Example sentences of "that could [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that could be said was that the judges and staff of the court would continue to do all in their power to reduce costs and lead times in the disposal of appellant business . |
| 2 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 3 | His colleague Vic Marks wrote that ‘ we willed opposition fast bowlers to bounce him so that we could witness the majesty of his hooking ’ , and there can be very few batsmen of whom that could be said . |
| 4 | Firmness was all that could be said for it . |
| 5 | ‘ Rascals , ’ Fat Watt said when he noticed the far-off plumes of smoke , and stumbled off as though everything had been said that could be said . |
| 6 | The area in which they lived was overcrowded and unsalubrious and if there was rather less unemployment than in the north of England , that was about all that could be said for it . |
| 7 | Whether that could be said for Evan Dando is more difficult . |
| 8 | The speaker was short and stocky and that was all that could be said of him in the way of description . |
| 9 | erm , and if anybody else has any other post they , they 're interesting in doing in taking on or , or would like to help with that could be said as well could n't it ? |
| 10 | So , it was in the ordinary conduct of party politics by men in pursuit of power that expectations , aspirations and objectives were reduced to an apparent simplicity , to a crudity of choice for which all that could be said was that it represented the national will . |
| 11 | There were exceptions , recognised by the statute and the courts , but this was not such a case ; all that could be said was that economic damage , perhaps very severe , might be done to the defendant if publicity were not withheld . |
| 12 | They represent by no means all that could be said : only study and practice can lead you to develop the ability to produce clear and precise meanings through the written word . |
| 13 | ‘ That could be said , ’ the pilot sighed . |
| 14 | Even so , there was not much that could be said , other than polite conversation . |
| 15 | When all had been said that could be said , the judge made brief summary , the ballots were cast , and the verdict was solemnly delivered . |