Example sentences of "it is [adv] said [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also said that Hinduism believes in an impersonal rather than a personal Deity . |
| 2 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 3 | For example , it is often said that testing assumes that intelligence can be quantified by a single number , as in a much-praised recent book , The Mismeasure of Man , by a palaeontologist , Stephen Jay Gould . |
| 4 | It is often said that Order 53 procedure is designed to be speedy and that cases raising significant disputes of fact are not suitable for resolution under Ord. 53 . |
| 5 | It is often said that alcohol is ‘ the only little pleasure that old people have ’ , which may be true to an extent , but if drinking becomes a problem then it is for the individuals to decide how much of a pleasure drinking is , and whether they want help to stop . |
| 6 | It is often said that delegation is the art of management . |
| 7 | It is sometimes said that mutation is ‘ random ’ . |
| 8 | It is commonly said that tsunamis are usually triggered by earthquakes or violent volcanic explosions . |