Example sentences of "[is] sometimes suggested " in BNC.
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| 1 | First there is another objection to be considered : do deviant identities and sexualities really denaturalize through theatrical parody as straightforwardly as is sometimes suggested ? |
| 2 | ‘ It is sometimes suggested that the closure of rural schools will accelerate depopulation . |
| 3 | It is sometimes suggested not only that postmodernism scarcely exists in Britain , but that it would not be a good thing if it did : like structuralism , it is seen as a form of literary rabies , to be confined to the Continent for as long as possible . |
| 4 | As one of a variety of possible techniques to develop self-confidence , it is sometimes suggested that ‘ assertiveness training ’ is helpful , the idea being that stress is reduced if one knows , in appropriate circumstances , how to be assertive rather than aggressive . |
| 5 | It is sometimes suggested that the absence of note-taking can be a help to the informant , in that it frees him from the inhibiting effects of a recorder and a notebook . |
| 6 | It is sometimes suggested that the mystical flowering of the fourteenth century was a reaction against the scientific and scholastic enthusiasms of the thirteenth century , which had sought to reinterpret the Christian experience in terms of the rationalistic philosophy of Aristotle . |
| 7 | It is sometimes suggested that the inconvenience , misery and personal tragedy caused by the war outweighed the appeals of patriotism . |
| 8 | Throughout much of urban Spain the lower-middle class , whilst larger than is sometimes suggested , was engaged in relatively small-scale economic activities involving little in the way of enterprise : family-based manufacturing , localized commerce , a primitive service sector , and not least important the buying , selling and leasing of land — a major middle-class preoccupation since the disentailment of the Church 's landed property in the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 9 | Because claims for the conversation-like attributes of chimpanzee gesturing have been exaggerated , it is sometimes suggested that , on the contrary , their gestures have no meaning at all . |
| 10 | Holists , it is sometimes suggested , subscribe to this view , while individualists reject it in favour of the belief that individuals are capable of free , or autonomous , action . |
| 11 | It would clearly be impracticable for all of a party 's members to foregather from every corner of a region to select and rank its list candidates , so it is sometimes suggested that American style primaries should be held for this purpose . |
| 12 | It is sometimes suggested that a justified true belief can be knowledge when it derives from a reliable method ( see Goldman , 1976 ; Armstrong , 1973 , ch. 13 ; Swain , 1981 ) . |
| 13 | It is sometimes suggested that women 's legal rights are fairly minor and have done little to improve the position of women in society . |
| 14 | The catfish that is sometimes suggested is carnivorous and pugnacious and generally creates havoc . |
| 15 | It is important to be clear that the people of Denmark did not vote for a modification of the Treaty , as is sometimes suggested . |
| 16 | What needs to be done is not as hard to conceive of as is sometimes suggested . |
| 17 | It is at times suggested that the security forces are operating under a series of shackles , which it is sometimes suggested are of a political nature . |
| 18 | He did not see Crosland hinting at wanting to ‘ nationalize ’ or exert control over the universities , and he did not see the DES as being ‘ jealous of the universities as is sometimes suggested ’ . |
| 19 | ( d ) It is sometimes suggested that the banks should be left to their civil remedies , and that they should check their clients more carefully . |
| 20 | It is sometimes suggested in addition that the bare infinitive is a sort of grammatical fossil which is only found in petrified form in certain fixed constructions ( Curme 1931 : 456 ) . |
| 21 | It is sometimes suggested that it was the government , rather than the electorate , which determined the outcome of elections , and that any ministry which enjoyed the full weight of the Crown behind it was unlikely to lose a general election . |
| 22 | Glass and enamel tesserae , for , are uncommon in Britain — although they do occur more frequently than is sometimes suggested ( Boon 1974 , 345 ; Neal 1976 , 243 ) . |