Example sentences of "is [adv] said [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is usually said that the introduction of NEP pacified the peasants , but the Famine had a quicker effect in this respect . |
| 2 | It is also said that the Vikings introduced the finchback characteristic to Normandy in the ninth or tenth century and , according to a detailed history of the Gloucester breed by Adam Stout , there could be a common ancestry with the finchbacked Longhorn of Lancashire through Scandinavian cattle brought to Shetland , Ireland and Lancashire by the Vikings . |
| 3 | Although Christianity is the ‘ state religion ’ of Britain , it is often said that the majority of people who are nominally Christian will go to a church only on a very few occasions in their lives — for a Christmas or Easter service maybe , or a family christening . |
| 4 | It is often said that the North East was populated by successive generations of industrial scabs . |
| 5 | It is often said that the agenda of the Justice Model , although originally proposed by liberals and radicals who wished to reduce the overall harshness of punishment , was ‘ co-opted ’ in the late 1970s and 1990s by the political Right ( eg Bottoms , 1990a : 11 ; Hudson , 1997 : 72 ) . |
| 6 | It is often said that the tonic syllable can be identified because it is the only syllable in the tone-unit that carries a movement in pitch ; this is in fact not always true . |
| 7 | It is often said that the aikido adept resembles the eye of a hurricane . |
| 8 | It is often said that the hammer axle bushing in the Kapsel , or fork in which the hammer shank is mounted , absorbs enough of the energy of the returning hammer to act as a check . |
| 9 | IT IS often said that the collapse of the Soviet Union left the US as the only superpower . |
| 10 | It is frequently said that the question of absurdity can not influence a decision in any type of case except the one just stated . |
| 11 | Now it is frequently said that the development of skilled movement ‘ lags ’ a long way behind that of skilled perception , and in one sense this is certainly true : young babies have excellent visual acuity as revealed by their behavioural discrimination of , and neural responsivity , to gratings and chequerboards — but we do n't see them playing darts ! |
| 12 | It is sometimes said that the offender must have been deliberately and flagrantly flouting the law . |
| 13 | It is sometimes said that the difference of sex is of no more significance than the difference of race . |