Example sentences of "which [was/were] said [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began as a protest against the alleged peremptory nature of the decision by the NCB to close some working coal mines which were said to be uneconomic . |
| 2 | The music halls , professional football , the ‘ penny dreadful ’ comics and the ‘ penny bloods ’ which were said to be inducements to crime and immorality , the rowdy presence of working-class people at seaside resorts on Bank Holiday excursions , the evening promenade of young people that was ridiculed by their elders as the ‘ monkey parade ’ , the depravity and violence associated with the pub — they all came under attack at different times . |
| 3 | South Korea called on the North to accept inspection of its nuclear facilities , which were said to be well advanced in developing a nuclear device [ see p. 38396 ] . |
| 4 | Earlier the court had been shown a quantity of bricks and stones some of which were said to be bloodstained , and a heavy iron bar . |
| 5 | Those of Buchan preferred black , or black with a touch of white on the udder , which was said to be a sign of a good milker . |
| 6 | On yet another occasion at Alexandra Park Race Day in 1898 , which was said to be ‘ infested with a crowd of scoundrels and ruffians of the worst race-course stamp ’ , when police arrested a pick-pocket ‘ the constables were surrounded by a crowd , who kicked them and brutally ill-treated them , and released the prisoner ’ . |
| 7 | The Spectator ( 27 August 1898 ) had provided the clearest statement of the degenerative thesis , identifying the ‘ London Larrikins , as a throwback or ‘ reverted type ’ which was said to be ‘ one of the very central ideas of evolutionary doctrine ’ produced by ‘ every kind of artificial civilisation ’ . |
| 8 | Based on information from police and village heads , some of the 66 people still missing were believed to be dead ( although no other graves had been discovered ) , while the rest were reported to have joined a " trouble-maker group " which was said to be in hiding , according to an ABRI official . |
| 9 | She was now to be seen in a small cubby-hole next to Mr Malik 's office , typing furiously , or on the phone to an organization called the Islamic World Unity Fund , which was said to be about to offer Mr Malik and Mr Shah a large sum in US dollars . |
| 10 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |