Example sentences of "there [be] said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Maps have been drawn to illustrate just what organ is linked to which part of the sole but the soles are not the only areas used : there are said to be reflexes on the tops of the feet and a short way up the backs of the legs . |
2 | William may or may not have been a rogue and charlatan ; there are said to be many such in Panama , which as a crossroads for the modern world radiates a special magnetism for crews of ne'er-do-wells . |
3 | A self certification programme for Wabi vendors starts in June — though there are said to be only a dozen Windows applications up on it and the thing still does n't print — Wabi 1.0 will be out in the summer . |
4 | At the peak of the breeding season there are said to be perhaps a quarter of a million sooty terns nesting on Aride , but now in October there were only a few hundred . |
5 | If : then there are said to be economies of scope at the output level concerned . |
6 | There are said to be three preconditions of a common-law system based upon judicial precedent : |
7 | There are said to be some mystic rivers one drop of which can steal a man 's life away . |
8 | There are said to be two reasons for referring the valuation of a company 's shares to its auditors . |
9 | His right to the throne was distinctly tenuous ; there were said to be 57 people , if Roman Catholics were included , with a better claim . |
10 | But there were said to be no signs of a break-in . |
11 | Between men and women , too , there is said to be a barrier . |
12 | There is said to be a grandmother at Ross Carbery who can sing the whole of ‘ The Battle of Ross Carbery ’ , another local ballad . |
13 | In the key marginal seat of Stretchford North , for instance , where John Grudge , nephew of the veteran retiring member Arthur Grudge , is standing for Labour against the Conservative Mike Jelkes ( formerly known as the Hon M. S. B. St J. St X. Haggard-Jelkes ) and the Liberal Democrat Frank Pale-Jones , a former official of the British Boring Board of Control , there is said to be such a degree of apathy that any one of the 26 ‘ fringe ’ candidates may easily win . |
14 | In most countries the other sexually transmitted diseases are not reported , but , where they are , there is said to be a general increase in all infections , particularly non-specific urethritis . |
15 | There is said to be , always , one bright spot on the horizon . |
16 | There is said to be an area on the knee called The Three-Mile Point ; it sounds wonderful for runners because , practitioners say , if you touch it in the right way , you 'll have enough energy to run another three miles . |
17 | Apparently , however , WABI has been turned into a product and packaged , and there is said to be some kind of cross-productisation afoot with parent company Sun Microsystems Inc . |
18 | Similarly there is said to be ‘ the opportunity for increasing the manageability of the whole system ’ by enabling local network management to extend into the wide area network . |
19 | There is said to be a rough period of about 100 days , but I have never been able to confirm this . |
20 | Although the tasks that make up housework are dissimilar , there is said to be a ‘ sameness ’ about them which derives from their frequent need to be repeated , their lack of intrinsic meaning , and the impermanence of the goals they achieve . |
21 | Many baby orangs are caught in the forests of Indonesia and taken by ship to Taiwan , where they are sold as pets , shop props and showbiz gimmicks — so many , in fact , that there is said to be a greater density of orangs in Taiwan 's capital city , Taipei , than in their own habitat . |
22 | There is said to be a Slovene General 4,000 Serbs 4,000 White Russians Probably the same as those which attempted to surrender to us two nights ago . |
23 | There is said to be many decorated examples using dot and line relief , but I have found only two such decorated ones during my twenty years of detecting . |
24 | There is said to be mismatch between the mother tongue and the target language at these points . |
25 | In cases ( a ) and ( b ) where the thing promised or performed is precisely the thing which the promisor is already bound to do and no more , and there is no dispute that he is bound to do it , there is said to be no consideration or only illusory consideration for the new promise , and it is not enforceable . |
26 | In this event there is said to be market failure . |
27 | If the market does not achieve an efficient allocation of resources there is said to be market failure . |
28 | Oscillation is clearly just prevented and there is said to be critical damping ( refer back to figure 4.15(b) ) |
29 | There were two old linebacked bulls and seven bull calves at the time to help fix the colour , which was not unlike that of the Longhorn , an English breed which had been widespread in eighteenth-century Ireland ( there was said to be a ‘ hornless Longhorn ’ in Cumberland in the nineteenth century ) . |
30 | The refugee camp there was said to be acting as a " magnet " , encouraging more Haitians to put to sea , and it was confirmed that the camp would be phased out . |