Example sentences of "is often say [that] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It is often said that an assault can be committed only by an act and that an omission is not sufficient . |
2 | Although Christianity is the ‘ state religion ’ of Britain , it is often said that the majority of people who are nominally Christian will go to a church only on a very few occasions in their lives — for a Christmas or Easter service maybe , or a family christening . |
3 | It is often said that the North East was populated by successive generations of industrial scabs . |
4 | It is often said that the agenda of the Justice Model , although originally proposed by liberals and radicals who wished to reduce the overall harshness of punishment , was ‘ co-opted ’ in the late 1970s and 1990s by the political Right ( eg Bottoms , 1990a : 11 ; Hudson , 1997 : 72 ) . |
5 | It is often said that the tonic syllable can be identified because it is the only syllable in the tone-unit that carries a movement in pitch ; this is in fact not always true . |
6 | It is often said that the aikido adept resembles the eye of a hurricane . |
7 | It is often said that the hammer axle bushing in the Kapsel , or fork in which the hammer shank is mounted , absorbs enough of the energy of the returning hammer to act as a check . |
8 | IT IS often said that the collapse of the Soviet Union left the US as the only superpower . |