Example sentences of "it have [be] said [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been said that nobody with eyes in their heads or any appetite for the oddities and splendours of the human achievement or the natural scene can possibly be bored in Edinburgh . |
| 2 | It has been said that what made John F Kennedy great was that he was the right man in the right place at the right time . |
| 3 | It has been said that they show up as a striking pair with powers of × 12 or more . |
| 4 | It has been said that we can regard ATP as a common currency which must be spent to provide energy whenever it is needed — to drive chemical reactions , to cause muscles to contract , or to pump substances across membranes . |
| 5 | It has been said that everything everywhere affects everything else . |
| 6 | It has been said that it is best not to know too much about salami and other sausages , in the same way that ignorance about haggis aids its enjoyment and easy digestion . |
| 7 | It has been said that it is unsporting to receive help from another angler when you catch a fish . |
| 8 | It has been said that there is a period of about 5½ years , but it is very vague indeed . |
| 9 | It has been said that he understood the psychology of an orchestra better than almost any other conductor . |
| 10 | It has been said that he gave too much of himself in his idealistic way , and that the ‘ political football ’ aspects of the CBC in eastern Canada , where he was finally transferred , caused a breakdown in health and his early retirement . |
| 11 | It has been said that he provided no leadership and lacked control of the episcopate , and it is clear that he waited on events in 1326–7 , only casting his lot with Isabella and Mortimer when the king 's cause was obviously lost . |
| 12 | If A had an honest doubt whether there was a contract at all between B and C it has been held that this would provide a good defence but if the doubt is whether A 's rights or C's under two inconsistent agreements should prevail and A chooses to adopt a course which on one view of the law will undoubtedly interfere with C 's rights , it has been said that he must at least show that he was advised and honestly believed that he was entitled to take that course . |
| 13 | In the annual report of the Ministry of Health it had been said that it was the practice , in some wards , to require a casual who was locked in a cell by himself to break a given quantity of stone , often very hard , down to a specified standard of size which was reached when it could be passed through a ring : |
| 14 | I heard it had been said that it was discouraged but er |
| 15 | As manufacturers of all kinds of stringed instruments , Harmony concentrated on mass production and made relatively cheap instruments ( it 's been said that they sat somewhere between Kay and Gibson ) . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's been said that I am a much improved player this season ’ , Hamilton says , ‘ but I believe that the difference is merely that I am that much more confident . |