Example sentences of "it [is] sometimes suggest " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is sometimes suggested that the closure of rural schools will accelerate depopulation . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is sometimes suggested that the inconvenience , misery and personal tragedy caused by the war outweighed the appeals of patriotism . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | It is sometimes suggested that women 's legal rights are fairly minor and have done little to improve the position of women in society . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ( d ) It is sometimes suggested that the banks should be left to their civil remedies , and that they should check their clients more carefully . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . |