Example sentences of "[noun sg] could [adv] [be] said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless it was held that any false indication given by the retailer could not be said to be due to the act or default of Cadbury since the retailer could quite easily have compared the weights and prices of his existing stock and the new bars to see if the label ‘ Extra value ’ was justified . |
| 2 | We could only do so if in our view he was so clearly and outrageously wrong that his decision could properly be said to be irrational . |
| 3 | The policing of CND rallies and the miners ' strike could hardly be said from the Government 's point of view to have failed , and certainly the police did not suffer for want of legal powers . |
| 4 | I should have screamed at the start — whenever the start could now be said to be . |
| 5 | The novel 's role could then be said to be to question the way we think about culture . |
| 6 | When a three- or four-year-old child first comes to school , his real concern could almost be said to be his own identity . |