Example sentences of "[Wh pn] is said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The big question now is how soon the blond from Henley will eclipse the blonde from Finchley , who is said to be planning a speech which would make Joan of Arc sound hesitant . |
| 2 | A GHOST who is said to be the guardian spirit of Somerset orchards , in south-western England . |
| 3 | The said belle is one Miss Stephanie Lowe , a blonde beauty and person , who is said to be co-habiting with Mr Schofield in a ‘ luxury Thameside home ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ Many of the artists in the 1993 Biennial exhibition work consciously to deconstruct and de-center the politically constructed site of whiteness and its relation to the ever-changing direction of Americanness ’ , writes one newly appointed curator , who is said to be already organising an exhibition scheduled for 1995 on the deconstruction of the African-American male , ‘ the body provides an immediate site for discussions of culture , gender , class , and sexual specificity . |
| 5 | This evidently does not apply to God , who is said to be able ( although unlikely ) to create duplicate worlds . |
| 6 | It was built around the shrine of Saint Alban , a Roman centurion who is said to be the first person in Britain to be executed for the Christian faith . |
| 7 | Police have issued a description of the gunman , who is said to be aged between 29–30 , around six feet tall , of slim build with a thin face , dark eyebrows , narrow eyes and a long narrow nose . |
| 8 | The man who is said to be in his 40s and local was taken to the specialist burns unit at Whiston Hospital but his condition is not known . |