Example sentences of "it is [adv] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not to say that PGCE ( and in-service ) tutors do not attempt to develop ‘ professional ’ rather than ‘ craftsman ’ knowledge and attitudes , it is rather to say that the professional knowledge is built on shaky foundations . |
| 2 | But the most nervous people in London , it is unkindly said , are the policemen outside the still-functioning Iraqi embassy in Kensington . |
| 3 | It is normally said that as one goes further up this ascent of languages , the code becomes progressively more like a natural language such as English . |
| 4 | Yet it is normally said that it is a breach of an agent 's duty to act for competing principals . |
| 5 | Although it is repeatedly said that at common law a man must keep his fire ‘ at his peril , ’ research shows that we can not be sure that at any period in the history of the common law a man was absolutely liable for the escape of his fire . |
| 6 | Now it is frequently said that the development of skilled movement ‘ lags ’ a long way behind that of skilled perception , and in one sense this is certainly true : young babies have excellent visual acuity as revealed by their behavioural discrimination of , and neural responsivity , to gratings and chequerboards — but we do n't see them playing darts ! |
| 7 | It is frequently said that you can make statistics say what you want them to say . |
| 8 | It is frequently said that most herbs do best if they are growing in well-drained soil , somewhat short of plant food , and in a position which is sunny and sheltered . |
| 9 | It is frequently said that the question of absurdity can not influence a decision in any type of case except the one just stated . |
| 10 | On a second or subsequent marriage it is frequently said that a wedding speech should make no reference to previous spouses , nor children of earlier marriages unless they are junior pages and need to be acknowledged and welcomed , or even the fact that either party has been married before . |
| 11 | It is frequently said that like changes have not been seen since the invention of the printed book but a good argument can be made for comparing the IT revolution with the invention of writing itself . |
| 12 | It is also said that he leaves the defence undermanned , but neither charge was proved on Saturday as Barcelona rode adversity in an absorbing match that emphasised , as one knew it would , how hurried and imprecise so much of the British game has become and how necessary it is that we cherish such exceptions as Liverpool , Norwich and Nottingham Forest if the art is not essentially to be driven out . |
| 13 | It is also said that Hinduism believes in an impersonal rather than a personal Deity . |
| 14 | It is also said that the Vikings introduced the finchback characteristic to Normandy in the ninth or tenth century and , according to a detailed history of the Gloucester breed by Adam Stout , there could be a common ancestry with the finchbacked Longhorn of Lancashire through Scandinavian cattle brought to Shetland , Ireland and Lancashire by the Vikings . |
| 15 | It is also said that Moorcroft was shocked to find that his co-professor was wholly ignorant of all veterinary matters ; yet Moorcroft and Coleman had negotiated the terms of their joint appointment , and it is inconceivable that Moorcroft could have remained unaware of his future colleague 's lack of veterinary knowledge . |
| 16 | It is also said that in times when Russia has need of strength in battle , these horses will awake their masters and carry them to where they are needed . |
| 17 | It is also said that girls are more verbally adept and can express complex concepts more readily than boys . |
| 18 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 19 | It is also said that Jacqueline had begun writing to a young Glaswegian who really was in prison . |
| 20 | It is also said to be fleur-de-lis of French heraldry . |
| 21 | It is also said that they are able to exercise an element of independent supervision over inside management . |
| 22 | It is also said to speak of low morale , falling sales and job cuts at the troubled newspaper . |
| 23 | It is usually said that the introduction of NEP pacified the peasants , but the Famine had a quicker effect in this respect . |
| 24 | Galois , it is usually said , coined the word group at this time and introduced the concept of normal subgroup . |
| 25 | It is usually said that they are quite passive at this stage . |
| 26 | It is usually said that in the voice from heaven at the baptism of Jesus we have an example of the bath qol . |
| 27 | It is usually said that repetition is used for emphasis . |
| 28 | It is rightly said of him that he was always a pedagogue , but he is a pedagogue in the courtly nineteenth-century mode of Professor Agassiz , who sets up the controlled experiment and invites us to participate in it , not in the hectoring and charismatic mode of the star of the lecture-hall . |
| 29 | It is often said that the two most difficult and specialist design areas within a hotel are the kitchen and the leisure facility . |
| 30 | It is often said that more damage is done inside the hangar than out ! |