Example sentences of "be [verb] [that] the [noun] is " in BNC.

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1 It has sometimes been claimed that the village is a peculiarly English invention .
2 . A group set up not too far away from here in Newark said that the erm , It has been said that the river is worse now than it 's ever been in history .
3 It has always been said that the House is concerned with the rights of individuals and that any injustice , or possible injustice , to an individual is as much the concern of the House of Commons as is injustice to a large number of people .
4 Particularly since the Second World War and the advent of television , with its concentration on individuals and the personalization of political issues , it has been argued that the system is becoming increasingly presidential .
5 On such grounds it has been argued that the novel is not authentic communication , notably by the Marxist critic Walter Benjamin .
6 Indeed , it has been argued that the government is the most likely source of excess demand inflation : through its policy measures , it can finance its own spending by raising taxes , by borrowing or by printing money .
7 It has been argued that the scheme is geared too closely to the needs of the industrial worker disabled by accident or disease in middle life , who , following full medical care and rehabilitation , needs help in returning to the routine of work , in adjusting to disability and in finding new skills within his or her capacity .
8 It is only if all these conditions are met that the adult is likely to respond appropriately ( see acts performed by children 's first words , Chapter 3 ) .
9 ‘ You 're implying that the KGB is running some big operation in Romania .
10 ‘ If I am told that the economy is much worse than the Government has said … there 's something wrong with the way things are run in this country .
11 I am told that the authority is not answering the telephone and that is not good enough .
12 I know what I see when I look at the grass and I have been told that the colour is called ‘ green ’ .
13 We have been told that the case is of no interest to Mr. Bell , he now being in custody in relation to other matters .
14 The Liberal Democrat conference has been told that the party is on the verge of a breakthrough in the Central South region .
15 All are agreed that the orang-utan is the great ape most distantly connected with man .
16 ‘ I may not be of your persuasion but tonight I have been persuaded that the world is reaching a turning-point in its history and that the ancient biblical promise to your people is about to be redeemed .
17 As you can imagine , they are expecting that the course is going to be a popular one and so would-be students are required to pass an audition .
18 It has often been noted that the disease is rarely contracted by medical , clerical or other visitors who do n't eat and drink in the sickroom .
19 On the basis of this evidence , it has been suggested that poverty is the primary cause of the failure to seek legal advice , and it has been proposed that the failure is due to a lack of ‘ legal competence ’ among the less affluent who suffer not only from lack of money , but also from lack of influence , lack of energy and lack of awareness .
20 You are saying that the answer is to do that which is inherently contradictory , to make the silent majority speak , to make the average the exception and so on .
21 The Health and Safety Executive ( HSE ) are saying that the situation is depressing , with a lack of effective control .
22 With this available , the main concerns are to ensure that the tank is large enough and that sufficient head is maintained in the supply line to keep the tank full .
23 Might not the Buddha have been saying that the self is none of these constituents , nor all of them in combination , but something other , something that owns , uses and directs these faculties ?
24 The role of the LEA in monitoring and evaluation should be to see that the work is done within schools and to provide support and expert advice .
25 It will be recalled that the dislocation is essentially a line defect which can move about in the crystal fairly freely .
26 They may even be taught that the mind is organised around this kind of contrast , which is ‘ natural ’ in language and thought .
27 Finally , it must be considered that the bile is acting as a non-genotoxic carcinogen .
28 It must , however , be stressed that the OED is the dictionary of the English language world-wide ; it covers American , Canadian , Australasian , South African , Caribbean , and many other overseas varieties of English with the same care and attention as British English .
29 It should be stressed that the eutectic is a mixture and not a compound .
30 It must be stressed that the data is complex and bound up with difficulties of defining levels of disability , different kind of household and service , and dependent upon sophisticated statistical analysis .
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