Example sentences of "[verb] [be] say [that] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been said that Vial was quite unsuited for the post of founding Professor . |
| 2 | In view of the hardships endured by many peasants , even at times when they were making some gains at the expense of their lords , it is hardly surprising that there were outbreaks of discontent , some of which took violent forms — indeed it has been said that peasant movements were as much a part of seigneurial society as strikes are of large-scale capitalism . |
| 3 | It has been said that regard must be had to the nature of the contract broken , the position of the parties to the contract , the grounds for the breach , the means employed to procure it , the relation of the person procuring it to the person who breaks the contract , and the object of the person procuring the breach . |
| 4 | Their answer to the question they pose is to say that education systems are to be justified on the grounds that they develop ‘ intellectual competence that would otherwise go largely undeveloped ’ ( 1978 , p. 4 ) . |
| 5 | The approach adopted was to say that accounting can be based , not on users and their needs , but on hypothesized users and hypothesized needs . |
| 6 | While Rauschning emphasised reconciliation , understanding and harmony through balanced trade , Forster had been saying that reconciliation with the Poles was impossible and endlessly repeating that a return to the Reich was essential , but was prevented only by the intransigence of the vengeful Poles . |