Example sentences of "[is] said [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The search for the nature of the distinctively gay sensibility can be productively redirected as an exploration of the limitations of the aesthetic as conventionally understood , especially the way it is said to transcend the socio-political , and used in support of the proposition that discrimination is the essence of culture . |
| 2 | So diminished status differentials in private companies is said to reflect the existence of a more egalitarian society where leadership is based on personal merit . |
| 3 | The recompile is said to link the application function-by-function to Bristol 's own library rather than to Microsoft 's Software Development Kit . |
| 4 | The " continuum " which is said to link the high and low varieties results from the fact that individuals in the community have differential access to these varieties depending on their social status and social relationships at home and at work . |
| 5 | Not only that , it also seems to be true that certain herbs are good company for other plants , discouraging pests and diseases ; for instance , chives and garlic have some ability to prevent roses being infected with black spot , and chamomile is said to improve the health of young plants if they are weak and slow to grow . |
| 6 | It is this special relationship , whereby the solicitor ‘ like all professional men always puts his client 's interests before his own ’ ( Monopolies and Mergers Commission Report 1976b ) that is said to take the profession outside the market forces of the business world . |
| 7 | This incident was the cue for an unkind comment in a column by Sir John Junor : " Isn " t it an extraordinary coincidence that the reported ransom of £3 million … is exactly the amount , including interest , which Mr Schild is said to owe the London merchant bank of Keyser Ullman ? |
| 8 | Unisys Corp has signed up to use Univel Inc 's UnixWare as the operating system on those iAPX-86-based U 6000 workstations and entry-level servers it 's expected to introduce this spring : the agreement is said to mark the start of a close strategic alliance between the pair . |
| 9 | The agreement is said to mark the beginning of a close strategic alliance between the two companies . |
| 10 | In most histories the massacre is said to mark the end of Mughal Delhi 's greatness , yet Khan clearly sees the invasion as only a temporary setback for the city . |
| 11 | It requires , in all but the most self-evident cases , the recognition that the content which is given to concepts such as proportionality will be dependent upon the identification of the particular political theory which is said to warrant the conclusion which is being drawn . |
| 12 | This elongated , rocky finger , which gets its name from the ancient word for dragon , is said to resemble the creature at rest . |
| 13 | When such a relationship is established between a response category and an environmental event , the event is said to reinforce the behaviour . |
| 14 | For the designation of the state as ‘ a tool , is said to imply that it is an inert object which can be moulded and manipulated by the ruling class ; and this in turn is said to carry the misleading connotation that the ruling class has a ‘ will ’ . |
| 15 | The relatively large diaphragm area is said to extend the bass response and the claimed frequency range is 15–30,000Hz . |
| 16 | The wine is said to give the drinker special strength . |
| 17 | Following the work of social anthropologists on group dependence , company loyalty is said to give the Japanese much greater emotional satisfaction than overt individualism . |
| 18 | This is said to block the way to true communion with the spiritual force . |
| 19 | Unlimited liability is said to underpin the integrity of a Lloyd 's insurance policy . |
| 20 | The line between the two is said to provide the justification for judicial review . |
| 21 | Cow-dung is said to make the mixture more pliable : without it the plaster would crack as soon as it was dry . |
| 22 | On the north-west corner of the tower is an ordnance survey mark ( approximately level with the key-hole ) which is said to indicate the height of the tower of Holy Trinity church at Kingston-upon-Hull . |
| 23 | This test factor is said to interpret the relationship between the two variables ; it opens up the black box to show how the effect occurs . |
| 24 | Here the half-section is said to convert the load to impedance at the input . |
| 25 | Could she be the ‘ White Lady ’ who is said to haunt the district ? |
| 26 | If in addition we require that the production function is said to satisfy the Inada ( 1963 ) conditions , but we do not necessarily want to impose these restrictions . |
| 27 | The plot is said to bring the disbanded soul group together in New York , where they hang out in Irish pubs and eventually play a concert . |
| 28 | A split in the personality , wherein two or more fairly separate and coherent systems of being exist alternatively in the same person , is different from the split between cognition and affect that is said to produce the schizophrenic 's behaviour . |
| 29 | The haddock is said to bear the fingerprint of St Peter — two dark smudges behind the gills — as he took the fish from the water . |
| 30 | Gilbey , who works for the Norfolk-based Formula One racing car firm Team Lotus , is said to want the property , called the Thatched Cottage , in the autumn and winter . |