Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
| 2 | It 's easier said than done , but I would if I could go back over it again . |
| 3 | Yes it 's easier said than done |
| 4 | ‘ I know it 's easier said than done , but if Liverpool can get one or two more players , I think we 'll be right up there . |
| 5 | Oh that 's what you told me , I know , but it 's easier said than done , in n it ? |
| 6 | It 's also said to be making Microsoft Mail interoperate with Unix E-Mail . |
| 7 | It 's always said that Oppositions rarely win elections , Governments lose them . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's always said I 'm the perfect man for long- ball football , but I can play anywhere you want me to . |
| 9 | In fact it 's sometimes said that it 's one of the very great privileges of the public is that they can , by dint of writing something , and putting it in an envelope with a stamp on it , get it to arrive on an editor 's desk , and have the editor at least give a cursory glance if not a more serious glance at what 's going on , so it 's a privilege and it 's an opportunity in that case . |
| 10 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 11 | It 's often said the best way to pack for a holiday is to lay everything out you think you 'll need — and then leave half the things behind . |
| 12 | Orcadian dialect it 's often said has no words of endearment no dears or darlings but I think perhaps came as near to it as any word . |
| 13 | So that 's well , before we can go in , launch into this , I mean it 's often said that erm , er , well , one of the major reasons why agricultural commodity trade has n't been included in GATT , like virtually every other er , product has been , is because governments are saying , look this is a domestic policy , it 's got nothing to do with international trade , we 're supporting our farmers , it 's a domestic policy . |
| 14 | It 's recently said it will be making new masks . |
| 15 | Oh yeah but the thing is it 's something , it 's the main , it 's something she , it 's like said to her last night |
| 16 | But the most nervous people in London , it is unkindly said , are the policemen outside the still-functioning Iraqi embassy in Kensington . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Yet it is normally said that it is a breach of an agent 's duty to act for competing principals . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ! |
| 21 | It is frequently said that you can make statistics say what you want them to say . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | It is frequently said that the question of absurdity can not influence a decision in any type of case except the one just stated . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | It is also said that Hinduism believes in an impersonal rather than a personal Deity . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |