Example sentences of "[modal v] be said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | So is the cold war giant , at least in the sense that a mighty military machine with no visible threat to its well-being might be said to be dead . |
| 32 | On the grounds of its ancient lineage and apparently perennial vigour , the ‘ grand survivor ’ of all general theories might be said to be elite theory . |
| 33 | One person on his own could not constitute a procession , but if a person were to march on his own , having publicised the fact widely in advance , it would seem that he might be said to be organising a procession if , Pied Piper like , he were to draw a crowd of supporters and followers . |
| 34 | Thus each group of accounts might be said to be objective but they are not comparable . |
| 35 | The general rule with regard to these provisions might be said to be that the settlor will not avoid tax on the income which arises from the capital which he has settled unless he and his wife are excluded from all possible benefit . |
| 36 | A deictic element is not a term as such , but some part of the utterance which might be said to be deictic . |
| 37 | The same might be said for the mix of sexuality and violence in Blue Velvet . |
| 38 | As much might be said for members of her cabinet . |
| 39 | The same might be said of Neville Brody whose typography for The Face owes more to computer-operated typesetting than to calligraphy . |
| 40 | The same might be said of Giscard d'Estaing 's less populist party , the ‘ Union pour la Democratie Française ’ . |
| 41 | The same might be said of Redon 's frequently alluded to fragility : according to Eisenman he was ever teetering on the brink of depression and death , though this in turn does not explain why the artist lived seventy-five years of life quite satisfactorily . |
| 42 | The calf is supposed to miss its mother as it might be said of a 4-year-old child . |
| 43 | Much the same might be said of David Capel , another member of that 1990 Caribbean party to have fallen on hard times . |
| 44 | It has been said that working in advertising will give you the most possible fun you can have with your clothes on , and the same might be said of sharedealing . |
| 45 | Much might be said of the relation between particular and general causal statements , but here a little must suffice . |
| 46 | The same might be said of the individuals in Britain considering themselves members of the ‘ middle class ’ : there is not an essential characteristic common to them all , which could be discovered by theoretical reflection . |
| 47 | It was not until Compline that his non-appearance provoked wonder , comment and finally uneasiness , for he was unrelenting in observance , whatever else might be said of him . |
| 48 | Much the same might be said of the keyboard repertory , particularly in Germany . |
| 49 | Something similar might be said of the following : ( 192 ) Thus by reducing the temperature of matter in the gaseous state it can be made to pass through all three physical states . |
| 50 | For example , if the word ‘ what ’ is said on a rising tone , ‘ what ’ , it might have a pitch movement that could be diagrammed like this : The four syllables in ‘ , what did you say ’ might be said like this : with the pitch of the syllables in the tail getting progressively higher . |
| 51 | Some of that evidence , it might be said in parenthesis , appears to be adverse to the appellants . |
| 52 | As far as the radically mentalist view is concerned , there is clearly very little that might be said in its favour . |
| 53 | Version ( i ) might be said in conversation on hearing someone 's name , as in this example : A : John Cleese is a very funny actor . |
| 54 | Seven months on , how I wish the same could be said for the rest . |
| 55 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 56 | If the perceptions of Paisley 's critics are revealing of their underlying attitudes , the same could be said for the perceptions of his supporters . |
| 57 | Seventh Day Adventists were the favoured race skippers — they did n't drink , which was more than could be said for the lighter crews . |
| 58 | Firmness was all that could be said for it . |
| 59 | I explained this last point to one witch and he said that the same could be said for Christianity . |
| 60 | The same could be said for Christianity . |