Example sentences of "[Wh det] can hardly be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She moves ( for example ) between speaking of the crucifixion of Christ ( fact ) to the cosmic nature of Christ — which can hardly be said to be ‘ true ’ in the sense of an empirically known fact . |
| 2 | Instead it turns out to be very much concerned with rhetoric , which can hardly be said to be new for this age or even essentially syntactic . |
| 3 | This position , actual or potential for all women , leads to a version of the self which is more likely to be defined in relationship and which therefore implies certain commitments or responsibilities which can hardly be denied . |
| 4 | There is a mystery in many percussion sounds which can hardly be matched by the whole orchestra . |
| 5 | If we turn to volcanic deposits , which can hardly be regarded as exceptional in earth history , we can find many examples of great thicknesses accumulating very rapidly indeed . |
| 6 | Most of the remaining papers dealt with therapy for single problems ( smoking and obesity ) , the results of which can hardly be generalised . |
| 7 | Within the Nazi Movement and the coercive apparatus of the State , symbolizing the struggle to rid Germany of its Jews , and increasingly the struggle to destroy Jewry itself once and for all , it had a significance which can hardly be overrated . |
| 8 | Robert Malcolmson 's pioneering researches have placed eigh-teenth-century recreations sociologically with a thoroughness and insight which can hardly be equalled in a general textbook . |