Example sentences of "that [modal v] be [verb] 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 | For surely someone as gifted as that deserved all that could be done for him : and ‘ the gift ’ put it above any gossip about an overkeen schoolmaster bringing on a bright pupil and overrode any chatter about the besotted nature of his devotion . |
| 5 | It would only mean he might let her down again , and that would be asking for it . |
| 6 | The least that can be said for him was that he convinced many that the non-combatants ' interests were worthy of consideration . |
| 7 | But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it . |
| 8 | The most that can be claimed for it is that it is ingenious . |