Example sentences of "said [that] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that this ghost still beats his eerie tattoo during times of war . |
| 2 | By trigonometry , we have already said that this component has magnitude proportional to sin u . |
| 3 | It must be said that this technique for measuring capacitance is not particularly new . |
| 4 | In common with Category 2 of the New South Wales legislation , it has been said that this offence is ‘ more significant for what it fails to include [ than ] for what it does include . ’ |
| 5 | They wilt readily learn to distinguish light from dark and there is some evidence that they can also distinguish patterns and colours , although it must be said that this capacity is extremely limited compared with the normal capacities of the animals concerned ( Pasik and Pasik 1982 ) . |
| 6 | When he appeared before the magistrate at lowly Clerkenwell , charged with ‘ willfully ringing several door bells and knocking at the doors in Upper Street , Islington , without lawful excuse ’ it was said that this kind of mischief — like the Cremorne Gardens affray — was a ‘ frequent occurrence ’ . |
| 7 | It is said that this course was wholly unnecessary . |
| 8 | On the other hand , it could be said that this type of objection does not relate to reasonableness but is concerned with breach . |
| 9 | But the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have said that this unemployment and recession are a price well worth paying . |
| 10 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 11 | Whilst owing his debt to Lorca , it has to be said that this volume is markedly conservative . |
| 12 | It could also be said that this quotation applies to school librarians , as part of the educational workforce . |
| 13 | Sadly the loco is showing its age , and the GC has always said that this final six months is a matter of gently does it . |
| 14 | It could be said that this assimilation had become ‘ fixed ’ as part of the phonological structure of English syllables , since exceptions are almost non-existent . |
| 15 | However , it must be said that this paper is not an attempt to cast management in an entirely negative light and then to oppose that with an equally ‘ rosy ’ view of professionalism — with the implication that management must recede and that professionalism should advance . |