Example sentences of "it is say that [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it is said that that word is capable of a neutral meaning , my answer is that , in order to read section 3(1) harmoniously with section 1(1) in its natural sense , ‘ assumption ’ must receive a unilateral meaning . |
| 2 | Just briefly , I have been correspondence right back erm it 's difficult to see why that land was designated for land except that it 's agricultural land and erm my point is that the gradient on a lot of the site , especially on the northern erm banks is one in five and one in seven and to build on that would erm well even said that the building would be imponderous so I mean i it just is n't a suitable site , apart from the link road , for , for housing either because the gradient there would , would be very erm difficult from a landscape point of view a there 's nothing they could do to improve the till you know the turn of the century and they are and through all the planning papers from nineteen eighty five it is said that that Hill ca n't be improved so I mean unless they do something erm dramatic , I ca n't see what they can do , I mean it just is n't a suitable site for development . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is said that some crime syndicates have collected so many paintings that they have set up their own galleries . |
| 6 | It is said that this ghost still beats his eerie tattoo during times of war . |
| 7 | It is said that this course was wholly unnecessary . |
| 8 | ( 6 ) In August 1983 the third defendant claimed from C.M.C. a commission of £16,000 for himself and £8,000 for Highdene in respect of certain commercial arrangements , not involving the bakery , negotiated between C.M.C. and B.M.T. It is said that this claim led the other directors of C.M.C. to investigate the third defendant 's activities and to dismiss him as a director of C.M.C. ( 7 ) Between May and July 1983 the third defendant caused the first plaintiff to sign in blank some cheques drawn on C.M.C. 's bank account by fraudulently representing that these cheques would be used to pay small and urgent bills of C.M.C. It is said that in fact the third defendant used six of these cheques to pay to himself and certain other parties sums amounting to about £30,000 , allegedly in connection with the financing of the centre . |
| 9 | It is said that Renish Farm at Waxholme was once used as a Quaker meeting house . |
| 10 | As an example of phonetic differences at the segmental level , it is said that Australian English has the same set of phonemes and phonemic contrasts as RP , yet Australian pronunciation is so different from RP that it is easily recognised as such . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is to say that mental disengagement from the region and its ‘ troubles ’ is hardly the way to achieve an historic compromise there . |
| 13 | But it is to say that compulsive gambling with all its damaging consequences can be seen just as much in the reputable halls of commerce as in the street corner betting shop . |