Example sentences of "said [to-vb] be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Constructive knowledge , which is said to exist were the accused ought to have realised that certain circumstances prevail and has failed to make the enquires a reasonable person would have made , is not applicable since ‘ knowingly ’ connotes either intention or a subjective awareness of the relevant facts . |
| 2 | It is said to have been the biggest women 's gathering since suffrage days , a little more than half a century before … |
| 3 | That general attitude of the South 's is said to have been the most striking impression retained by Ripa di Meana , the EC environment commissioner , from talks during his first year in office ( 1989 ) with Third World ministers and officials . |
| 4 | She is considered incredibly bright , capable , and is said to have been the prime mover in persuading Mr Lamont to reduce tax on new cars — a popular move in last month 's Budget statement . |
| 5 | It is said to have been the first large bridge in the country made with a level roadway ( i.e. not rising towards the crown ) . |
| 6 | He is said to have been the joint author , with Donaldson , of the Commissioner 's design for the Crystal Palace in 1850 . |
| 7 | Adam is said to have been the herald of the Taurean Age ( the age of the bull which gives life ) , while Abraham began the Age of Aries ( sacrificing the ram instead of his son ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Sargasso Sea is also said to have been the site of the ancient lost island of Atlantis where the eels could have once again found fresh water and been able to feed after spawning in the nearby sea . |
| 10 | He met Fanny Blandy , who is said to have been the only person to understand what he was talking about , and she used flags to signal to him in the harbour from the family Quinta da Santa Luzia . |
| 11 | Strongly associated with industry and growth , his gift to the people was said to have been the pick-axe , and his likeness was often placed by a new roadway or building . |
| 12 | This is said to have been the scene of the Faroese legend of the eagle and the baby . |
| 13 | Tim Renton could be said to have been the first to grasp this nettle . |
| 14 | This is said to have been the last contact between the Judaeo-Christian Nazareans and the coalescing orthodoxy based on Pauline thought . |
| 15 | An early occupant is said to have been the villainous Lord Soulis , who in the ballad of the Cout of Keilder forces the head of his noble visitor under a pool in the Hermitage Water to drown him . |
| 16 | Janet 's Foss ( foss = force = waterfall ) is said to have been the haunt of a witch or water sprite called Jennet . |
| 17 | The company is also said to have been the beneficial owner of £346,800 held by solicitors in London . |
| 18 | Cornford is said to have been the first Englishman to enlist in the International Brigade to fight against Franco . |
| 19 | His briskness of pace off the pitch became legendary , and he is said to have been the first bowler deliberately to have deployed the seam in his technique . |
| 20 | His novels were praised by the first Earl of Balfour , and were said to have been the favourite reading of Queen Alexandra . |
| 21 | Stein is often said to have been the inventor of the escapement for the German action . |
| 22 | The money was said to have been the profits from drug-trafficking and kidnappings . |
| 23 | There is some support for the proposition that such a loan , if made to a person fully capable of repaying the same and , for instance , charged against property in the United Kingdom , gives the taxpayer minimal benefit from the case of O " Leary v McKinlay [ 1991 ] STC 42 where Vinelott J at p51 , dealing with a Schedule E beneficial loan , stated the following : If an employer lends money to an employee free of interest or at a favourable rate of interest and if the employee is free to exploit the money in any manner he chooses his employment can not be said to have been the source of the income derived from the exploitation ; the employer is the source of the money and the taxpayer is assessable to tax under Sch E on the benefit to him of obtaining the loan on the terms on which the loan was made ; but if the loan is repayable on demand that benefit can not be quantified and form the basis of an assessment under Sch E. It is arguable if property is held by a non-resident trust for A for life and B absolutely that if the trustees lend money to A at interest then if A allows the trustees not to pursue him in his capacity as borrower for the interest that no benefit will arise . |