Example sentences of "could [adv] [be] say to have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In which case they could not be said to have decided the issue for themselves , let alone for others . |
| 2 | But although he could not be said to have reached any hard-and-fast conclusions to this question , so fearful were the prospects of this supposed evolutionary degeneration that Karl Pearson took refuge ( and a certain amount of comfort ) in the fact that its results were far away : ‘ Happily , what the distant future of the world may be is a matter that does not much concern us , and about which we may rejoice to know nothing . ’ |
| 3 | It has already been pointed out that there was no authority on the precise issue raised by Morgan , so that in that sense the House of Lords could not be said to have changed the law . |
| 4 | They had referred to all the relevant authorities and had properly understood the principles and so could not be said to have erred in law . |
| 5 | The appellant , if he believed that Mr. Occhi , knowing that £7 was far in excess of the legal fare , had nevertheless agreed to pay him that sum , could not be said to have acted dishonestly in taking it . |
| 6 | The House of Lords said that punctual payment required payment on the Friday , if the banks were closed on the Saturday and Sunday , and that the owners could not be said to have waived the breach simply because their bank had accepted the payment order . |
| 7 | Volenti was held to be inapplicable as the doctor could not be said to have agreed to the risk . |