Example sentences of "is said [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've never comed back , an' 't is said they went to parts where folks was properly thankful for things done for yum . |
| 2 | We gave our permission that the women should gather up the dead and give them burial according to the fashion of this people — ‘ t is said they strip the flesh and griddle it for a delicacy beforetimes , but I for one do not give this credence . |
| 3 | It is said they were led along the secret paths by a traitor , these paths almost certainly being what we know as the Pilgrims , Way to Aylesford . |
| 4 | ‘ T is said they 're kin to coal . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It is said they can smell blood many kilometres away . ’ |
| 6 | There are more than 200,00 known plant species in the world and it is said we have learned to use only 2,500 of them . |
| 7 | There are various historical reference points made available to us , by which it is said we can chart Britain 's fall from grace . |
| 8 | It is said he had to put up with a sofa in the corridor until his identity was revealed . |
| 9 | Little is known of his childhood , though it is said he developed a talent for drawing at an early age . |
| 10 | It is said he is one of the Hidden Folk — a wizard of sorts — and as such he is not always popular . |
| 11 | ‘ No , it is said she was murdered . ’ |
| 12 | The IS said it had received hundred of letters campaigning for Williams ' release from all over the world . |
| 13 | Now , the constitution as it " really " is , as it is said to be , and as it is said it should be , only really line up in times of political ( and therefore constitutional ) stability when there is agreement on clear and simple constitutional fundamentals . |
| 14 | There has been a failure to see constitutional theory and political practice as in dynamic interaction each with the other ; there has been a failure to recognise that interpretations of the constitution are always relative to time , place , and our position as observers ; and so there has been the simple view that the constitutional set-up as it is , as it is said to be , and as it is said it should be , have all been as of one . |