Example sentences of "were said [to-vb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The war could not be won because so many irredeemable mistakes had been made by a leadership unwilling to accept expert advice ; recent decrees and ‘ many speeches ’ were said to have contradicted the ‘ true will of the people ’ ; and the leaders had underestimated Russia and other countries . |
| 2 | The opposition Islamic Renaissance Party ( IRP ) , the Democratic Party and the Rastokhez ( Renaissance ) Movement were said to have organized the rallies . |
| 3 | On 21 December , the fatal day , they were said to have placed the suitcase with its Air Malta tags among the luggage being loaded on to international flights from Luqa airport . |
| 4 | Belau nationals Melwert Tmetuchel , Leslie Tewid and Angenhenio Subino were said to have led the smugglers . |
| 5 | The chronicler Roger of Wendover wrote that at the Council of Oxford in 1227 , ‘ the King caused to be cancelled and annulled all the charters of liberties of the forest , although they had already been in force in the whole realm for two years ’ : the earls who rebelled in July were said to have compelled the king to restore the charters by the threat of armed force . |
| 6 | Following violent protest riots in the mainly English-speaking North-West Province , centred on Fru Ndi 's home town of Bamenda , about 150 gendarmes were said to have surrounded the opposition leader 's house , where he was held with over 100 relatives and followers . |
| 7 | They went over to greet them and gather details of the events on Sunday when they were said to have ringed the churchyard and exacted an oath against the Act from all the gentlemen in the congregation . |
| 8 | The government and housing divisions were said to have yielded the lowest returns and action is promised to boost their performance . |
| 9 | On one ocassion , patients were said to have spent the night in wet beds because there was no-one to change them . |
| 10 | Friends within the Neighbours cast were said to have claimed the attack left Kylie ‘ badly shaken up . ’ |
| 11 | After end of the strike a number of striking teachers were not reinstated and many of these were said to have left the country to seek work in Botswana . |
| 12 | On Dec. 13 , Greek police were reported to have arrested 500 Albanians , most of whom were said to have entered the country illegally over the previous year as the situation of ethnic Greeks in Albania deteriorated . |
| 13 | Some 37,000 people were said to have entered the territory from Morocco since September . |
| 14 | The serge weavers in 1725 were said to have chosen the spring at the seasonal peak of demand . |