Example sentences of "it is [verb] that one [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps this a characteristic to be expected of a country where it is said that one person in every three is a civil servant and that it requires 72 government permits to open a mild bar .
2 Although reported second-hand , it is said that one chap who 's $5,000 in the red and 90 days behind with payments got a call from the card company .
3 It is to say that one person 's view is as good as another 's , which we patently do not accept when it comes to many aspects of our daily lives .
4 For instance , it is recorded that one woman , Joan of Sprotborough , fell into a millpool and in spite of not being rescued for an hour was then revived by prayer and by being " measured for a candle " .
5 It is decided that one topic per term in each year group should be Science-based .
6 It was directed at ministers and social workers , and it is believed that one Orkney social worker was invited to that seminar , as well as a Baptist minister who had helped to organise the summer camp on Rousay .
7 For bungalows and flats where the accommodation is on one level only , it is envisaged that one smoke detector will be sufficient , unless the circulation route ( escape route ) is more than 15m .
8 It is claimed that one litre should support no less than 50 fish of one foot or less with its surface area of 800 square metres .
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