Example sentences of "[conj] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | This section has reviewed the main texts which assert ( or are said to assert ) the importance of the testator 's intention in trusts . |
| 2 | I propose , then , to look at how sex differences in language reflect , or are said to reflect , the natures or roles or statuses of women and men . |
| 3 | alright , well then building on that I do n't quite understand it , if you 're , you 're saying that those provisions that allow agents to pull for whatever funds are necessary are what , void to what extent to the extent that the funds are or are said to be erm needed to satisfy claims on policies which had you known that which you say you ought to have known , you would not have er authorised the agents to write , type rather long that , but I |
| 4 | Animals can not be parties to a lawsuit , or be said to be guilty , they can not be subject to the duties that attach to rights . |
| 5 | Medium shots come between these two extremes , and the length of their stay is generally decided by the action ; the shot is held for as long as something interesting is going on or being said . |
| 6 | Which is another way of saying that what he did , or is said to have done , at Highbury on Tuesday night , takes some believing . |
| 7 | Thus some things that are said to be going to happen , do happen . |
| 8 | Reactions to the riots have concentrated on a number of key variables that are said to characterize the localities in which the riots have occurred . |
| 9 | A solution of Jeyes fluid diluted to the manufacturers ' instructions can be sprinkled on the floor when needed , or you could try Stable Boy — crystals from a volcanic rock called zeolite that are said to absorb damp and help horses who normally cough when they come out of their boxes or start work . |
| 10 | In other words those very characteristics that are said to be proscribed by the importance the Japanese attach to group loyalty and deference to authority . |
| 11 | Such mobility may carry the stigma of personal failure or a defective personality that are said to be the result of ‘ soiling one 's curriculum vitae' ( Nakane 1973 p.111 ) . |
| 12 | So it is by no means impossible that the kraken and the other legendary sea monsters that are said to be able to rise from the deep and wrap ships in their tentacles , really exist . |
| 13 | Other companies prefer , you know , they 've got to be able to cope , but you , you , you know , you read various things that are said , and some companies are taking it much , much more seriously , and they 're realising the problems right the way down , right through the whole company that stress is causing , and trying to save money . |
| 14 | In , in many ways there 's , well there 's as well is that repeat a lot of the things that are said |
| 15 | No we said that 's how we were going to define us , erm define it , I distinctly remember that being said it would be defined |
| 16 | One by one , the arguments that were said to justify it are being abandoned . |
| 17 | ‘ Some of the things that were said last Sunday were the most severe I 've heard in my life . |
| 18 | Erm , it has actually worked , erm , in that it seems that there 's a very fair chance that er , in spite of the very discouraging things that were said by some of the people on my right when I moved this , erm , there is a very good chance now for a reasonable er , settlement in South Africa , which I think should erm , make everyone in this chamber very happy , and it is that , undoubtedly the case that economic pressure had a great deal to do with that . |
| 19 | The two that were said like , nine thirty to something which was like one o'clock , and it did n't say lunch like you could n't get any . |
| 20 | The waves around these rocks churn up a salty froth that is said to resemble cotton-wool , though to me it seemed more like the foaming spit of an angry sea-serpent . |
| 21 | It has four wheel drive as standard and a new turbocharged engine that is said to meet all current EC emission standards . |
| 22 | Proceedings in the Chamber are fully recorded so that everything that is said or done is available for the broadcasters to use in their programmes . |
| 23 | When we feel good we look good , so much that is said about health might equally well come under the heading of beauty . |
| 24 | In a field on the north side of the A758 Ayr/Mauchline road , about a mile west of Failford , there is the site of a tumulus that is said to have been the burial place of King Coilus . |
| 25 | You will not be unconscious at all , but will be able to hear and understand every word that is said . |
| 26 | But suppose we think that everything that is said purports to be a statement of fact , and suppose we think that for someone to be justified in saying what he says he must say it on the basis of something he has observed . |
| 27 | At the far end of Semer Water is a ruined building that is said to be the dwelling place of the charitable old couple . |
| 28 | That period is to all intents and purposes part of the sentence , and he ought to know everything that is said about him before it is fixed . |
| 29 | It is this " completeness " that is said to individuate a particular , although not in any " absolute " sense . |
| 30 | Erm one of the things that is said which is is that , in the flats , an exceptionally high proportion of tenants erm are reliant for for are on benefits . |