Example sentences of "[pron] [am/are] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad that those that have them are said to be ‘ tea-bagging ’ them — moving their precious chips from system to system to prove to customers that their box works , then quickly back into the safe . |
| 2 | The pilotari or players took to wearing more elaborate gloves or other prosthetic aids in propelling the ball , and what had once been a lo wish wall at the end of the playing area was built higher and higher to contain the far greater velocities , while the courts themselves became longer , until some of them are said to have reached 100 metres . |
| 3 | Witnesses said armed soldiers kept up an overnight siege at Kinshasa 's People 's Palace conference centre because the notes used to pay them are said to be cursed and are almost impossible to spend . |
| 4 | The gentleman with the white waistcoat was standing at the gate with his hands behind him after having delivered himself having witnessed with the donkey he smiled rejoicedly when that the door , he saw at once it was Mr Mr smiled as he pursued the I am said the gentleman in the white waistcoat |
| 5 | I bought him some of those cheekies Hey you know I 'm said I knew I forgotten something out of Gateways , do n't you ? |
| 6 | Under threat are the world 's drylands , which are said to constitute about 35 per cent of the world 's land area and support some 850 million people . |
| 7 | At Augusta , more than at almost any other golf course , disaster stalks the champions , particularly on the greens — which are said to be in fine , fiery form this year . |
| 8 | There are in existence some brief audio recordings of alleged two-way radio conversations between Blake and Bourke which are said to have been made in October 1966 . |
| 9 | Under Fordism mass consumption was a consequence of mass production ; whilst with post-Fordism , it is changes in consumption and the identification of specialist markets which are said to determine changes in production . |
| 10 | Both of these words which are said to be inadequate fail to satisfy one or other of the criteria outlined for a wording to establish a trust . |
| 11 | But , whatever you do , you must never forget that there are a lot of very important things which are said to come from ‘ god ’ , and which nevertheless , we all believe to be good . |
| 12 | For another , although finer distinctions are made among both Shetlanders and incomers , the stereotypes which are said to characterise the sub-divisions of each group do not differ so much in kind as in degree . |
| 13 | Consider , for example , two of the conditions which are said to be necessary for Monitor use : time and focus on form . |
| 14 | Married Sarfraz , of School Road , Hounslow , would not comment on the alleged offences which are said to have taken place last Wednesday . |
| 15 | I have contended that the success , and for that matter failure , of blacks in sport has nothing to do with so-called physical characteristics which they are all meant to share , nor with psychological predispositions which they clearly do not have , and certainly not with physical inheritances which are said to have been somehow transmitted genetically from their slave forefathers . |
| 16 | The central section , ‘ New States of Consciousness and Social Change ’ then deals with a range of beliefs and attitudes which are said to have followed in the wake of these developments , and in particular with what Le Roy Ladurie calls ‘ a deep and sometimes lasting permutation in peasant mentality ’ . |
| 17 | It is believed that Sun and Unix Labs , which are said to recognise the potential hiccups with WABI , may try an advanced game of one-upmanship with Microsoft , putting AT&T Co 's patent portfolio , containing such things as Backing Store , in the balance against Windows . |
| 18 | Finally , there is the question of mother-daughter relationships , which are said to have a special quality and status which has ramifications across the whole of family life . |
| 19 | Ideological state apparatuses ( ISAs ) include a very wide range of institutions which are said to perform the ‘ state ’ function of ensuring social stability . |
| 20 | Lifetime employment and seniority wages which are said to be the two defining features of the Japanese labour market , are closely related . |
| 21 | Furthermore … in an individual 's experience the acquisition of rites and beliefs precedes the emotions which are said to accompany them later in adult life . |
| 22 | But those fertile cultural fields which are said to have been generated and sustained by this vitalizing flow of truly native experience turn out to be presently inhabited only by a " limited section " of the society . |
| 23 | Here it is not a case of " encouraging " local cultural development but of attempting to " wean " people away from such influences as the " cheap sensational periodicals " which are said to blunt their imagination , and — importantly — cause them to " recoil from " and perhaps even " come to dislike literature . |
| 24 | Bankruptcy proceedings appear to have been taken against the plaintiffs by B.M.T. Receiving orders were made against them in the county court but , on appeal , these orders were , it is said , rescinded on terms which are not stated but which are said to have been fulfilled . |
| 25 | Japanese has two suffixes , -wa and -ga , the functions of which are explained in different ways by different linguists but which are said to mark , among other things , topic and non-topic respectively . |
| 26 | More than this , many constitutional authorities have become uneasy about the behaviour of governments in the light of the doctrines of mandate and the manifesto which are said to give effective power to party activists and extremists outside of parliament . |
| 27 | Other decisions which are said to be examples of the substantive meaning of unreasonable could equally be resolved through the more traditional conceptions of purpose and relevancy . |
| 28 | Kung fu artists aim their attacks at the body 's vital spots , which are said to be located along an imaginary line running down the middle of the body . |
| 29 | There are minor exceptions where small units , which are said to compete with the private sector produce accounts showing a true and fair view . |
| 30 | Every British geology student knows about the " liver-coloured " quartzite pebbles which are found in our Triassic conglomerates ( referred to earlier ) and which are said to have come all the way from the Ordovician " Gres Armoricain " and " Gres de May " of Brittany ( plate 1.13 ) , even though this implies the transportation of pebbles up to 20 or 30 cm diameter for several hundred kilometres up to the English Midlands . |