Example sentences of "[coord] it have [be] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was well known in Aspull and it had been said she had a heart of gold . ’ |
| 2 | And it has been said that local authorities are not always very sympathetic to acting as a choice of career and sometimes obtaining a grant may be more difficult if a student has evidently changed his or her career tack . |
| 3 | It is recognised in planning circles that planning applications for fish and chip shops are contentious and it has been said that whilst ‘ Joe Public wants hot food shops he does not want them near him and he is prepared to fight tooth and nail to stop anyone opening one near his house ’ . |
| 4 | The inhibiting effect of sedimentation on corals has been stressed in the past and it has been said that the absence of corals from the mouths of large rivers , for example those of south-east Asia , is due to the amount of fine suspended sediment . |
| 5 | There are two types of patentable invention , a product invention and a process invention , and it has been said that an invention is a new way of making something old or an old way of making something new . |
| 6 | But it has been said before we should have professional referees — the sooner it 's sorted out the better . |
| 7 | A trade union or union official calling its members out on strike is therefore protected but it has been said to be arguable that an individual striker has no protection against a claim that he uses unlawful means when he withdraws his labour because this situation does not appear to fall within section 13(1) . |