Example sentences of "[was/were] said to have been [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , price movements were said to have been exaggerated by a distinct lack of spare stock , with many market makers struggling to fill a series of programme and basket trades . |
| 2 | Such voters were said to have been radicalized by the events of 1988 and by further civilian deaths at the hands of the army in Algiers in June 1991 [ see p. 38312 ] . |
| 3 | The murder was said to have been masterminded by Fabio Ravalli . |
| 4 | On one occasion , Soraya saw a gynaecologist who was said to have been sent by Kim Roosevelt . |
| 5 | The attempt was said to have been led by former Minister of Territorial Administration Maj. Lamine Diabira ; eight other officers were reported to have been arrested . |
| 6 | Considered to be the most important Mafia informer since Tommaso Buscetta [ see p. 33792 ] , Mannoia 's decision to provide information was said to have been prompted by the murder in April of his younger brother , himself alleged to be a Mafia killer . |
| 7 | Mandela himself was said to have been overwhelmed by his reception . |