Example sentences of "is sometimes [verb] that [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for David Hume himself , it is sometimes said that that great Scottish philosopher disposed of the Argument from Design a century before Darwin . |
| 2 | It is sometimes said that this appalling performance by the British economy in the early 1990s has been ‘ imported ’ from a world recession . |
| 3 | It is sometimes said that few young people get involved in CPRW 's work , but this is certainly not the case at our Annual Youth Environment Conference where this year , as ever , 100% of the delegates were under 21 ! |
| 4 | It is sometimes assumed that this outside world , composed of external structures and processes , exists at some level above that of the actor 's home ground . |
| 5 | It is sometimes implied that all this changed when that shrewd lawyer , John XXII , became pope , yet he readily promoted a number of Edward 's episcopal candidates ; moreover , from John , no less than from Clement , Edward II received the bounty of papal taxation of the clergy . |