Example sentences of "is say [that] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that more pigs are reared there than there are people in the entire country . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | What concerns me is that , in effect , the Minister is saying that all campaigns are condemned before they begin . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | That is to say that most definitions of money include ‘ bank deposits ’ of some description and these are deposits with the monetary sector . |
| 7 | 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 . |