Example sentences of "could [adv] be said [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time that the Book of Isaiah was written however , things were being said about Israel 's God that could not be said of any other , and this led increasingly to the claim that the God of Israel is the only one that exists . |
| 2 | Erica herself was entirely honest , and worked hard for her causes , but the same could not be said of some of her associates . |
| 3 | Mr Sheffield said as Mr Elderfield was not complying with his medication it may well be that he had some form of epileptic fit but it could not be said with complete confidence . |
| 4 | However , it could not be said with any certainty that because Mr. Wright had backed out , the dealer had sold one car less . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , having surveyed the yeomanry at length , Smith too reached the point beyond which he possessed little specific knowledge of the people under discussion , unless he felt that there was little that could usefully be said about those who had ‘ neither voice nor authority in the commonwealth , and no account is made of them but onelie to be ruled , not to rule others ’ . |