Example sentences of "is [adv] said [that] [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 2 | It is also said that Moorcroft was shocked to find that his co-professor was wholly ignorant of all veterinary matters ; yet Moorcroft and Coleman had negotiated the terms of their joint appointment , and it is inconceivable that Moorcroft could have remained unaware of his future colleague 's lack of veterinary knowledge . |
| 3 | It is also said that girls are more verbally adept and can express complex concepts more readily than boys . |
| 4 | It is often said that alcohol is ‘ the only little pleasure that old people have ’ , which may be true to an extent , but if drinking becomes a problem then it is for the individuals to decide how much of a pleasure drinking is , and whether they want help to stop . |
| 5 | It is often said that delegation is the art of management . |
| 6 | It is often said that people are bored at school , and can not do well , because of the irrelevance of the curriculum to their own life and experience , or the life and experience they will have when they leave school . |
| 7 | It is sometimes said that mutation is ‘ random ’ . |
| 8 | It is sometimes said that judges are entitled to make extrajudicial statements critical of the existing law and advocating reform . |
| 9 | Thus it is claimed that God is perfectly just , where we are imperfectly so — indeed it is sometimes said that God is ‘ justice ’ or ‘ justice itself ’ . |
| 10 | It is commonly said that tsunamis are usually triggered by earthquakes or violent volcanic explosions . |