Example sentences of "is say [conj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Although novel in this country , it is said that similar operations have been mounted in the United States . |
2 | It is said that private gardens occupy 3 per cent of the land surface of Britain . |
3 | Now the first day is more for dealers than debutantes : it is said that 10 pictures are sold every minute . |
4 | It is said that Parliamentary materials are not readily available to , and understandable by , the citizen and his lawyers who should be entitled to rely on the words of Parliament alone to discover his position . |
5 | Over at Pratt 's , the St James ' club where it is said that Tory leaders were made and unmade in the old days , you would never have guessed there was an election on . |
6 | It is said that more pigs are reared there than there are people in the entire country . |
7 | Unix Systems Laboratories Inc president Roel Pieper and his boss-in-waiting , Novell Inc chief Ray Noorda were in Japan last week explaining to Unix Labs 's Japanese shareholders the ins and outs of the deal that 's been cut : it is said that some companies , perhaps ICL Plc and Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , were interested in somehow retaining their shares in the Unix firm . |
8 | Most infections occur in childhood , although it is said that those adults who have escaped infection when young may be infected by their own children , a reversal of roles from congenital syphilis . |
9 | What concerns me is that , in effect , the Minister is saying that all campaigns are condemned before they begin . |
10 | If the Minister is saying that hon. Members are not allowed to do that without running the risk of being accused of slurs , he is abusing parliamentary procedure . |
11 | That is to say that some changes are believed to arise internally within the system and are motivated by system-internal factors , whereas others are said to arise from the influence of neighbouring languages or dialects . |
12 | That is to say that most definitions of money include ‘ bank deposits ’ of some description and these are deposits with the monetary sector . |
13 | To answer in the negative is to say that older children will not benefit from the stunning picture , the arresting image , or the picture that illuminates a story , and that provides a range of visual possibilities . |
14 | The most popular way to regard the cases is to say that both groups are equally valid and that differences turn on the legislative instrument . |