Example sentences of "be said that [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 It must be said that as a matter of civil law the existence of an equitable proprietary interest is doubtful .
2 And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’
3 And as she attended the first parade of the Princess of Wales 's Royal Regiment , she joked : ‘ It has to be said that for a 31-year-old woman to have 2,500 men under her command is quite a feat but I am sure I will rise to the occasion . ’
4 It should be said that in a nominally tideless sea where charterers ban night sailing and there is no need to go out of sight of land , dead reckoning backed up with fixes on prominent objects ashore will get you round nicely .
5 It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95·4 per cent of the time .
6 It can therefore be said that in a long series of estimates under the same conditions the population mean would lie within one standard error of the mean 68 per cent of the time , or within two standard errors 95.4 per cent of the time .
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