Example sentences of "[adv] [pers pn] [vb mod] be said [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps it can be said that , when people are searching for meaning , they are at the beginning of a journey , not at the end of it . |
2 | So it may be said that the legislation was promoted by a pressure group whose perception of Co-operation was decried by the Consumers ' Movement ; and passed under a Tory rather that a Liberal Government because a trade union tried to make a tactical use of just that form of co-operative preferred by the promoters and decried by the Consumers ' Movement . |
3 | So it could be said that Michael Palin 's whose career went against what his father wished for him — All the more unforgivable because , unlike his father , he has followed ‘ my natural inclination ’ — and succeeded . |
4 | Nevertheless it may be said that Elizabeth Taylor was more often at her best in each successive collection of stories , though I do not know that she ever surpassed the brilliant study of deception in the title story of A Dedicated Man . |
5 | Also it could be said that the role of Equality Officer is , by its name , more open to being filled by man or woman than it was when it was known as Women 's Special Representative . |
6 | Hence it may be said that ‘ health service inflation ’ has risen faster than inflation in the rest of the economy . |
7 | Inevitably it will be said that it is too soon for such syntheses . |
8 | But here it must be said that John Calvin wanted a weekly communion and the only reason that Knox did n't follow suit in Scotland was the difficulty of organising such events in the rural parishes with a paucity of reformed clergy available to celebrate the sacrament . |
9 | Unfortunately it must be said that in binoculars ( or , for that matter , in most telescopes ) it is disappointing , because it lies at a narrow angle to us and the full beauty of the spiral is lost . |
10 | And if undermining the left was the intention of the reforms , then it must be said that they failed dismally . |
11 | But if Trible 's position is that she is a literary critic , pursuing rhetorical criticism without commitment to the text , then it must be said that the impression she gives is often very different . |
12 | At least it can be said that the former shows a more commendable motivation . |
13 | Yet at least it can be said that the long and complex history of the relations between cultural producers and their material means of production has not ended , but is still open and active . |
14 | At least it can be said that these educational programmes may diminish the occasional experimental use ( which may be damaging in itself ) by those who do not have addictive disease . |
15 | In this respect it showed concern for the welfare of all men , and consequently it can be said that satyāgraha whenever it is implemented involves sarvodaya . |
16 | Indeed it might be said that one year on this course is worth four or five years of experience in the field . |
17 | But the impact of Monet on the American pictorial imagination goes beyond this ; indeed it could be said that the whole Abstract Expressionist movement was deeply influenced by him . |
18 | Firstly it should be said that the contention is over the origin of an idea . |
19 | Again it may be said that though prophets and priests in the bible are male , there is no reason why women should not be ordained or exercise leadership today . |