Example sentences of "[noun sg] could not be said have " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time as the area covered by the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher has been enlarged , the usefulness of the rule has been reduced by the unwillingness of the courts to apply it in circumstances where the defendant could not be said to have been at fault . |
| 2 | The last payment could not be said to have been more than required to pay for such services rendered then or in the future . |
| 3 | First , if the plaintiff had passed on the relevant tax to others , the taxing authority could not be said to have been unjustly enriched at the plaintiff 's expense , and he was not therefore entitled to recover . |
| 4 | ‘ But in the case of such an animated film , there would n't be anything behind the cartoon sofa ; not only that , the sofa could n't be said to have a behind at all . |
| 5 | Volenti was held to be inapplicable as the doctor could not be said to have agreed to the risk . |