Example sentences of "it is said [that] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is said that private gardens occupy 3 per cent of the land surface of Britain .
2 Now the first day is more for dealers than debutantes : it is said that 10 pictures are sold every minute .
3 Although novel in this country , it is said that similar operations have been mounted in the United States .
4 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 .
5 It is said that more pigs are reared there than there are people in the entire country .
6 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 .
7 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 .
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 .
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