Example sentences of "said [that] [art] [noun] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could not be said that a peace had been finally made because old habits in Alexandra would not die a final death and made her still reserved , a little wary . |
| 2 | But because the correspondence between graphological and phonological features is far from precise , it can not be said that a writer has actually represented the speech style of a character . |
| 3 | It was said that a massacre had followed the surrender of General Wheeler at Cawnpore and that delicate English girls had been stripped naked and dragged through the streets of Delhi . |
| 4 | It was said that the act had to be directed or aimed at the victim . |
| 5 | It has been said that the Church has a responsibility to ‘ engage the culture of our nation with the gospel . ’ |
| 6 | However , the arguments which underlie the concept of justiciability can also be used to support the idea that in reviewing government decisions over which the courts are prepared to exercise control , they should only award remedies to aggrieved parties in cases where it can be said that the respondent has gone wrong in some fairly extreme way . |
| 7 | ‘ But they have always said that the Queen has remained very friendly and helpful to Diana through her illness and her marriage problems . |
| 8 | Mr John Bevan , prosecuting , had said that the Johnsons had lived in the house for many years but feared fire and burglars . |
| 9 | A dying man threatened with eviction over mortgage arrears has said that the worry has made his suffering worse . |
| 10 | If the teaching item has been demonstrably proved to have been learnt , it can be said that the assignment has been achieved . |
| 11 | Later in the day it was said that the Germans had refused to issue any more food parcels for the rest of the week . |
| 12 | In fairness , it must be said that the professions have worked out a number of checks and balances to this system , and a common alternative to a percentage fee , hourly rates , can work out as an even more expensive open cheque drawn on the public purse . |
| 13 | At the same time the kairos approach apparently allows it to be said that the past has not been at fault ; it is simply that God moves with humanity into a new age . |
| 14 | If anyone had asked him , Peter would have said that the Mollands had invited him to spend the summer with them at Abbotsfield simply for the pleasure of his company . |
| 15 | Because a mosque stood next door it was said that the cinema had been rejected by Allah as an unworthy neighbour . |
| 16 | The detective-constable who had brought in the exhibits had said that the girl had been to a dance . |
| 17 | Goodey has said that the regulator has got to give his approval that would stop that ? |
| 18 | It was said that the report had advocated crude measures for dealing with a complex problem , and that not enough was known about the patterns of library use and the effects of browsing , literature obsolescence , or other factors , to put the future of university libraries at risk by wholesale withdrawals from stock at this stage of their development . |
| 19 | In an interview with Arab journalists on March 8 US President Bush had said that the PLO had " lost credibility " after siding with Iraq ; Bush had dismissed the chances of a quick resumption of US-Palestinian talks . |
| 20 | Carol had said that the S.A.S. had also penetrated A area where the plutonium spheres were fashioned , walked right into the Citadel of the Establishment . |
| 21 | If however , it can be said that the employee had reasonable grounds for believing the information to be part of knowledge properly acquired during his employment then his defence will succeed . |
| 22 | ‘ Their marketing people had already said that the product had no future in angling , ’ Chilton said . |
| 23 | He could have straightforwardly said that the label-switcher had assumed one of the rights of the owner and had therefore appropriated . |
| 24 | BEFORE the Oakland Athletics began their American League Championship series against the Toronto Blue Jays it was said that the team had a crucial flaw : when their celebrated home-run hitters were not peppering the upper decks , the A 's supposedly found it tough to manufacture runs base by base with base hits , steals and sacrifice flies . |
| 25 | But Elaine had also said that the Counsellors had cut open Christina 's head , and that when Elaine had looked at her sister 's body , the head had been empty . |
| 26 | On only three out of approximately 180 occasions , therefore , can it be said that the inspectors had been less than absolutely fair in the opinion of those who were criticised . |
| 27 | The opposition Union of Democratic Movements ( UMD — see p. 38052 ) had said that the rebels had come " from inside the country " . |