Example sentences of "can be said [to-vb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one idea that can be said to have made a firm impression from the psychoanalytic approach to dreaming is that these experiences come from within the mind , rather than from outside ( although in the case of Jung 's psychology even this is not clear ) . |
| 2 | The first section of this chapter sums up the differences which have emerged between legacies and trusts in the course of this book , and goes on to consider whether or how far or in what sense classical law can be said to have reached a fusion of legacy and trust . |
| 3 | Whether or not these can be said to have caused an increase in poverty depends , of course , on the definition of poverty chosen , as has been described above . |
| 4 | If anyone can be said to have had a ‘ finest hour ’ — although in this instance it was more a matter of finest days and weeks — it was the people of Fontanellato , and those for many miles around , who had showed such courage in helping the escaped prisoners without any hope or thought of recompense . |
| 5 | Other economic unions , some short-lived and some longer-lived , in Africa , Asia and the Americas , have had a modicum of influence locally , but none can be said to have had a major influence in global terms . |
| 6 | Within the culture as a whole these popular activities can be said to have established a limited , unresolved but not entirely unsatisfactory position . |
| 7 | Treitel ( 8th ed. ) , p. 87 says of Ward v. Byham : ‘ One basis of the decision is that the mother had provided consideration by showing that she had made the child happy , etc. : in this way she can be said to have conferred a factual benefit on the father , even though she may not have suffered any detriment . ’ |