Example sentences of "[be] said have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was wondering if , strictly speaking , a vicarage could be said to have a lounge — he would have thought not . |
| 2 | ‘ But in the case of such an animated film , there would n't be anything behind the cartoon sofa ; not only that , the sofa could n't be said to have a behind at all . |
| 3 | Can societies which lack either law courts or judges be said to have a system of law ? |
| 4 | I can not be said to have a life outside these four walls . |
| 5 | Chomsky ( 1957 : 100 ) goes even further , for he holds that to is a morpheme that " can hardly be said to have a meaning in any independent sense " . |
| 6 | Jim Nicholson , the chairman of Down Royal , could also be said to have a grievance for he has sponsored three of the National Hunt races on the Saturday card and in fact has put his money where his mouth is . |
| 7 | Under what circumstances can women be said to have a domain of their own ? |
| 8 | Their front end has a mouth below and a few light-sensitive spots above so that the animal can be said to have the beginnings of a head . |
| 9 | Such topics are kept ‘ off the agenda ’ by the dominant group who may then be said to have the power of non-decision-making as well as decision-making . |
| 10 | Each citizen may be said to have the right not to have sexual choices imposed on him or her ; whether the law should go further , and hold that each citizen has the right to pursue his or her sexual choices consensually with another ( subject to public-decency laws and to the protection of the young ) , is a question to be considered separately . |
| 11 | In as much as a school can be said to have an approach ( eg formal , informal , team taught , class or group based , or one where streaming and setting or vertical or horizontal grouping is practised ) , the degree to which members of staff conform to it very much depends on how the school is led . |
| 12 | If 36 parts of ‘ fermentable material ’ are added to water , a beer will be said to have an OG of 1036° . |
| 13 | I have no idea what Satan 's personal appearance is like — if a spirit with virtually no personhood left can be said to have an appearance — but the divine drama knows him for what he is . |
| 14 | The pupils were said to have no right of entry into the museum ( nor , it was said , did they have access to a certain ‘ necessary article ’ ) . |
| 15 | Several of his Rembrandt drawings were said to have a provenance from the Six collection in Amsterdam , and other purchases were made from distinguished contemporary sales such as those of the Earl of Arundel , Sir Peter Lely [ q.v . ] , |
| 16 | Bird Island in the Seychelles ( which we did n't get to on this occasion ) is said to have a colony of over two million ! |
| 17 | One of the Labour lads is said to have a picture . |
| 18 | The boy , who bears the surname of his fish wholesaler father Daniel Ducruet , is said to have no claim to the throne and is not even a royal . |
| 19 | The Keyhole KH-11 I , which has vastly improved visual sensors , is said to have the ability to see objects only six inches long on the ground and to be able to read number plates on cars driving along Russian streets or identify one mullah from another in Iran by measuring the size of their beards . |
| 20 | The plan to involve the superpowers is said to have the backing of President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica , the main motivator of the peace process . |
| 21 | The plan to involve the superpowers is said to have the backing of President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica , the main motivator of the peace process . |
| 22 | The change to a republic is said to have the backing of most Australians . |
| 23 | The scheme is said to have the backing of the Royal Warrant Holders ' Association and not to need permission from the Palace . |
| 24 | The Apple-Novell effort is said to have the blessing of Intel Corp , which is providing technical assistance and compatibility testing . |
| 25 | Lihir Island , off the west coast of New Ireland ( itself sitting off the north coast of Papua New Guinea ) is said to have the world 's largest gold deposit — though as it sits inside a volcano the deeper the miners dig , the hotter they get . |
| 26 | Dark , hard and faintly bitter , it is said to have the side-effect of lowering blood-pressure , unlike most other things in Hong Kong . |
| 27 | With a hundred rooms , it 's said to have a window for every day of the year . |
| 28 | Another who will always be remembered for his all round ability was " Punch " Burgess , who it was said had a trial for the county but could n't contain his impatience . |
| 29 | Carmel O'Neill ( 47 ) , Rannyglass , Dungiven , who was said to have the magazine opened out on the steering wheel as she drove towards Dungiven in the crawler lane on April 25 last , was fined £80 for reckless driving . |