Example sentences of "say [to-vb] be [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall increase of 2.1 per cent — compared with 2 per cent in grants from the Arts Council in England and Wales — was said to have been achieved at the expense of the SAC 's running costs , which will be limited to an increase of 1.5 per cent . |
| 2 | There were reports of atrocities by gunmen in Bardera , where 10 people were said to have been murdered at a feeding centre , and of intensified banditry at Kismayu port , ahead of the troops ' arrival . |
| 3 | The 11 youngsters discussed the links between Cleveland , the De Brus family and its most famous member , Robert the Bruce , the Scottish king said to have been born at Skelton Castle . |
| 4 | Eamonn Dalton , Chief City Engineer , ‘ said it could be argued that the Ovens claim was not based on objective evidence in that the samples said to have been taken at the dump had been handled , transmitted and analysed in all cases presumably by people with a particular interest in one aspect of the case . |
| 5 | Jarrad 's directors produced a copy of a special resolution , said to have been passed at an egm held by Jarrad on 20 October 1980 , which gave Jarrad power to grant the security . |