Example sentences of "it be said [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In similar vein , dare it be said that the charitable function of Age Concern serves this dual function ? |
| 2 | Never let it be said that the Inspiral Carpets do not like a good breakfast . |
| 3 | Nor could it be said that the British welfare system identified , or even defined , let alone assisted , the genuinely needy groups as effectively as did some systems prevailing elsewhere . |
| 4 | Stan Wilson became a sergeant in the Army Educational Corps ‘ it 's said that the only battle they ever won was the 1945 General Election for Labour ’ before spending 34 years at what he terms the chalk face . |
| 5 | The mermaid did indeed return to claim Lutey and it is said that every nine years hence , one of his descendants is lost at sea . |
| 6 | It is said that a Dark Elf assassin emerged from his hiding place beneath the piles of bones and struck Tethlis down with a poisoned blade . |
| 7 | In Cornwall , south-western England , it is said that a giant white hare named Looe gambols along the clifftops on evenings when there is a full moon . |
| 8 | It is said that a British ornithologist asked his aborigine guide what the birds were and the guide said , in aboriginese , ‘ good food ’ : I suppose we 're lucky he did n't say ‘ birds , you dickhead ’ . |
| 9 | Thus it is said that a particular decision was taken by Sir Bryan Carsberg rather than by Oftel . |
| 10 | Although these cheeses are very popular in Europe ( it is said that the average German eats 5kg/11lb of quark a year , accounting for half their cheese intake ) they may become a passing fad of the era of nouvelle cuisine in the UK . |
| 11 | However , in another report ( EP , 26 January 1987 ) it is said that the average proportion of all contributions to the Federal Fund used for direct investment has not exceeded 2.5 per cent . |
| 12 | These men will not readily wear garment of crotal when going to sea , as it is said that the crotal plant was plucked from the rocks and will therefore return to the rocks . |
| 13 | It is said that the masked lady died there in childbirth . |
| 14 | But it is said that the Kal yuga gives way to the Sat yuga when the manifested power of the Life Force has reached its lowest ebb . |
| 15 | Nor am I impressed by the floodgates argument — it is said that the Divisional Court would be overwhelmed by applications to review visitors ' decisions . |
| 16 | It is said that the final preparations owed their antibacterial activity to the phenol which they contained as a preservative . |
| 17 | It is said that the first of the Macchi flying-boats was developed from a captured example of the Lohner E type . |
| 18 | It is said that the reclining river-god is a Hellenistic invention . |
| 19 | By handling an object , it is said that the sensitive person can not only identify its owner , but describe his character and even his whereabouts . |
| 20 | It is said that the most the justices should do if they think that contact should not take place is to say that there should be no order as to contact , leaving it to the local authority and the parent by agreement to make any other provisions they wish . |
| 21 | There is no publicity out yet for the line , but it is said that the 1993 peak season of four trains each way will operate for only five weeks and that at the beginning and end of season there will be no trains on Fridays . |
| 22 | It is said that the original Shorthorn ( as a British type rather than as a general term for short horned cattle ) was being bred by the Dukes of Northumberland in the sixteenth century and was probably descended from a mixture of red Anglo-Saxon cattle with red and white Dutch ‘ Hollanders ’ and ‘ Zeelands ’ that are typified in the Paul Potter painting , The Young Bull . |
| 23 | In so far as it is the case that , in the classical doctrine of the trinity , it is said that the three persons are alike in all save their mutual relations , when we are speaking of Christ as God , as the second person of the trinity , it can not be said of Christ that he is ‘ male ’ . |
| 24 | It was said that every mangy cur in the neighbourhood gathered in packs after the execution , greedily licking the blood from the cobblestones . |
| 25 | It was said that a talented and gentle boy , named Israel , led his classmates into the forest to admire the birds and flowers , talking all the while of the holy scriptures . |
| 26 | For some this proved too much and it was said that a few members of the group started to resemble the colour of our logo ! |
| 27 | A century ago it was said that the Danish Red ( then one of only two Danish breeds considered worthy of note , the other being the Jutland ) needed abundant fodder but with good care it could be an efficient producer : the milking cow put it all into the bag but would fatten readily when dry or barren . |
| 28 | The operation of trolleys and pantographs together was not without its problems , and it was said that the great used on the collector plates could be found on the overhead line as far as Lytham ! |
| 29 | In another it was said that the legitimate expectation of a prisoner that he would be allowed maximum parole if no disciplinary award of forfeiture of remission of sentence had been made against him , gave him sufficient interest to challenge the award . |
| 30 | It was said that the working people of London had no need to bolt their doors at any time . |