Denzil Kobbekaduwa , in August 1992 . |
| 17 | By contrast 85 per cent of the pupils were said by their teachers to have no experience of Example 14 , although it produced one of the highest success rates among the lowest third . |
| 18 | All the men are said to be between 20 and 30 . |
| 19 | The negotiations were said to be part of ongoing secret negotiations backed by the Presidents of Croatia and Serbia . |
| 20 | Amidst such confusion as this , however , the press was more commonly inclined to shout down the leniency of magistrates , or ‘ this appalling apathy on the part of the police ’ , because if in some quarters the press were accused of bulling up the Hooligan affair , elsewhere the police were said to be playing it down . |
| 21 | After all the Spartans were said to be relatives of the Sabines who had given many wives and some kings to the Romans . |
| 22 | The cows were said to be no more than fair milkers , but their milk was particularly creamy . |
| 23 | Some of the stones were said to be stained with blood . |
| 24 | Three of the five who had no visitors were said by the people we interviewed to have had no relatives . |