Example sentences of "say [prep] [be] one " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Aerospace is said to be one of the key contenders to mount a rescue bid for Ferranti , a vital subcontractor providing navigational and radar equipment for BAe 's military aircraft . |
| 2 | The informal ceiling placed on share option deals by institutional investors is said to be one reason . |
| 3 | There is , in fact , every indication that Karajan was acutely aware of the temper of the times , though to find evidence of this we do not go to the random rag-bag of recordings he was permitted to make in the early 1940s but to what he immediately turned his mind to with Legge in Vienna in 1947 : Strauss 's Metamorphosen , a recording , still , of unparalleled intensity , and the Brahms German Requiem , a performance ( it was said to be one of Toscanini , s favourite records ) of unbearable directness and poignancy of utterance . |
| 4 | Bukharin 's own theory of capitalist crisis can be said to be one of disproportionality . |
| 5 | As a research project , it could be said to be one of the ‘ old-fashioned ’ kind ; it had to be done on a shoestring . |
| 6 | The former , the central panel of which depicts the Crucifixion , is said to be one of the finest examples in the North of the noted stained glass expert , William Morris . |
| 7 | Paddy Ashdown , on the other hand , is said to be one of the fittest MPs at Westminster but according to his camp , ‘ he likes to keep his fitness regime out of the headlines ’ . |
| 8 | The difference is said to be one of place , the place of the sensation in the body qua sensitive . |
| 9 | The examples listed earlier suggest that it covers a vast variety of relations ; for example the relation between capitalists and workers is said to be one of oppression , while that between factions of the ruling class might be competition . |
| 10 | While head of the Darmstadt development centre Jurgen Wegner would provide no further details , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is said to be one of the hot favourites to win the multimillion dollar contract . |
| 11 | According to the German weekly Computerwoche , Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG is said to be one of the hot favourites to win the multimillion dollar contract . |
| 12 | If substantial public funds are to be made over to voluntary associations then , as Griffiths intimates , some form of audit ‘ becomes essential : and this raises the question of the independence of voluntary organisations , which is said to be one of their great virtues . |
| 13 | This is said to be one of the best angling waters in the Midlands although this nearly changed a year ago when a slug of pollution threatened to wipe out 100,000 fish . |
| 14 | Dissatisfaction with facilities offered to the ARC fleet in Barbados is said to be one of the chief reasons why the destination has changed , although a hint of rancour appeared to cloud references to the former destination . |
| 15 | He was said to be one of the highest-placed spies unmasked by Soviet intelligence in recent years . |
| 16 | Er the worst side obviously will be the drill bit side where Retool is not very significant in the North Sea Hycal on the other hand has a very strong market presence here er and Reler being submersible pumps and base based in enhanced recovery I would say the effect would be relatively neutral , though they do a lot of business with companies like B P who are said to be one of the beneficiaries . |
| 17 | Anthony Gould was said to be one of the most unpopular men in the prison because of a crusade against drug abuse . |
| 18 | If we take the two words ‘ my turn ’ , the relationship between and , between and and between and is said to be one of close juncture . |
| 19 | We 're very pleased , we put in about 18 months really hard work on this , we 've er done our development funding , we 've put in our plan which is said to be one of the best plans in the country , we worked very hard , we 're very pleased . |
| 20 | After two circuits of the massive parade ground , said to be one of the largest in Great Britain , everyone is satisfied and the recruits return to their accommodation While the band retires for some well-earned refreshments . |