Example sentences of "is said that the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is said that the masked lady died there in childbirth .
2 These men will not readily wear garment of crotal when going to sea , as it is said that the crotal plant was plucked from the rocks and will therefore return to the rocks .
3 Nor am I impressed by the floodgates argument — it is said that the Divisional Court would be overwhelmed by applications to review visitors ' decisions .
4 However , in another report ( EP , 26 January 1987 ) it is said that the average proportion of all contributions to the Federal Fund used for direct investment has not exceeded 2.5 per cent .
5 Although these cheeses are very popular in Europe ( it is said that the average German eats 5kg/11lb of quark a year , accounting for half their cheese intake ) they may become a passing fad of the era of nouvelle cuisine in the UK .
6 But it is said that the Kal yuga gives way to the Sat yuga when the manifested power of the Life Force has reached its lowest ebb .
7 By handling an object , it is said that the sensitive person can not only identify its owner , but describe his character and even his whereabouts .
8 It is said that the reclining river-god is a Hellenistic invention .
9 It is said that the original Shorthorn ( as a British type rather than as a general term for short horned cattle ) was being bred by the Dukes of Northumberland in the sixteenth century and was probably descended from a mixture of red Anglo-Saxon cattle with red and white Dutch ‘ Hollanders ’ and ‘ Zeelands ’ that are typified in the Paul Potter painting , The Young Bull .
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