Example sentences of "can [pron] [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Likewise in the case of Lewis 's Eve : if she is ransomed by Ransom 's struggle with the Un-Man in the underworld , a sort of Harrowing of Hell sequence , how can she be said to have resisted the temptation on her own ; and if she has not really resisted through her own strength — if she is to be rewarded with immortality and felicity for something she has not done herself — where is the justice in the punishment , on another planet , of Eve and her descendants , for something which again was not wholly her responsibility ? |
| 2 | So can she be said to have died as a result of the accident ? ’ |
| 3 | While Shatov expounds and disputes ardently , and incidentally takes a lot of good- and God-focused material off the shoulders of the notebook Stavrogin ( ‘ ‘ Shatov must be tied up before you can argue with him , ' ’ Stepan Verkhovensky sometimes joked' ) , only to Kirillov can it be said and is it said , ‘ you have n't swallowed an idea , but an idea has swallowed you ’ — to which he responds delightedly with ‘ That 's good . |
| 4 | But can it be said that such a duty lies on individuals and groups ? |
| 5 | On only three out of approximately 180 occasions , therefore , can it be said that the inspectors had been less than absolutely fair in the opinion of those who were criticised . |
| 6 | Still less can it be said that Jesus had a feminist interpretation of social realities . |
| 7 | Not since the nineteenth century can it be said that Parliament has made policy directly . |
| 8 | Accordingly in my judgment it is not correct to describe the document as a will at that stage nor can it be said in my judgment that by his signature Mr. Winterbone intended to give effect to the document as any kind of effective document . |
| 9 | It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ? |
| 10 | It appears to me that the arguments which I have heard involve the consideration of three separate questions , namely : ( 1 ) does the ex turpi causa maxim and its related rules ( which I will refer to as ‘ the ex turpi causa defence ’ ) afford a defence to a claim for contribution under the Act of 1978 ? ( 2 ) If the ex turpi causa defence is capable of so applying , can it be said , with the degree of certainty necessary for a striking out order to be made , that the defence will exclude any contribution from the third party in the circumstances of this case ? ( 3 ) Leaving aside the ex turpi causa defence , can it be said with the necessary degree of certainty that the court will , under section 2(1) and ( 2 ) of the Act of 1978 , exempt the third party from liability to make contribution even if he has been negligent in the performance of some duty of care owed to the plaintiffs ? |
| 11 | ( 3 ) Can it be said with certainty that the court will , under section 2(2) , exempt the third party from liability to make a contribution ? |
| 12 | Now can it be said to be clear by the law of Scotland that the locus here is beyond what the legislature may assert right to affect by legislation against all whomsoever for the purpose of regulating methods of fishing ? |
| 13 | ‘ Until the consent given at marriage be revoked , how can it be said that the husband in exercising his marital right has assaulted his wife ? |
| 14 | Nor can it be said simply that " this " in language A means " that " in language B. If the meaning of words is to be determined accurately , the following basic principles of semantics ( " the science of meaning " ) must be understood and applied : 1 . |
| 15 | If , as we have been suggesting , the nature of data has much to do with the theoretical presuppositions which underlie their production , how can it be said that theories are tested by means of exposure to data ? |