Example sentences of "[conj] it be said [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile on April 25 the National Assembly had unanimously approved a plan for the resettlement of 3,000-4,000 marsh Arabs in new settlements on the periphery of the marshlands , where it was said that they would have improved access to services . |
| 2 | A 17-year-old paper-stainer , James Irons , was brought before the magistrate — described by the police as a ring-leader and by his mother as ‘ a good boy ’ — where it was said that he had ‘ used disgusting language , and discharged a number of stones larger than walnuts from a powerful catapult ’ . |
| 3 | An interlocutory injunction was sought , but not granted by the court , where it was said that there had been a breach , but that an injunction would not be granted on a balance of convenience . |
| 4 | Although it was said that his main contribution to debate was his sonorous ‘ hear , hear ’ , his speeches , reflecting the outlook of a liberal-minded Whig , were usually sensible and to the point . |
| 5 | He was so quick to forgive personal insults and injuries that it was said that you only had to injure him in order to have him as a friend for life . |
| 6 | Willis was blamed for costly delays that plagued filming throughout , and it 's said that he antagonized his co-stars by constantly ad-libbing during takes , leaving the other actors speechless . |
| 7 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
| 8 | ‘ The Hindus venerate oxen , ’ he wrote , ‘ and it is said that they actually drink the oxen 's urine when they fall sick . ’ |
| 9 | And it is said that her sister , the Lady Isabella Thynne , saw the like of herself also , before she died . |
| 10 | What is now being sought is , in a sense , a reversal of that development , in a particular type of case ; and it is said that it is too late to take that step . |
| 11 | Alf had married quite early in his career , and it is said that his son , also Alfred , was an even more talented player . |
| 12 | Sheldon had become much attached to her during his time at the Lock Hospital and it is said that she asked him to embalm her body after her death , which he did . |
| 13 | Willie Baxter was gripped by fear , he did n't understand it , he hated the dark tunnels , he stopped walking and the noise stopped ; by now Willie was probably near the point where the tunnels passed under the River Clyde and it was said that it was possible to hear the sound of a ship 's propeller whenever a vessel passed overhead . |
| 14 | Reeves-Smith was an inveterate buyer of books , and it was said that he bought a hotel in Seaford , Sussex , to accommodate his library . |
| 15 | Now this Baba Yaga lived in a hut in the forest , and it was said that she ate men up as if they were chickens . |
| 16 | He died in penury in 1644 , and it was said that his daughters had to enter into service as paid gentlewomen in order to live . |
| 17 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
| 18 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 19 | The Queen returned , but it was said that she insisted that the Shah get rid of Gilda . |
| 20 | He had argued that the prints were not improperly taken but it was said that his possession must have originated in breach of trust , confidence or contract and , therefore , an injunction was granted preventing the exhibition . |
| 21 | Not only was he being fearfully indiscreet , but it was said that he had been foolish enough actually to marry her and to install her in a cottage in the palace grounds . |
| 22 | one which does not exclude the bailor from possession , an action for conversion against a third person is maintainable by either bailor or bailee ; by the bailee because he is in possession , by the bailor because it is said that his title to the goods draws with it the right to possession , that the bailee is something like his servant and that the possession of the one is equivalent to that of the other . |
| 23 | In those days I was known as ‘ Horse ’ because it was said that I galloped , so the cries from team-mates Mike Powell and Ossie Cham were ‘ Come on , Horse ! ’ |
| 24 | Presumably , since it is said that she lived to 127 , her sixties would be equivalent to our thirties or forties . |
| 25 | Thomas Duff , who had been going about his business as a messenger boy when it was said that he ‘ nearly ran in to two gentlemen ’ , put up a stout defence in court . |
| 26 | An example of the first might be Mrs Thatcher , insofar as it is said that she dominated her Cabinets . |
| 27 | The laughter filled the room , it filled the shop , it even penetrated the wall into the tobacconist 's shop and made Arthur Conway wonder if the three old girls next door had gone barmy or taken to the bottle early in the day , for it was said that they took wine with their dinner . |
| 28 | There they lived their lives , and prospered for a while ; but there was a disquiet amongst them , for it was said that they had been created with a purpose in this life , and that the purpose had something to do with the manner of their creation . |