Example sentences of "[be] say [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Again , explain what 's been said to a close friend and keep reminding yourself that in God 's eyes you are a successful , important and useful person .
2 In Ryan [ 19921 Crim.L.R. 187 , where the identifying witness was brought to and conducted around the police station where the parade took place by officers involved in the investigation , the Court of Appeal regarded what had occurred as a ‘ substantial breach ’ of the Code , and the subsequent identification of the suspect was admitted in evidence only because there was proof that nothing untoward had in fact been said to the witness by the officers in question .
3 There was no officer gaping for a fee ; this could have been said of no city on the English side of the Tweed . ’
4 If the auguries for Branwell Bronte were , at best , uncertain , the same could not have been said of the last leave-taking of one of his father 's predecessors at Haworth , the Rev. William Grimshaw ( 1508–63 ) , of whom John Wesley wrote :
5 It is a pity that the same could not have been said of the United Company of Undertakers and the Worshipful Company of Upholders .
6 For it has always been said of the eucharist that precisely it is not a play about the last supper — in which case the celebrant had best be male and semitic in appearance .
7 Very little has been said about the boom in modern prints .
8 There is very little to say about the new Robert Zemeckis film that has n't been said about the old one .
9 This account of Western Christianity in the early Middle Ages may have been rather weighted towards the political , and perhaps , given the political complexion of the discussion , it may be surprising to many readers that more has not been said about the papacy .
10 Whilst not retracting anything that has been said about the inappropriateness of either a corporeal God or a God who is a person , it has to be said that interpreting certain historical events as the actions of God is the primary way in which a number of religions understand the divine nature .
11 ‘ A lot has been said about the marvellous people who do look after Down 's Syndrome babies .
12 Much has been said about the ‘ information revolution ’ in the NHS .
13 Whilst a number of writers have commented upon his contributions to debates upon current policy problems , little has been said about the theoretical basis of these contributions .
14 Over the past few years I have read a great deal of specifically Christian literature in the field of economics and I have been impressed by one thing : while much has been said about the immorality of the modern corporation and the injustice of the structures of international trade and while a little has been said , especially in North America , about the role of government and the need for proper control of money and credit , very little has been written about trade unions .
15 WHILST much has been said about the abilities of the players , the coaches , the referees , the managers etc , little has been said about the standards of journalism .
16 WHILST much has been said about the abilities of the players , the coaches , the referees , the managers etc , little has been said about the standards of journalism .
17 First , much has been said about the immediate effects of industrial action on the process of the project .
18 None of these hypotheses would seem to contradict what has been said about the management styles and organizational forms identified as likely to be appropriate in each quadrant of the uncertainty map .
19 Little had been said about the other regional aspect represented by unemployment and economic decline in the Special Areas .
20 A great deal has been said about the need to improve language skills in order to deal with the needs of trade and industry in the contemporary multi-lingual world .
21 When Hale came to survey the law of rape in the seventeenth century , he was confronted by centuries in which very little had been said about the matter .
22 From what has been said about the variation of the measure with area and exposure the form of the three-dimensional map of the relationship can be predicted .
23 I appreciate everything that has been said about the need to maintain safety standards .
24 Erm much has already been said about the role of P P Gs and the advice they contain .
25 Er I what 's been said about the report and I think it identifies the main issues .
26 He said : ‘ Enough has already been said about the use of weapons in this area . ’
27 ( What would have happened at Verdun had Renault remained out of business can readily be deduced from what has already been said about the Voie Sacrée . )
28 It had all been said on the track where both McLaren 's new MP4/7As , driven by Senna and team-mate Gerhard Berger , were non-finishers .
29 For instance , Hickey includes many conversational passages that purport to be verbatim records , but must be reconstructions of what Hickey thought was appropriate to have been said on the occasion .
30 Nothing had been said between the two friends , and Ella often wondered if she had imagined a situation which did not , in fact , exist .
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