Example sentences of "[indef pn] [prep] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | No doubt there is something to be said for beginning this task all over again , and for using a new technique for the purpose . |
| 32 | ‘ I was thinking that an obviously romantic setting has something to be said for it . |
| 33 | Even though the spreadsheet will act like a financial calculator and tell you all about your savings plan there is something to be said for actually seeing your money grow . |
| 34 | This year 's income may be a poor indicator of a household 's true economic spending power , and there is something to be said for basing the tax assessment on property values . |
| 35 | If there is something to be said for the project , it 's that Waggoner has been doing his homework . |
| 36 | The peculiarity of the electoral system was shown again , for the Conservatives had kept the majority of votes-8.66 million against the Labour 8.36 ; and there was something to be said for the view that a drift of mainly middle-class population southward , and the absence of an up-to-date register of the already enfranchised voters , had benefited Labour in the tally of actual seats . |
| 37 | So although Frazer was doing a kind of anthropology that was later to be rather dis despised , it had something to be said for it . |
| 38 | So , but there is something to be said for it I 'm certainly not running it down , what I am saying is you ca n't . |
| 39 | Yes , but I think there is something to be said for communicating this in a different way . |
| 40 | ‘ There 's something to be said for that , ’ said Zeinab , with a sidelong glance at Owen . |
| 41 | 3.8.2 with effect from the Possession Date pay and indemnify the Landlord against all rates taxes assessments duties charges impositions and outgoings from time to time charged upon the Premises or the owner or occupier of them Although unlikely to have such a constriction placed on it , there is something to be said for inserting a similar exclusion into this clause to that inserted in clause 5.2.1 of the lease . |
| 42 | Although , since she 'd once experienced the so-called ‘ real thing ’ — a wild , tempestuous tide of overwhelming emotion and desire , which had brought her nothing but misery and unhappiness — well , maybe there was something to be said for a warm , calm and friendly relationship … ? |
| 43 | There is something to be said for an industry ombudsman , who would certainly command greater respect than the in-house prefects appointed by some proprietors . |
| 44 | I mean , th there is something to be said for the manner towards you is n't there ? |
| 45 | So , also there 's something to be said for , I mean , a basic technical thing about the type is that you want to be able to tell the letter apart . |
| 46 | There is something to be said at least for Housman 's management of form and structure , his transposition of the general content of his original . |
| 47 | " Gentlemen , " interrupted the Collector , " it 's clear that the difference between you is a deeply felt and scientific one which none of us here are qualified for adjudicating To an impartial observer it seems that there 's something to be said on either side … |
| 48 | At the moment their relationship was a weekend one , but both of them occasionally thought that the idea of marriage still had something to be said in its favour . |
| 49 | His laughter made a terrible sound — nothing to be said about it , really . |
| 50 | There is nothing to be said for propounding the philosophy of history if you do not know the date of the Battle of Waterloo . |
| 51 | She told me that there was nothing to be said for death , nothing in mitigation : it was extinction , the end . |
| 52 | It was no fault of Harry 's that he had been mistakenly put in the care of such people , although there was nothing to be said against the Pritchetts — a decent , hard-working family — other than their class . |
| 53 | It takes as fact that employers , judges and Tory legislators can do no wrong , and so it is hardly surprising that it finds nothing to be said in favour of trade unions . |
| 54 | Is there anything to be said about other phrase types : prepositional phrases , adverb phrases , adjective phrases ? |