Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] can [be] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the very least , this poem can be said to show Leapor 's awareness of the vulnerability of an unmarried woman who is dependent on her father for financial support . |
| 2 | Those universities featuring highest in this list can be said to concentrate on local research . |
| 3 | While neither Act can be said to define what is the primary meaning of ‘ debentures , ’ both give some pointers to what , both in law and in commerce , would , for most purposes be regarded as their essential feature ; namely that debentures are a type of transferable security ( in this respect resembling shares ) whereby a company can raise finance in the form of loan capital instead of share capital . |
| 4 | Finally , and to further compound the confusion , there were a number of differing schools or sects — and even , apparently , sects within sects — that constituted the Judaic orthodoxy of the time , if , indeed , any such orthodoxy can be said to have existed . |
| 5 | Many writers have expressed the view that intonation is used to convey our feelings and attitudes ; for example , the same sentence can be said in different ways , which might be labelled ‘ angry ’ , ‘ happy ’ , ‘ grateful ’ , ‘ bored ’ , and so on . |
| 6 | The same thing can be said about expense recognition , although there is a system of accounting which recognizes a debit earlier than the receipt of an invoice . |
| 7 | Much the same thing can be said of the to infinitive denoting something which is actualized as a consequence of causation ( cause , force , occasion , get , order , tell ) , assistance ( help ) , discovery ( find ) , daring , etc . |
| 8 | But the same thing can be said of any major city in the world . ’ |