Example sentences of "it [be] said [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could it be said that it benefits the land ( i.e. it seeks to keep the residential character of the area ) ? |
| 2 | If it is said that it is the use to which such information may be put that can be objectionable , the libertarian might well reply that gossip is an age-old way of passing the time and one of the cements of society . |
| 3 | It is said that it will be able to recognise cursive handwriting and gestures entered with the pen . |
| 4 | Furthermore , it is said that it would upset the constitutional balance between the courts and the executive if the Crown could be held in contempt of court for disobeying a prerogative order of prohibition or mandamus . |
| 5 | What is now being sought is , in a sense , a reversal of that development , in a particular type of case ; and it is said that it is too late to take that step . |
| 6 | It is said that it would be pointless for the justices to make an order that there should be no contact when that order can be overridden and departed from by the local authority with the agreement of the parent . |
| 7 | It is said that it would be wrong that the justices should be put in a position of making an order on the merits of the case that there should be no contact , when the next day the local authority and the parent could depart from that order . |
| 8 | It is said that it must ‘ appear ’ to the minister that there are ‘ reasons ’ for doubting whether the workers are behind their leaders : and that the minister has given no reasons . |
| 9 | One of the popular books at the very outbreak of war captured the mood , Mrs Miniver ( 1939 ) ; an American best seller and subsequently a most successful film , it is said that it hastened America 's entry into the war . |
| 10 | It is said that it could not have been used for any other purpose … |
| 11 | Willie Baxter was gripped by fear , he did n't understand it , he hated the dark tunnels , he stopped walking and the noise stopped ; by now Willie was probably near the point where the tunnels passed under the River Clyde and it was said that it was possible to hear the sound of a ship 's propeller whenever a vessel passed overhead . |