Example sentences of "it is say that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that private gardens occupy 3 per cent of the land surface of Britain . |
| 2 | Although novel in this country , it is said that similar operations have been mounted in the United States . |
| 3 | It is said that Parliamentary materials are not readily available to , and understandable by , the citizen and his lawyers who should be entitled to rely on the words of Parliament alone to discover his position . |
| 4 | Over at Pratt 's , the St James ' club where it is said that Tory leaders were made and unmade in the old days , you would never have guessed there was an election on . |
| 5 | It is said that Renish Farm at Waxholme was once used as a Quaker meeting house . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It is to say that mental disengagement from the region and its ‘ troubles ’ is hardly the way to achieve an historic compromise there . |
| 8 | 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 . |