Example sentences of "this [modal v] [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may be said to amount to a mutual exercise of the individuals ' rights of self-determination . |
| 2 | ‘ Hullo ! ’ , and this may be said so softly that it is almost inaudible and we only see the nostrils tremble . |
| 3 | This may be said to be the effect of his thought that probably there are no decent seats left . |
| 4 | This may be said to constitute evidence that the speaker views [ SVQ ] and [ QSV ] as ‘ equivalent ways of doing or saying the same thing ’ . |
| 5 | This could be said with some emphasis of Chatterton , but not of Eliot himself , who moreover survived , who grew to be famous , who did not kill himself , though he was to wonder how one might set about dying . |
| 6 | Reynolds may have admired and borrowed from Michelangelo , and while this could be said to represent , perhaps , a long-standing tradition of cultural domination — or the domination in England of the Italianate tastes of the English upper classes — it would be a mistake to make too much of this . |
| 7 | This could be said of IBM 's personnel in general : The fundamentals have n't changed . |
| 8 | This can be said to satisfy Mr Smith 's call for ‘ one member , one vote ’ . |
| 9 | This can be said in at least two different ways : a ) Those who sold quickly made a profit b ) Those who sold quickly made a profit |