Example sentences of "can be say have [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask whether the meeting had caused this conversation is meaningless , for spontaneously arising conversations can be said to have many different causes . |
| 2 | If , as in English equity , the beneficiary can be said to have equitable ownership , there is reason in allowing that ownership to be asserted over objects which replace the original trust property in the hands of the trustee . |
| 3 | Since the notional content of adjectives , on the other hand , does not define the nature of their support but only a quality thereof they can be said to have external incidence . |
| 4 | In this model , as with others discussed in the remainder of this chapter , changes in aggregate demand can be said to have real output effects because of imperfect competition ( that is , price stickiness ) , whereas real effects of such changes discussed in the previous chapter arose because of imperfect information . |
| 5 | At least the locked door designed to keep him in also keeps his enemies out , if he can be said to have any enemies . |
| 6 | Another component of intonation that can be said to have grammatical significance is the choice of tone on the tonic syllable . |