Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] [that] [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mermaid did indeed return to claim Lutey and it is said that every nine years hence , one of his descendants is lost at sea . |
| 2 | There is no publicity out yet for the line , but it is said that the 1993 peak season of four trains each way will operate for only five weeks and that at the beginning and end of season there will be no trains on Fridays . |
| 3 | In so far as it is the case that , in the classical doctrine of the trinity , it is said that the three persons are alike in all save their mutual relations , when we are speaking of Christ as God , as the second person of the trinity , it can not be said of Christ that he is ‘ male ’ . |
| 4 | It is understood that the three youths being questioned were being held at separate police stations in Liverpool . |
| 5 | It is assumed that the two approaching waves are both known , and it is required to find the exact solution which describes the interaction following the collision . |
| 6 | It is assumed that the two defendants have committed some crime at a stated time — say between 10 and 11 p.m. last Wednesday — and have set up an alibi . |
| 7 | It is estimated that the 150 men could produce 10,000 tons of coal a week . |
| 8 | It is estimated that the three million trees required for the new forest — mainly broadleaved tree species interspersed with conifers — will take 30-40 years to plant and cost £3 million . |
| 9 | It is expected that the 1992 Asian tournament ( the next one in 1994 will be too late ) will also be used to find the two qualifiers from Asia who will play in the Asia Pacific Zone 1995 World Cup preliminaries . |
| 10 | It is expected that the MMC investigators will be particularly interested in the CAA 's air traffic control operations which have been the centre of a long-running controversy involving aircraft ‘ near misses ’ , poor morale among controllers and equipment break-downs . |
| 11 | It is expected that the 25 Antarctic Treaty countries attending the conference will agree to negotiate a legal framework for a comprehensive environmental protection protocol for the world 's last unexploited wilderness . |
| 12 | It is suggested that a five year timespan may be too long . |
| 13 | In both these species , though , the major fruiting peak occurred when most other species were not in fruit , and it is suggested that the two species fruit asynchronously at relatively short intervals . |