Example sentences of "said [conj] it [is] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may simply be said that it is just a ‘ fact ’ that Jesus was male , and that therefore priests should be . ) |
| 2 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 3 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs . |
| 4 | Given that we may have yet more to learn about human reproduction , it must be said that it is not a case of ‘ views ’ which may or may not be right . |
| 5 | The main advantage of this type of support is that it keeps the joint warm , but it has to be said that it is not really suitable for more recent or severe injuries . |
| 6 | The extent of the duty to state reasons thus varies according to the nature and context of the measure in question , and it may be said that it is not required to go into matters of detail to a disproportionate extent . |
| 7 | But it needs to be said that it is not a belief that Richards himself takes for granted . |
| 8 | It is often said that it is not very easy to turn an omelette back into eggs . |
| 9 | But it can not plausibly be said that it is wholly impracticable . |
| 10 | I 'd like to I 'd like to thank the panel for the work which they have done on this very difficult issue and , although the convenor has said that it is perhaps a difficult thing to alter the text of such a document on the floor of the house , I think we also have to point out that this is our only opportunity to comment upon this particular draft which will become a definitive draft if passed by the general assembly today . |
| 11 | What is now being sought is , in a sense , a reversal of that development , in a particular type of case ; and it is said that it is too late to take that step . |
| 12 | Inevitably it will be said that it is too soon for such syntheses . |
| 13 | The prison governors have said that it is too draconian , and the Prison Officers Association has expressed the view that it is an unnecessary knee-jerk reaction to a deeply serious problem . |
| 14 | As against this , it may be said that it is psychologically impossible ( or perhaps impossible in some stronger logical sense ) to retain either beliefs or attitudes of which the inconsistency has become manifest to one . |
| 15 | Finally , of the argument that Jesus treated women well ( and thus it is of significance that he did not ‘ choose ’ women — to be part of a symbolic number of people who in any case had to be male ! ) , it must be said that it is quite unwarranted . |