Example sentences of "is often [verb] that [det] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes , with older children , it is often advocated that all refused instructions are dealt with this way but this is not always a good idea .
2 Although it is often assumed that these were one and the same battle , there is no evidence that Clovis fought at Zülpich , and it is possible that they were separate events .
3 It is often said that many young people lose interest in poetry , and even stories , as they go through secondary school .
4 It is often said that this is just an example of Swiss discretion in business , but in my view we have begun to believe that works acquired abroad are somehow superior .
5 It is often said that most congenital abnormalities are untreatable , but this overlooks the great contribution of tertiary prevention , and surgical techniques are constantly improving .
6 It is often said that more damage is done inside the hangar than out !
7 The most important ingredient in the construction stage is time but , although this is sometimes a source of worry at the beginning , in practice it is often found that this stage is less time-consuming than the planning stages .
8 But it is often implied that these were the result of particular social and political circumstances .
9 It is often thought that these are supported by the arguments in Book 2 for the view that all ideas , the materials of knowledge , come from experience .
10 It is often held that this is the prerogative of governments , the economically or politically powerful , the leadership within the churches or simply those who can afford the means .
11 Thus , while Richard Johnson refers to the counter-education challenge to traditional education by the student movement , and the women 's movement in the early 1970s , it is often forgotten that another site of opposition was in community-based education and action in working-class communities .
12 Indeed , it is often claimed that some family firms preferred to avoid being profit-maximisers and take a safe return from past investments .
13 It is often recommended that such work is coordinated by a ‘ key worker ’ .
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