Example sentences of "is say [conj] [art] [noun] is " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the Far East it is said that a girl is not eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice . |
| 2 | IT is said that every bride is beautiful and this is mostly true . |
| 3 | ‘ It is said that the past is another country . |
| 4 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 5 | It sounds as if the project has the active backing of Novell Inc , because it is said that the software is being built atop a future release of the DR DOS MS-DOS-compatible operating system . |
| 6 | It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion . |
| 7 | It is said that the stench is so appalling that no one can go near them now . |
| 8 | Since the mental element required for the commission of the the offences of organisation and participation is knowledge which the courts increasingly interpret to require an awareness of all the circumstances by virtue of which it is said that an offence is committed , it may well be sensible police practice to issue a warning before arresting and prosecuting with an offence under this Part of the Act . |
| 9 | If the Minister is saying that the proposal is liable to bog down the entire system and cause administrative chaos , he may be right as regards some of the effects . |
| 10 | Or , as Samuel Burler has it , the proper statement of relations between successive generations is to say that a hen is merely an egg 's way of making another egg ’ |
| 11 | None of this is to say that the Queen is a bad or malicious person : evidently she is not . |
| 12 | Slot screw fixing at the back of course ; but if the front is n't glued into its groove , who is to say that the back is n't going to remain static , while the front shrinks out of its groove ? |
| 13 | Another way of expressing the central requirement of conspiracy to injure is to say that the law is concerned with the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate purposes , for the former will legalise the infliction of the most catastrophic and inevitable harm to the plaintiff 's business . |
| 14 | Kiesling argues that what constitutes the priest as the image of Christ is the character of orders , that is to say that the person is a priest . |
| 15 | The best I can manage is to say that the thriller is intended to thrill ; it is a succession of exciting events , whereas the suspense novel is designed to create suspense , a series of situations of which the outcome is in doubt . |
| 16 | The colloquialism , in fact , is to say that the auditor is appointed by the shareholders . |
| 17 | Our constituents look to us to obtain redress ; if the only satisfaction that we can give them is to say that the matter is out of our hands , it will not be long before they begin to wonder why they voted for us at all . |
| 18 | Another way of describing lack of spontaneity is to say that the participant is ‘ holding back ’ , not ‘ letting himself go ’ , not ‘ giving himself ’ to the situation . |