Example sentences of "it is [adv] [vb pp] that this " in BNC.
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31 | As finch ( 1989 ) describes , it is commonly asserted that this century has seen the demise of the extended family structure which is commonly assumed to have been the norm at previous points in time . |
32 | It is commonly assumed that this is widespread and costs enormous sums of money , and that it is a more serious offence than tax-evasion , which in fact costs the exchequer billions of pounds , far in excess of the cost of social security fiddling . |
33 | In the UK it is commonly agreed that this happens at least in part because of the extent to which farming , relative to industrial , interests are " understood " in most Conservative cabinets ( and even some Labour ones ! ) . |
34 | It is now recognised that this approach , seldom if ever actually applied in practice , is based on a confusion of thought . |