Example sentences of "be said [conj] it be not " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 But it needs to be said that it is not a belief that Richards himself takes for granted .
5 As the Court of Appeal put it : ‘ Somebody was not telling the truth and it could not be said that it was not a relevant matter for the jury to be told that one man had been dishonest in the past . ’
6 Though I thought the above observation worthy of a mini-publication , it might be said that it was not all that surprising .
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