Example sentences of "is often [verb] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because these three associated religions appear to have in common the belief in one transcendent personal creator , it is often assumed that they all believe in the same God . |
| 2 | Someone must plough the fields or milk the cows , but much of this endeavour takes place hidden from public view and when a tractor is glimpsed across a field it is often assumed that it is a farmer who is in the cab . |
| 3 | It is often stated that we only use 10 per cent of our brain . |
| 4 | It is often said that it is not very easy to turn an omelette back into eggs . |
| 5 | It is often said that you can discover a great deal about a person 's character by the books on their shelves . |
| 6 | It is often argued that we would all be better off if we followed the Warsaw Pact system of accepting their superpower 's equipment , produced mainly in the Soviet Union , but also in satellite countries like Czechoslovakia . |
| 7 | For example , it is often argued that it is common sense and natural that women will engage in child-rearing and domestic tasks and that men will make sexual advances and will work outside the home . |
| 8 | If a British multinational invests in plant abroad , it is often argued that it weakens British industry because the resources could have been used to invest in new production in the UK . |
| 9 | The actor is no different , although for some reason it is often thought that you are somehow ready to act , magically , the moment you enter a stage door . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it is often overlooked that we can only apply scientific method to a tiny fraction of the impressions upon which we act . |
| 11 | It is often suggested that they are cheaper . |
| 12 | Because the eruptions burst from the viscous sub-layer , it is often suggested that they are produced by an instability there — particularly as some features of the motion in this region resemble features of transition to turbulence in a boundary layer ( for example , the development of fast- and slow-moving regions mentioned above resembles the development of three-dimensionality illustrated by Fig. 18.1 ) . |