Example sentences of "something to [be] said [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's something to be said about that . |
| 2 | There is something to be said for such a view . |
| 3 | Considering the fears of Jacobite invasion there was something to be said for such a policy but it was not popular , especially in London , which had become the centre of support for Pitt and the war . |
| 4 | Hadlee reflected for a moment : ‘ I suppose there 's something to be said for that . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's something to be said for that , ’ said Zeinab , with a sidelong glance at Owen . |
| 6 | It may be that there is something to be said for this composite view . |
| 7 | We 're in a mess and nothing is going to pull us out ; I am not a socialist ; I 'm not impressed by your little man in Rome ; I do n't like ultra-nationalists ( I 'm not one of those who 'd follow the general ) ; I think there is something to be said for constitutional monarchy but in France that cause is as dead as mutton ; I have not much faith in the League , nor in democracy as an up-to-date technique of government . |
| 8 | " Gentlemen , " interrupted the Collector , " it 's clear that the difference between you is a deeply felt and scientific one which none of us here are qualified for adjudicating To an impartial observer it seems that there 's something to be said on either side … |