Example sentences of "it is say [conj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said that Arabs have no compunction about reneging on a deal , that they will blow hot and cold , use the phrase ‘ God willing ’ to suit their own purpose , say ‘ yes ’ when they mean ‘ no ’ and generally confuse their more direct Western counterparts . |
| 2 | It is said that Farafrans know the night sky better than most people know the rooms of their own home . |
| 3 | By contrast , the Corinthians passage in which Paul speaks of male headship , and in which it is said that women should be silent ( a verse which is probably an interpolation and does not owe to Paul ) , he is concerned with a practical situation which has arisen , a situation in which the church , still insecure in a pagan world , was likely to cause scandal if it departed too far from social convention — and his concern is that it should not unnecessarily put itself in jeopardy . |
| 4 | It is said that vegetarians ( who do not eat meat or fish ) are healthier and live longer than meat-eaters . |
| 5 | Gwennap Pit was originally an amphitheatre created by mining subsidence , and it is said that tinners held their cock-fighting ‘ mains ’ ( matches ) in it , but in the eighteenth century John Wesley preached his fiery sermons to the large crowds of tinners and their families who gathered here . |
| 6 | It is said that Nos. 25 and 34 were taken out of service and loaned to the War Office for use as Searchlight cars . |
| 7 | It is said that assumptions on which he was apparently prepared to proceed have now been shown to be unsound . |
| 8 | It is said that lords and ladies and royalty were entertained here , and known that George Fox , the founder of the Quakers , preached here . |
| 9 | Next , it is said that lawyers and judges are not familiar with Parliamentary procedures and will therefore have difficulty in giving proper weight to the Parliamentary materials . |
| 10 | It is said that MPs have not had many letters about the case , in which three businessmen nearly went to jail for doing what the Government had encouraged them to do . |
| 11 | It is said that men mature as they grow older like a good red wine , but that a woman 's beauty fades with age . |
| 12 | There is good reason for its common name ; the bruised foliage , whose odour has mint-like associations , induces cats to roll all over the plant , eventually ruining it , but it is said that plants grown from seed will be safe until dying down , or withering for some reason . |
| 13 | Now I think it 's in Alice in Wonderland , that it is said that words mean what I intend them to mean . |
| 14 | This may be why it is said that couples who pray together , stay together . |
| 15 | It is said that tunnels once used by escapers from the castle still exist beneath the grounds . |
| 16 | After all , it is said that children grow out of crime and naturally move to independence from their families . |
| 17 | Often the contents of a reply are non-committal ; it is said that points made by a committee are noted or that certain matters will be kept under review . |
| 18 | It is said that yaks ' milk is sometimes used and in Italy buffalos ' milk is made into cheese . |
| 19 | It is said that centuries ago monks from Watton Abbey roamed these pastures with their sheep and were able to rest in a chapel of ease which was situated in the village . |
| 20 | It is said that invoices were raised against Wessex on behalf of Abbey and that when payment was received by Abbey the moneys were diverted by Mr. Tully and others and were partly dissipated in bribes and partly disguised and concealed in various bank accounts and other havens . |
| 21 | What the experienced communicator recognises is that the effectiveness of what is said is as dependent upon how it is said and perceptions and impressions others have of the person presenting the argument as it is upon the quality of argument itself . |
| 22 | An easy way of sort of getting round it is to say that adapters do it better , and innovators do it differently . |