Example sentences of "that [modal v] be say for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Firmness was all that could be said for it . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The least that can be said for him was that he convinced many that the non-combatants ' interests were worthy of consideration . |
| 5 | But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it . |