Example sentences of "it is said [that] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that Arabs have no compunction about reneging on a deal , that they will blow hot and cold , use the phrase ‘ God willing ’ to suit their own purpose , say ‘ yes ’ when they mean ‘ no ’ and generally confuse their more direct Western counterparts . |
| 2 | It is said that Farafrans know the night sky better than most people know the rooms of their own home . |
| 3 | Gwennap Pit was originally an amphitheatre created by mining subsidence , and it is said that tinners held their cock-fighting ‘ mains ’ ( matches ) in it , but in the eighteenth century John Wesley preached his fiery sermons to the large crowds of tinners and their families who gathered here . |
| 4 | It is said that MPs have not had many letters about the case , in which three businessmen nearly went to jail for doing what the Government had encouraged them to do . |
| 5 | It is said that men mature as they grow older like a good red wine , but that a woman 's beauty fades with age . |
| 6 | There is good reason for its common name ; the bruised foliage , whose odour has mint-like associations , induces cats to roll all over the plant , eventually ruining it , but it is said that plants grown from seed will be safe until dying down , or withering for some reason . |
| 7 | Now I think it 's in Alice in Wonderland , that it is said that words mean what I intend them to mean . |
| 8 | After all , it is said that children grow out of crime and naturally move to independence from their families . |
| 9 | Often the contents of a reply are non-committal ; it is said that points made by a committee are noted or that certain matters will be kept under review . |