Example sentences of "can [be] said [prep] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Which is more than can be said for the thousands of turkeys destined for the Christmas dinner table . |
| 62 | Some of these books are raw as hell , but whether the inspiration comes from Jilly Cooper or Thomas Hardy , Iceberg Slim or Samuel Selvon , what can be said for sure is that the Black British Novel is here to stay , giving voice to a bunch of people with a whole mess of new stories to tell . |
| 63 | Which is more than can be said for the other engine . |
| 64 | Happily , the Edwardians had considerable good taste , which is more than can be said for some of the awful designs of the late fifties which were in vogue during the transition from more traditional styles . |
| 65 | But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it . |
| 66 | Which , I stress , is more than can be said for the one hit wonders of the '90s , which sound more like nursery rhymes than anything else . |
| 67 | Which is more than can be said for the album sleeve of the new ACR album , which has caused unheard-of dissent at the offices of British Coal who claim that the artwork looks too much for comfort like the British Rail Freight logo and are threatening legal action . |
| 68 | ‘ I do n't want to work for you , I 'm employed very nicely working for myself and the name of Morgan is respected already in town , which is more than can be said for that of the Grenfells . ’ |
| 69 | Which is more , my girl , than can be said for some . ’ |
| 70 | The best that can be said for Manne 's argument is that as the risks of insider dealing increase , ‘ not trading ’ trading may become more popular . |
| 71 | The least that can be said for him was that he convinced many that the non-combatants ' interests were worthy of consideration . |
| 72 | Which is more than can be said for the Ferrets opposite . |
| 73 | Like SuperCalc these are n't pictorial in content , but at least the shadowed button look makes them appear as if you should click then with a mouse — which is more than can be said for either of the other two packages . |
| 74 | All that can be said for certain is that I respond to all of it — vixen , trees , plants , birds , the lot — but it does not respond to me . ’ |
| 75 | The same can be said for working-class , black and other oppressed groups . |
| 76 | Much the same can be said for the use of the ‘ grid ’ in countless high-modernist abstract paintings by Mondrian , Reinhardt , and many others . |
| 77 | Much the same can be said for Lichtenstein 's comic-strip pop art or Alex Cox 's use of Lichtenstein-type devices in his film Repo Man . |
| 78 | The proposal does fit the situation — which is more than can be said for the compromise approach . |
| 79 | So little archaeological research has been conducted on the ‘ foreign ’ goods from excavations on town sites goods like querns , hones , and pottery — that little can be said for activities at markets and fairs in the Middle |
| 80 | Which , I forbear to say out loud , is more than can be said for you , spook . |
| 81 | She 's a kind girl , though , and at least she rings me now and again which is more than can be said for her brother . |
| 82 | which is more than can be said for the products of the human |
| 83 | Full of energy and compulsion , the same can be said for ‘ Dodgen ’ where the colour is all part of the motion . |
| 84 | ‘ More than can be said for you , you big girl 's blouse . ’ |
| 85 | The best that can be said for the education available for the children of the eighteenth-century poor is that it managed to maintain the levels of the later seventeenth century . |
| 86 | But the Left did at least sense that Fascism presented an imminent threat to Britain and this is more than can be said for some of those holding the responsibility for Britain 's foreign policy and ultimate defence . |
| 87 | Games are an integral part of any school 's curriculum and the same can be said for New College , but all the pupils are blind or have got very little sight . |
| 88 | well at least Hereford fans did n't have to watch their team beaten on Saturday … which is more than can be said for Gloucester folk … it was a long way home from sale after losing seventeen to nineteen |
| 89 | which is more than can be said for the Gloucestershire cricket season … the Cheltenham festival is underway and the only ones feasting on runs at the moment are Derbyshire … |
| 90 | Though he almost came a cropper on one occasion — United had just squandered a chance to cancel out the first-half lead Ian Baird had given Hearts — his footwork was pretty good , which is more than can be said for those on the pitch itself . |