Example sentences of "it be said [that] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unix Systems Laboratories Inc president Roel Pieper and his boss-in-waiting , Novell Inc chief Ray Noorda were in Japan last week explaining to Unix Labs 's Japanese shareholders the ins and outs of the deal that 's been cut : it is said that some companies , perhaps ICL Plc and Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , were interested in somehow retaining their shares in the Unix firm . |
| 2 | It is said that more pigs are reared there than there are people in the entire country . |
| 3 | Most infections occur in childhood , although it is said that those adults who have escaped infection when young may be infected by their own children , a reversal of roles from congenital syphilis . |
| 4 | At the inception of the previous chapter it was said that all grants of power to public bodies could be broken down into two parts : if X exists , you may or shall do Y. |
| 5 | It was said that these teenagers were easily offended . |