Example sentences of "[vb mod] be said of [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the same aphorism could be said of our body . |
| 2 | Man is a god in ruins , thought Emerson , and perhaps at the end of the twentieth century much the same could be said of his world , a still beautiful but ravaged paradise which , regardless of the tenets of sustainable development will not be passed on to the next century in better or even the same condition , in fact , almost certainly in worse condition as a result of meeting the needs of another billion or so people . |
| 3 | The same could be said of his father Denethor , to whom Gandalf again makes the point that even unhandled the Ring can be dangerous : ‘ if you had received this thing , it would have overthrown you . |
| 4 | More will be said of its proposals in the next chapter on the houses of the great , but , as a sample of Pugin 's diagnosis , the small print of his satiric illustration , ‘ dedicated , without permission , to THE TRADE ’ , repays examination ( Fig. 9 ) . |
| 5 | Individual existence then seems to require some form of hi sā and the same can be said of our existence as social beings or as members of society . |
| 6 | The best that can be said of his success on that occasion is that it postponed the period of uncertainty that a split in the party would bring . |