Example sentences of "it is [verb] that [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 It is related that Annia Galeria Faustina , the wife of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius ( 121–180 ) , was so desperate to become pregnant that she drank the warm blood of a dead gladiator .
2 Years later it is discovered that Grom reached the Elven Kingdoms of Ulthuan , causing great destruction until finally defeated by the High Elves .
3 In view of their close relationship , it is fitting that Hofmann should have the last words on Edward Chambers Nicholson .
4 With such magnificent surroundings , it is fitting that Kenwood is the home of one of the most important private collections of paintings to be given to the nation this century , including world-famous works by Rembrandt , Vermeer , Turner , Reynolds and Gainsborough .
5 But in these papers it is stated that Tyndale headed his written defence , ‘ Faith alone justifies before God ’ , and that among the questions debated were worship of saints , the Sacraments and the authority of the Pope .
6 When for once it is stated that Sir Raynold , the chaplain of Ridlington , Norfolk , owned a house and three acres , the reason must have been some difficulty over determining the value , which in this case is omitted .
7 It is intended that Castle 's reporting should be high quality and conform to prevailing best practice , ’ he says .
8 When it is recognised that England may have lost about one-third of her population in these critical years , the lull in military activity becomes understandable .
9 It is said that Colman 's Mustard made their money from the amount of mustard left on the plate .
10 It is said that Alexander himself paced out the plan for his Egyptian city before hurrying off to conquer the rest of the world .
11 It is said that Paul Jones , the American privateer , fired a salvo at Rolston Hall to mark his hatred of the then owner , William Brough , Marshall of High Court of Admiralty , who was entitled to hang Paul Jones as a pirate if he was captured .
12 It is said that Joshua Reynolds , one of the Grand Old Men of English art , was instrumental in defining the successful modern portrait .
13 It is said that Scotland should content herself with arrangements similar to those holding for Bavaria or Catalonia or Flanders .
14 It is said that William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King , 101 L.T. 741 and Twyford v. Manchester Corporation [ 1946 ] Ch. 236 are authorities to the contrary .
15 This argument takes one of two forms depending upon the outlook of its proponent : either it is said that Europe must look to her own defence as a consequence of the American disengagement ; alternatively it is argued that Europe ought in principle to defend herself , so as to speed the departure of the US troops and be free of American ‘ domination ’ .
16 Retribution soon followed , possibly by rock fall and it is said that Simon 's bones still lie a'mouldering it , the depths — no-one , you see , had the courage to go down into his mine and search for him .
17 It is said that Britain has become a country of High Mass Consumption .
18 It is said that Netwise could not afford to continue financing the European effort once the cash had dried up .
19 Rumours abound ; it is said that Bonnie Prince Charlie stayed here after his defeat in 1745 , and it is also suggested that the house was a centre of smuggling as it stands a mere hundred yards from the head of the Solway Firth .
20 It is said that Ferdinand made all three brothers promise to defer to Rodrigo del Bivar , putting him virtually in loco parentis to the infantas , though he was still only of an age with them .
21 It is said that Wallace 's writings after his return to England persuaded Darwin to publish The Origin of Species .
22 It is difficult to explain why they would have maintained such popularity — for it is said that Cooper produced a painting a day — over shifts in market and social circumstances .
23 It is said that Jimmy Marshall spilt the beans about this massive unclimbed buttress of corners and cracks to the Rock and Ice in Chamonix .
24 It is said that Peru has some of the best liars in the world — I could n't know , they are so good I believe them !
25 It is said that Watson replied , ‘ Is that you Mr Bell ? ’ but since there was only one telephone in the whole of God 's creation at the time , Bell ‘ s reply to HIM is not hard to guess at .
26 It is said that Scheiner , on hearing this in a Rome bookshop , turned purple and shook violently .
27 It is said that Rundell 's had to satisfy so many orders at this time that Storr & Co. was obliged to work , in the way of dinner services , centre-pieces , and other ceremonial and domestic plate , some ten thousand ounces of silver a month .
28 Even if we take patristic Christology , in which it is said that God in Christ took on humanity in which we all participate , it is still the case that that human nature was the human nature of a male human being .
29 It is said that Adolf Sax tried to persuade Wagner to include them in his orchestral apparatus but Wagner perceived that they would not blend well with either woodwind or brass ( still less , strings ) and never used them .
30 It is said that Watt was rather jealous about this .
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