Example sentences of "[am/are] told [conj] it [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because if you 're told that it 's going to get a maximum of three minutes air time , and if the interviewer wants to ask five questions , you think there are five topics that you would like to get in , to make five points , then do a bit of mathematics , and work out how long you think each answer should be . |
| 2 | We 're told that it is not a commercial fish to breed in large numbers and that it is species more suited for the specialist or advanced hobbyist . |
| 3 | And I am told that it is not advisable to use the same batch of acid for etching copper as has been used for etching zinc because the deposits of two metals in the acid creates erm an unpleasant , noxious , possibly poisonous gas and I do n't know what that would do . |
| 4 | Thus we are told that it is a ‘ good film ’ , is ‘ riveting viewing ’ and has ‘ excellent acting ’ but are never told what makes a film ‘ good ’ , why certain images are ‘ riveting ’ or what is ‘ excellent acting ’ . |
| 5 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 6 | We are told that it is the most flexible and fast-reacting source of aid , and that is exactly why we have pursued that route . |
| 7 | Participants in a television programme , for example , who are told that it is a " pilot " which will not be transmitted , can not be held responsible for defamatory statements they have made if it is subsequently screened at prime time . |