Example sentences of "are said [to-vb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such schemes are said to help align the interests of managers with those of shareholders and hence make the former behave more like owners . |
| 2 | Language experts are said to have challenged the conclusions of four top scientists — reported in my Daily Mirror column — that a key confession was false . |
| 3 | Its three stars and two stripes are said to have influenced the design for the American flag . |
| 4 | The peasants are said to have cut the outline of the giant in the chalk around his dead body . |
| 5 | The gunmen are said to have mistaken the cardinal 's car for that of a rival drug cartel . |
| 6 | He has denounced the internment camps in which villagers are put who are said to have aided the ‘ terrorists ’ . |
| 7 | And new claims over the extent of that support are said to have made the president-elect furious . |
| 8 | Two electronics enthusiasts with a radio scanner are said to have made the recordings on New Year 's Eve 1989 , when Princess Di was at Sandringham . |
| 9 | The Peckham trucks are said to have given the better ride , but being built up from a number of separate parts , required more frequent maintenance than the Brill trucks , whose main component was a solid forging . |
| 10 | Organizations which have a market orientation are said to have adopted the ‘ marketing concept ’ . |
| 11 | It may be a measure of the state of the property market these days when offices are said to have shown the greatest improvement in May with capital growth ‘ improving ’ to minus 6.4 per cent , combining with stable yields and rental values to give a total return for the year to date of 1.5 per cent , according to the latest Richard Ellis Scottish Monthly Index . |