Example sentences of "[be] said [conj] the [noun] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | . A group set up not too far away from here in Newark said that the erm , It has been said that the river is worse now than it 's ever been in history . |
| 2 | It has always been said that the House is concerned with the rights of individuals and that any injustice , or possible injustice , to an individual is as much the concern of the House of Commons as is injustice to a large number of people . |
| 3 | It must be said that the position is far from clear in torts such as Rylands v Fletcher . |
| 4 | Alternatively , it might be said that since it is unreasonable of a person to respond to such a threat by unlawful violence , it can be said that the conduct is not ‘ likely ’ to have such a result . |
| 5 | Firstly it should be said that the contention is over the origin of an idea . |
| 6 | In broad psychological terms , it can be said that the male is achievement-orientated , directing his efforts towards a specific goal , whereas the woman is more concerned that the differing elements in her life should be in harmonious relation to one another , and that the circle of light in which she is centred includes them all . |
| 7 | ‘ It may be said that the duty is difficult to define , because when the act of negligence in manufacture occurs there was no specific person towards whom the duty could be said to exist : the thing might never be used : it might be destroyed by accident , or it might be scrapped , or in many ways fail to come into use in the normal way : in other words the duty can not at the time of manufacture be other than potential or contingent , and only can become vested by the fact of actual use by a particular person . |
| 8 | In the final analysis it has to be said that the Macintosh is a better system for desktop publishing than the PC on both technical and user grounds . |
| 9 | The editor may not agree with sentiments in a " letter to the editor " : if sued for libel , does he lose the defence of " fair comment " because it can not be said that the opinion is honestly his ? |
| 10 | So far as the variability in the attainment of learners is concerned , it has to be said that the situation is not unique : strategies of other disciplines of teaching can be successfully adopted . |
| 11 | So they sit there and you think there 's nothing being said but the atmosphere is very much full of aggression . |
| 12 | ‘ It is said that the past is another country . |
| 13 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 14 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 15 | It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion . |
| 16 | It is said that the stench is so appalling that no one can go near them now . |