Example sentences of "[pers pn] is [adv] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find her difficult to handle and my soundings are that she is deeply unpopular in Fleet St. She is also said to be extremely bitter about the way she has been treated and evidently stands to make millions from various lawsuits . |
| 2 | But the most nervous people in London , it is unkindly said , are the policemen outside the still-functioning Iraqi embassy in Kensington . |
| 3 | It is normally said that as one goes further up this ascent of languages , the code becomes progressively more like a natural language such as English . |
| 4 | Yet it is normally said that it is a breach of an agent 's duty to act for competing principals . |
| 5 | Although it is repeatedly said that at common law a man must keep his fire ‘ at his peril , ’ research shows that we can not be sure that at any period in the history of the common law a man was absolutely liable for the escape of his fire . |
| 6 | Now it is frequently said that the development of skilled movement ‘ lags ’ a long way behind that of skilled perception , and in one sense this is certainly true : young babies have excellent visual acuity as revealed by their behavioural discrimination of , and neural responsivity , to gratings and chequerboards — but we do n't see them playing darts ! |
| 7 | It is frequently said that you can make statistics say what you want them to say . |
| 8 | It is frequently said that most herbs do best if they are growing in well-drained soil , somewhat short of plant food , and in a position which is sunny and sheltered . |
| 9 | It is frequently said that the question of absurdity can not influence a decision in any type of case except the one just stated . |
| 10 | On a second or subsequent marriage it is frequently said that a wedding speech should make no reference to previous spouses , nor children of earlier marriages unless they are junior pages and need to be acknowledged and welcomed , or even the fact that either party has been married before . |
| 11 | It is frequently said that like changes have not been seen since the invention of the printed book but a good argument can be made for comparing the IT revolution with the invention of writing itself . |
| 12 | It is also said that he leaves the defence undermanned , but neither charge was proved on Saturday as Barcelona rode adversity in an absorbing match that emphasised , as one knew it would , how hurried and imprecise so much of the British game has become and how necessary it is that we cherish such exceptions as Liverpool , Norwich and Nottingham Forest if the art is not essentially to be driven out . |
| 13 | It is also said that Hinduism believes in an impersonal rather than a personal Deity . |
| 14 | It is also said that the Vikings introduced the finchback characteristic to Normandy in the ninth or tenth century and , according to a detailed history of the Gloucester breed by Adam Stout , there could be a common ancestry with the finchbacked Longhorn of Lancashire through Scandinavian cattle brought to Shetland , Ireland and Lancashire by the Vikings . |
| 15 | It is also said that Moorcroft was shocked to find that his co-professor was wholly ignorant of all veterinary matters ; yet Moorcroft and Coleman had negotiated the terms of their joint appointment , and it is inconceivable that Moorcroft could have remained unaware of his future colleague 's lack of veterinary knowledge . |
| 16 | It is also said that in times when Russia has need of strength in battle , these horses will awake their masters and carry them to where they are needed . |
| 17 | It is also said that girls are more verbally adept and can express complex concepts more readily than boys . |
| 18 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 19 | It is also said that Jacqueline had begun writing to a young Glaswegian who really was in prison . |
| 20 | It is also said to be fleur-de-lis of French heraldry . |
| 21 | It is also said that they are able to exercise an element of independent supervision over inside management . |
| 22 | It is also said to speak of low morale , falling sales and job cuts at the troubled newspaper . |
| 23 | It is usually said that the introduction of NEP pacified the peasants , but the Famine had a quicker effect in this respect . |
| 24 | Galois , it is usually said , coined the word group at this time and introduced the concept of normal subgroup . |
| 25 | It is usually said that they are quite passive at this stage . |
| 26 | It is usually said that in the voice from heaven at the baptism of Jesus we have an example of the bath qol . |
| 27 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 28 | It is rightly said of him that he was always a pedagogue , but he is a pedagogue in the courtly nineteenth-century mode of Professor Agassiz , who sets up the controlled experiment and invites us to participate in it , not in the hectoring and charismatic mode of the star of the lecture-hall . |
| 29 | It is often said that the two most difficult and specialist design areas within a hotel are the kitchen and the leisure facility . |
| 30 | It is often said that more damage is done inside the hangar than out ! |