Example sentences of "it [be] said [conj] [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's said that information is power-it 's also an immensely sensitive barometer to shifting status levels , whatever the weather . |
2 | In addition , it is said that gas is cheaper , but that is not true on two counts . |
3 | In Andersen Consulting v CHP Consulting Ltd. ( 1991 ) , a case concerning a dispute about maintenance of computer software by third parties , it was said that confidence is frequently used in connection with copyright material as it is : of course notorious that copyright protects only the expression of ideas and does not protect the idea itself |
4 | From the earliest times it was said that sugar was brought to Madeira by Prince Henry the Navigator to capture the trade from the Genoese and Venetians . |
5 | IN the Budget it was said that beer was going up by 1p a pint , was it not ? |