Example sentences of "[pron] is said [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | It is said that nothing so concentrates a man 's mind as the knowledge that he is to be hanged in the morning . |
2 | ( 3 ) Even if the nature of these qualities of pleasure and pain are themselves unproblematic , it is said that what people want ( or want to avoid ) is not necessarily any kind of private experience , but just as often objective states of affairs in the public world , and it is thought no less reasonable to take account of wants of this sort than those for private experiences . |
3 | And it is said that her sister , the Lady Isabella Thynne , saw the like of herself also , before she died . |
4 | It is said that they place great strains on family life , and people feel they would be unable to cope with a mentally handicapped child . |
5 | But that Moorish Negress was so skilful in drawing the Turkish bow , that it was held for a marvel , and it is said that they called her in Arabic Nugueymat Turya , which is to say , the Star of the Archers . |
6 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
7 | It is said that they would increase the cost of petrol by 20p a gallon . |
8 | It is said that they learn to ride before they learn to walk , and this is almost true . |
9 | It is said that they play none really well but this was not true of Tom who looked like becoming a child virtuoso of the flute . |
10 | Furthermore , of the apostles it is said that they are to go out and bear witness to Jesus . |
11 | It is said that they should have done so , especially as there were circumstances which might have put and should , it is said , have put experienced medical staff on inquiry . |
12 | It is said that they were friendly and ready to be pleased by everything . |
13 | ‘ The Hindus venerate oxen , ’ he wrote , ‘ and it is said that they actually drink the oxen 's urine when they fall sick . ’ |
14 | It is said that one can not go anywhere — I know that this was true in west Africa — without meeting someone from Upton who will give good and wise advice . |
15 | Sheldon had become much attached to her during his time at the Lock Hospital and it is said that she asked him to embalm her body after her death , which he did . |
16 | Maria ( whose name is pronounced ‘ Mah-Rye-Yah ’ , as in ‘ Black Maria ’ ) is the daughter of a Bean Street neighbour , and suddenly without provocation it is said that she starts an uproar of a fight in which Mrs Jenkins is stabbed . |
17 | Presumably , since it is said that she lived to 127 , her sixties would be equivalent to our thirties or forties . |
18 | An example of the first might be Mrs Thatcher , insofar as it is said that she dominated her Cabinets . |
19 | It is said that she leaves her ahi-ka ( burning fire ) and becomes an ahi-tere ( unstable fire ) . |
20 | It is said that there were four breeds in Ireland by 1835 : the Longhorn , the Kerry , the Moil and the Old Irish . |
21 | It is said that there are surviving accounts of repair work done to the mill both in 1744–5 and 1751–3 . |
22 | It is said that there is an ancient burial ground on one of the farms — supposedly haunted ! |
23 | I shall here consider three such attempts to connect past and present : firstly , that which I shall call a ‘ kairos ’ approach , in which the past is basically normative but it is said that there can be development ; secondly , that which I shall call the ‘ golden thread ’ approach , in which a leading motif is lifted out of the past and applied in another situation ; thirdly , that which I shall call an ‘ a priori ethical ’ position , in which essentially authority is seen to lie in the present but there is not perceived to be any fundamental clash with the past . |
24 | It is said that there are exceptions to this rule and that the following persons can sue for trespass although they had not possession — ( a ) A trustee against any third person who commits a trespass to trust chattels in the hands of the beneficiary . |
25 | It is said that there is a spell within the music , and that they always spin it for the true heir , and that it protects that heir throughout his life . |
26 | As Guth has remarked , " It is said that there 's no such thing as a free lunch . |
27 | It is said that there is now a comic for everyone and indeed the gay and black communities have thriving titles . |
28 | It is said that his influence came through his extraordinary power , both learned and ‘ uncanny ’ , to rearrange suggestively the letters of the divine Name ( the Tetragrammaton : YHWH ) , which are so sacrosanct that they are considered to be unpronounceable . |
29 | It is said that his height at the time of his death was only 39 inches . |
30 | It is said that his ghost still haunts the crypts below the tower and occasionally assists searching scholars . |