Example sentences of "it is [vb pp] that [noun] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that Watt was rather jealous about this . |
| 2 | It is said that invoices were raised against Wessex on behalf of Abbey and that when payment was received by Abbey the moneys were diverted by Mr. Tully and others and were partly dissipated in bribes and partly disguised and concealed in various bank accounts and other havens . |
| 3 | It is recorded that galleries were used at election times by prospective M.P.s stating their case at Ambleside and Ravenstonedale and , no doubt , at other places as well . |
| 4 | It is understood that Lloyds was chosen to withhold its co-operation when 10 banks agreed in November to participate in preparations for the scheme 's introduction next autumn . |
| 5 | In Africa , it is argued that man was using fire at least 50–55 000 years ago , taking coals from camp to camp and using the fire to smoke out bees from their nests in honey-hunting , or driving game . |
| 6 | When the siege began it is believed that Benedict was here at Halling . |
| 7 | It is known that Dionysos was worshipped at Pylos shortly after the Minoan period on Crete and it is possible that his orgiastic cult was preceded by a Minoan proto-Dionysian cult . |
| 8 | It may be that this goddess was worshipped at the peak sanctuaries , where it is known that pyres were lit ; the later Artemis cult also involved mountain-top bonfires . |
| 9 | It is known that Aymer was in France in 1299 , 1301 , 1302 , 1303 , 1304 , and made at least twelve visits between 1307 and 1324 , three of them in 1313 . |
| 10 | It is thought that rice was first cultivated in India and Indo-China , but it is now grown extensively throughout the Far East . |
| 11 | It is thought that Jesus was peculiarly open to women , breaking in this with custom . |
| 12 | It is reported that police were satisfied that the wife acted under duress in the various crimes in which she got involved in . |
| 13 | When however it is remembered that sugar was bought in loaves , the whole procedure becomes logical . |