Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trade union or union official calling its members out on strike is therefore protected but it has been said to be arguable that an individual striker has no protection against a claim that he uses unlawful means when he withdraws his labour because this situation does not appear to fall within section 13(1) . |
| 2 | It has been said to be a fundamental contradiction in the Weberian model of bureaucracy . |
| 3 | It has been said on high authority that |
| 4 | It has been said of him that he would rather live in his native country , and not be allowed to publish , than go elsewhere and be free to do so . |
| 5 | It has been said of them that ‘ in order to be different they dress exactly alike ’ ! |
| 6 | It has been said in defence of such publications that those who allow themselves to be depicted indecently are thereby ‘ waiving their own privacy rather than impeding or intruding upon that of others ’ . |
| 7 | It has been said in the case of Carpenter v Campbell [ 1953 ] 1 All ER. |
| 8 | However , it has been said in the context of applications for judicial review of decisions of bodies exercising powers to regulate takeovers that a remedy would not normally be given until after the takeover process was complete . |
| 9 | As a member of the Select Committee on Sittings of the House , I give nothing away — because it has been said in public session — when I say that consideration must be given to the views of the Lord President and the shadow Leader of the House about the timetabling of legislation , following some of the thinking on the subject of the Select Committee on Procedure . |
| 10 | It has been said by some writers that he had got caught up in an extravaganza far beyond both his intention and his control . |
| 11 | Indeed , it has been said by some professionals in the field that we are doing the students a disservice by attempting to break through their apathy since their main chance of happiness lies in their passive acceptance of traditional ‘ care ’ facilities . |
| 12 | The Yes Minister television series obviously deals in caricature , yet it has been said by insiders to be alarmingly close to the realities of the British political system . |
| 13 | It has been said by the courts that there are good reasons of public policy to enforce such time-limits : public programmes ought not to be suspended or held up indefinitely for fear of a challenge at some later date . |
| 14 | He went on to deny that they had amy political ends other than an end to discrimination : ‘ It has been said against this movement that its purpose is to unite Ireland and to unite the working class … |
| 15 | It has been said before but we must go on saying it until it happens : call a referundum and give us a vote . |
| 16 | It had been said in the past that there was a convention that the House of Lords would not pass amendments calculated to alter the kernel of a bill approved by the Commons , but in recent years amendments have gone much further than altering the fine details of the Bill . |
| 17 | It 's been said before that being well-known is a double-edged sword . |