Example sentences of "were said [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This had been so ‘ from ancient times ’ ( izdrevle ) , and the peoples living within this vast area were said to be undertaking their seasonal migrations with Russian permission . |
| 2 | Serbian units were said to be conducting house-to-house searches last night after ordering Muslims and Croats to surrender their weapons . |
| 3 | The major network evening news programmes were being watched by an estimated 50 — 60 million people and 65 per cent of people were said to be getting 100 per cent of their news from such programmes . |
| 4 | They were said to be shaped like squid or octopuses , with many arms that could pluck men from ships , and even drag whole boats to the bottom of the sea . |
| 5 | The three remaining Sunni factions were said to be refusing to talk to Kabul . |
| 6 | The first enlistments to the Macedonian army were reported on April 13 , although Albanians were said to be refusing to obey the call-up . |
| 7 | Painting as an art form became news once more , and young artists were said to be rediscovering a Romantic tradition in English painting that encompassed landscape artists from Turner to Paul Nash , and visionaries from Blake to Stanley Spencer . |
| 8 | Summaries of the report given to staff were said to be met ‘ with a stunned silence ’ . |
| 9 | Most of them went to the cities , or at any rate out of traditional rural pursuits , to find their way as best they could in strange , frightening , but at best boundlessly hopeful new worlds , where the city pavements were said to be paved with gold , though immigrants rarely picked up more than some copper . |
| 10 | All the accountants in the case were said to be acting as experts and not as arbitrators , and the determination was to be final and binding for all purposes . |
| 11 | Lithuania and Estonia were said to be considering the idea of transitional currencies ; in May Lithuania introduced coupons in 200 and 500 denominations , paid as a percentage of wages and used for goods in short supply . |
| 12 | Its feathers were long , silken and of every imaginable colour , and were said to be infused with the glow of Paradise . |
| 13 | Workmen were said to be removing loads of so-called chips three times a day , and even to be building huts from waste timber in which to store chips they were unable to carry out at once . |
| 14 | The so called ‘ four wolves ’ — Greece , Albania , Serbia and Bulgaria — were said to be circling their prey , ready to pounce and rip the then unrecognised country to shreds . |
| 15 | Troops of the 1,500-strong Senegalese ECOMOG contingent were said to be holding off NPFL guerrillas attacking a strategic bridge 7 km north of central Monrovia . |
| 16 | Groups like the Welsh Language Society and the Free Wales Army were said to be training freedom fighters in the mountains and he was barracked everywhere he went . |
| 17 | Of the old people 's homes , 56 per cent were said to be run by the Council , 6 per cent by a charity and 39 per cent were private . |
| 18 | The imports were said to be stifling local recycling industries . |
| 19 | FOUR suspects were said to be sheltering there ; as it turned out , they were not . |
| 20 | Interest was also expressed over another site in the village , adjacent to the school , which East Hampshire District Council were said to be looking at with a view to a second affordable housing development . |
| 21 | Some underwriters were said to be selling to hedge their commitment . |
| 22 | High-ranking officials were said to be rigging privatization to their own advantage , using their influence in local administrations . |
| 23 | Even some members of the Party and its affiliates were said to be included . |
| 24 | In an effort to boost food production , office workers were reported to have been redeployed from Havana to farm jobs , and 20,000 Havana residents were said to be working shifts outside the city . |
| 25 | There were reports also of intercommunal fighting at the southern port town of Kismayu , from which thousands of hungry civilians were said to be fleeing northwards . |
| 26 | Some of the stones were said to be stained with blood . |
| 27 | Toby was referring to one of the great stars in the American golfing firmament whom the sponsors were said to be paying £50,000 in appearance money , much to the disgust of most of the other professionals . |
| 28 | By mid-February food stocks were said to be running low ; according to local reports , soldiers were sent to Matadi , the country 's main port , to unload ships and transport goods to the capital . |
| 29 | Amidst such confusion as this , however , the press was more commonly inclined to shout down the leniency of magistrates , or ‘ this appalling apathy on the part of the police ’ , because if in some quarters the press were accused of bulling up the Hooligan affair , elsewhere the police were said to be playing it down . |
| 30 | Around Sheffield this was known as the " stuffing system " and prices were said to be overvalued three-fold . |