Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] [adv] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most familiar is that of total ignorance , in the sense of making no response at all , and which could also be said to be based on total ignorance . |
| 2 | She moves ( for example ) between speaking of the crucifixion of Christ ( fact ) to the cosmic nature of Christ — which can hardly be said to be ‘ true ’ in the sense of an empirically known fact . |
| 3 | Instead it turns out to be very much concerned with rhetoric , which can hardly be said to be new for this age or even essentially syntactic . |
| 4 | The effect of such imagery is to enrich or enlarge our concept of the male , or of what may truly be said to be ‘ masculine ’ . |
| 5 | Talking around the subject and not coming directly to the point ; saying in 30 words what might equally be said in 10 . |
| 6 | Terse , poignant , and well made , it says what could only be said in poetry . |
| 7 | The supporters of O M O V have put their arguments in what can only be said to be a ham-fisted and insulting way . |