Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] could be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | If BA can resell $300m of its United investment — ideally to US citizens - then its remaining equity share could be said to be only 21 per cent , airline officials in New York argue . |
| 2 | If we deal with the situation of the wife 's car first , from the information provided there is nothing to indicate that she is involved in the business in any way so her car expenses could be said to be personal . |
| 3 | Whilst any human cost of alcohol abuse could be said to be too great , it is important not to ignore both the economic and the social benefits associated with drinking . |
| 4 | well I , I think I 'll take agree Mr you know much more about these matters than I do , I just , my eye just lit upon that one I thought that would perhaps the one in which the insurance directive could be said to be attached , but if you 've told me it 's C I 'm perfectly happy to accept it as being C. |
| 5 | By this definition , the question of what would count as a comprehensive health service could be said to be a polycentric one . |
| 6 | In this way Foucault could be said to be returning to Marx in removing the subject from the centre of history , were it not for the fact that he dispenses with the consolations of Marx 's historicism also . |
| 7 | ELLEN 'S LETTER ARRIVED the following week by which time life could be said , by all but the most observant , to have returned to normal . |
| 8 | In the Hassan family , carpet manufacturing could be said to be a team effort where one loads , another weaves and another would then inspect . |
| 9 | The defeasibility suggestion could be said to provide an extension of the earlier requirement that there be no relevant falsehoods ; we now look beyond those propositions actually believed by the believer to propositions which would have an effect if they were believed . |
| 10 | In addition , another family member could be said to ‘ weld ’ it all together . |
| 11 | The credit for the laughter at the dinner table could be said to be shared between Henry and Frank Conway . |