Example sentences of "it is said [that] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that they would increase the cost of petrol by 20p a gallon . |
| 2 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 3 | It is said that they should have done so , especially as there were circumstances which might have put and should , it is said , have put experienced medical staff on inquiry . |
| 4 | It is said that one can not go anywhere — I know that this was true in west Africa — without meeting someone from Upton who will give good and wise advice . |
| 5 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
| 6 | Furthermore , it is said that it would upset the constitutional balance between the courts and the executive if the Crown could be held in contempt of court for disobeying a prerogative order of prohibition or mandamus . |
| 7 | It is said that it would be pointless for the justices to make an order that there should be no contact when that order can be overridden and departed from by the local authority with the agreement of the parent . |
| 8 | It is said that it would be wrong that the justices should be put in a position of making an order on the merits of the case that there should be no contact , when the next day the local authority and the parent could depart from that order . |
| 9 | It is said that it must ‘ appear ’ to the minister that there are ‘ reasons ’ for doubting whether the workers are behind their leaders : and that the minister has given no reasons . |
| 10 | It is said that it could not have been used for any other purpose … |
| 11 | It is said that it will be able to recognise cursive handwriting and gestures entered with the pen . |