Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [is] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the jargon it is said that they can not even get on the Masters and Johnson ‘ ski-slope ’ , let alone start down it . |
| 2 | Inside the shrine it is said there lies the Chamber of Days , a place where the histories of the Phoenix Kings past , present and future are written in words of fire upon stone . |
| 3 | Originally , the cross celebrated the vernal equinox and the rites of spring associated with the goddess Eostre , from whose name it is said the Venerable Bede derived the name for Easter . |
| 4 | Moderator it is said that a passion for consistency is the mark of a small mind which probably explains why I have a passion for consistency . |
| 5 | Maria ( whose name is pronounced ‘ Mah-Rye-Yah ’ , as in ‘ Black Maria ’ ) is the daughter of a Bean Street neighbour , and suddenly without provocation it is said that she starts an uproar of a fight in which Mrs Jenkins is stabbed . |
| 6 | I SYMPATHIZE with the Duke of Wellington who , towards the end of his life it is said , grieved continually over all the brave men killed at the Battle of Waterloo . |
| 7 | If the statement does not become incorporated into the contract it is said to be a representation ; something said in the course of the negotiations leading up to the contract itself . |
| 8 | Built as a hunting lodge for the Deer Park it is said to be haunted by a huntsman in green ! |
| 9 | U , of spectral type M , appears to be irregular , with a range of from 5.6 to 7.5 ; EU ranges from 6.0 to 6.9 , and is also of type M. It is said to be semi-regular , with a period of around 60 days , but I have never been at all confident about this . |
| 10 | I mean , from the first line it 's says , what shall I do , I 'm catched ? |
| 11 | In the Far East it is said that a girl is not eligible for marriage until she can cook a perfect bowl of rice . |
| 12 | When a bank note can be exchanged for gold on demand at a bank it is said to be convertible or redeemable . |
| 13 | The search for the nature of the distinctively gay sensibility can be productively redirected as an exploration of the limitations of the aesthetic as conventionally understood , especially the way it is said to transcend the socio-political , and used in support of the proposition that discrimination is the essence of culture . |
| 14 | In the way it is said that the Tour de France does not really begin until it reaches the Alps , the cognoscenti contend that the first 63 holes are jockeying for position . |
| 15 | contribution it is said . |
| 16 | In this position it is said to indicate " Full scale deflection " . |