Example sentences of "[prep] [be] said [that] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reference may be made to the National Code of Local Government Conduct , para. 3 ( Appendix D , post , p. 105 ) although it has to be said that that paragraph is not , in the author 's view , well drafted since it fails to indicate with sufficient clarity the difference between disclosing personal pecuniary interests ( failure to comply being a serious criminal offence ) and disclosing other interests ( which is simply a matter of prudence , but involves no breach of law ) . |
| 2 | It has to be said that many parents themselves share this view . |
| 3 | That may , in some respects , be healthy but it also has to be said that those reticences marked a division between private and public spheres which may have made compromise possible . |
| 4 | Whilst owing his debt to Lorca , it has to be said that this volume is markedly conservative . |
| 5 | It used to be said that any salmon running up the Dee made a one-way journey . |
| 6 | It has to be said that some species are notoriously difficult to acclimatise to aquarium life when collected from the wild , but once the acclimatisation process is complete they will usually become resilient and even robust . |