Example sentences of "it is often said [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is often said that by tradition they have a right to judicial appointment when vacancies occur and that this is particularly true of appointment to the office of Lord Chief Justice . |
| 32 | It is often said that most congenital abnormalities are untreatable , but this overlooks the great contribution of tertiary prevention , and surgical techniques are constantly improving . |
| 33 | It is often said that you can discover a great deal about a person 's character by the books on their shelves . |
| 34 | It is often said that the pure watercolourist does not use any white pigment , relying entirely on the white of the paper . |
| 35 | We go further , and it is often said that God has revealed his Spirit as much in Buddhism and Hinduism as in Christianity ; indeed , as much in atheism as in theism . |
| 36 | It is often said that the aikido adept resembles the eye of a hurricane . |
| 37 | It is often said that the hammer axle bushing in the Kapsel , or fork in which the hammer shank is mounted , absorbs enough of the energy of the returning hammer to act as a check . |
| 38 | In particular , it is often said that indirect taxes are less visible ( than direct ) , being to some extent hidden in the quoted price of the good . |
| 39 | It is often said that the quantitative increase in Trident firepower is to accommodate , or seek to pierce , the anti-ballistic missile defences that have been established in the Soviet Union . |
| 40 | It is often said that it is not very easy to turn an omelette back into eggs . |
| 41 | It is often said that no political recovery from the trauma of Soissons was possible . |
| 42 | It is often said that as one market slows down another opens up and all is not doom and gloom . |
| 43 | It is often said that an assault can be committed only by an act and that an omission is not sufficient . |
| 44 | It is often said that there can be no confidence in iniquity . |
| 45 | It is often said that one of the objectives of a commercial contract is to allocate risks between the contracting parties and the drafter 's client will generally wish to throw as many of the risks as possible onto its trading partners . |
| 46 | IT IS often said that the collapse of the Soviet Union left the US as the only superpower . |
| 47 | ‘ It is often said that … ’ |
| 48 | It is often said that the tonic syllable can be identified because it is the only syllable in the tone-unit that carries a movement in pitch ; this is in fact not always true . |