Example sentences of "be said [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other two syllables will normally be much less prominent , and be said on a level pitch . |
| 2 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 3 | Finally , there may be something to be said for a non-exhaustive list of situations in which consent will be negatived . |
| 4 | The same can of course be said of a great novel , for if houses are like stories , stories are also like houses . |
| 5 | By raising and lowering the handle it is possible to follow the contours of the shape , and though this can also be said of a normal chisel , I enjoyed being able to concentrate solely on the chisel edge , as if whittling . |
| 6 | Yet something of the Parish 's strange reputation lingered into the twentieth century ; it may still be said of a headstrong woman , ‘ send her to Temple Moor ’ . |
| 7 | The calf is supposed to miss its mother as it might be said of a 4-year-old child . |
| 8 | Thus a given verbal lexeme such as " exist " can be said of an infinite number of different supports : I exist , you exist , this chair exists , etc . |
| 9 | Within these limits , which can not be said in a free society possessing elective legislative institutions to be narrow or constrained , judges , as the remarkable judicial career of Lord Denning himself shows , have a genuine creative role . |