Example sentences of "is [adv] said [that] [noun] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It is often said that delegation is the art of management . |
| 4 | It is sometimes said that mutation is ‘ random ’ . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |