Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] be said [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am fully conscious of the fact that in so concluding I may be said not to be applying Reg. v. Morris . |
| 2 | Moreover , it allows us to adjudicate on a matter with which the bible does not concern itself ( as it may be said not to concern itself with the question of the liberation of women ) . |
| 3 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 4 | Alternatively it may be said bluntly that in all cases of intimidation , whatever the nature of the threatened act , C's cause of action is wholly independent of B's . |
| 5 | It is because God is not subject to such things that He may be said not to suffer , at least in the way human beings do . |
| 6 | It should be said straight away that he has done the job thoroughly . |
| 7 | ( A statement with which it should be said not all Christians today would necessarily agree , but let us grant him that . ) |
| 8 | It should be said also that both the 1954 church as the 1976 halls owned a tremendous amount to the generosity of the Rank Trust . |
| 9 | Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this . |
| 10 | The work of Abrams and Marsden ( 1986 ) strikingly , and it must be said depressingly , confirms the impression given by earlier studies . |
| 11 | It must be said however , that they are infinitely more cautious than their predecessors , and on the whole with good reason . |
| 12 | Certainly the raw readings are low , and it must be said here that the last significant figure was obtained by estimating a proportion of a division on the scale . |
| 13 | It must be said that much of human behaviour seems to fall into this neurologically economical pattern : we work hard to master a problem , then turn the solution into a mindless , rote unit of behaviour . |
| 14 | It must be said then of the attempt to re-read the history or literature of the past , that the only motivation for doing so can be that one is a Christian . |
| 15 | It might be said truthfully he died at the high point of his fame ! |
| 16 | Some people think that Jesus still meant death in the sense that it might be said today that a person had ‘ fallen asleep ’ when they had died . |
| 17 | It will be said perhaps that I should have combined some principle of conduct with propositions about the flavours . |
| 18 | First , it can be said not merely that C does not sue for breach of contract between A and B , but that his cause of action actually depends upon the contract not having been broken . |
| 19 | Or , to put it in another way , there must be at least two non-synonymous descriptive phrases of which it can be said both that they are co-extensive in respect of the given non-meaning and characterise this non-meaning in an essential way . |
| 20 | I think it can be said fairly , that the management response , in a political climate moving steadily to the right , was always likely to be too little too late : but that observation applies in many jurisdictions other than Texas , and has the advantage of being based on hindsight . |
| 21 | The large question of the limits upon royal power will be discussed in a later chapter , but it can be said now that , although the Crown put pressure upon both Houses , they were capable of obstinacy and independence . |