Example sentences of "it [be] said [conj] [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | Firstly , it is said that this is not a case in which interim relief is appropriate or possible at all . |
2 | It is said that this was one principal factor behind the setting up of a number of Court of Session rules setting out expedited procedures back in 1988 . |
3 | It was said that these were not made for Blackpool , but for another buyer . |
4 | ‘ It was said that this was the place where the tide came in first and went out last , but this recession has barely affected us so far ’ , announces Richard Needham , minister of state for Northern Ireland . |
5 | In Rice v. Connolly , the landmark decision establishing that this is the law , it was said that this was so because a refusal to answer questions was not ‘ wilful , ’ an expression that their Lordships interpreted to mean ‘ without lawful excuse . ’ |