Example sentences of "[pron] [be] said [conj] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes the bible surprises us a little bit of course , and it puts it finger on things that we perhaps do n't really want to talk about or we do n't even consider as sins and the bible is quite clear that not all sins are what we do often there what we do n't do in parable that Jesus told concerning the traveller , the man who went down to Jericho , we do n't condemn the priest and the levite for what they did , but we do condemn them for what they did n't do , their sin was not what they did , it was what they left undone , going over and looking at the man was very note worthy , as least there was some interest there and we do n't condemn them for that , but we do condemn them for hurrying along and not reaching out and helping the man in the Pistol of James and chapter four and verse seventeen James says there , any one then who knows the good he ought to do and does n't do it , sins so the sins that you and I comment or the sins rather that we are guilty of are not just the things that we do there of times the things that we do n't do and sometimes there more difficult for us to put a finger on , we can justify them so very easily its been said that all it needs for evil to triumph , is for good men to say or to do nothing well lets look at the , that , illu illustration there that we have in the second book of kings . |
| 2 | But can it be said that such a duty lies on individuals and groups ? |
| 3 | Detinue lay where a man was in possession of another 's goods and refused to give them up but could it be said that such a mere refusal was a positive act ? |
| 4 | It is said that neither of the plaintiffs actually signed this acceptance , their apparent signatures being forgeries made by a person or persons unknown on behalf of the conspirators or their connected companies . |
| 5 | If it is said that that word is capable of a neutral meaning , my answer is that , in order to read section 3(1) harmoniously with section 1(1) in its natural sense , ‘ assumption ’ must receive a unilateral meaning . |
| 6 | Just briefly , I have been correspondence right back erm it 's difficult to see why that land was designated for land except that it 's agricultural land and erm my point is that the gradient on a lot of the site , especially on the northern erm banks is one in five and one in seven and to build on that would erm well even said that the building would be imponderous so I mean i it just is n't a suitable site , apart from the link road , for , for housing either because the gradient there would , would be very erm difficult from a landscape point of view a there 's nothing they could do to improve the till you know the turn of the century and they are and through all the planning papers from nineteen eighty five it is said that that Hill ca n't be improved so I mean unless they do something erm dramatic , I ca n't see what they can do , I mean it just is n't a suitable site for development . |
| 7 | It is said that each of these elements has a symbolic meaning . |
| 8 | Under Ord. 53 these procedures can only be used if the court so orders , although it is said that such an order should be no less readily made than in other types of proceedings ( by originating summons ) where such an order is needed . |
| 9 | The huntsman could then claim the dragon 's treasure hoard , and it is said that many of the noble houses of England were thus financed . |
| 10 | The potential for growth had been retained and it is said that some of today 's bulls gain weight faster than continental breeds such as the Charolais ; the meat itself is now of much better quality . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is said that some crime syndicates have collected so many paintings that they have set up their own galleries . |
| 13 | It is said that this ghost still beats his eerie tattoo during times of war . |
| 14 | It is said that this stimulates circulation and the flow of the lymphatic fluid , eases the nervous system , helps to release toxins and tensions from the muscles and stimulates the hormonal system . |
| 15 | ( Lewis , 1973 , p. 33 ; Stalnaker , 1975 , p. 173 ) It is said that this proves the failure of transitivity — the three statements are Unexceptionable and the third does not follow from the first two . |
| 16 | Firstly , it is said that this is not a case in which interim relief is appropriate or possible at all . |
| 17 | ( 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 . |
| 18 | It is said that this course was wholly unnecessary . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It is said that more pigs are reared there than there are people in the entire country . |
| 21 | It is said that these underground beings , djinn , rise in the half light of pre-dawn and in the twilight . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy , they first make mad , and it is clear that Tory Ministers are mad . |
| 24 | If it be said that such an accident is an involuntary mischief , would it have been a binding promise if the testator had said , ‘ I will give you £100 a year while you continue in your present chambers ’ ? |
| 25 | 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. |
| 26 | It was said that these were not made for Blackpool , but for another buyer . |
| 27 | It was said that these teenagers were easily offended . |
| 28 | Students held secret meetings and there were rumours of plots to assassinate Mussolini , but these always failed , and It was said that those involved were given long prison sentences or suffered a worse fate . |
| 29 | It was said that this made the assaults particularly dreadful . |
| 30 | 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 ’ . |