Example sentences of "is said [that] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps for this reason the topmost stone supposedly retains its own curious powers : it is said that when a cock crows nearby , it turns three times . |
| 2 | It is said that when a High King or Queen is born , if the child is Ireland 's true heir , they will sing him into the world and they will weave a spell of protectiveness . ’ |
| 3 | It is said that when a wizard is about to die Death himself turns up to claim him ( instead of delegating the task to a subordinate , such as Disease or Famine , as is usually the case ) . |
| 4 | Typically for the Piaroa , the women are not warned against seeing the instruments with a threat of rape ; rather , it is said that if a woman should see the flutes , the entire village must commit mass suicide by joining hands and jumping off a cliff ( and I must admit that their reasoning on this is not clear to me ) . |
| 5 | It is said that if a placebo is to have a therapeutic effect , the patient must believe that it will . |