Example sentences of "can [adv] be said [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of the substantive apple , it is obvious that the lexeme evoked by this word can only be applied to objects of our experience which are by nature apples : it can not be said of a pen or an eraser . |
| 2 | The same can not be said of a generalised advance disclosure . |
| 3 | The Class 321 units ( of which the first was delivered in September 1988 ) , were an immediate success , but the same can not be said of the Class 442 ‘ Wessex Electrics ’ of which twenty-four five-car units should have been delivered in time for the May 1988 timetable . |
| 4 | This can not be said of the colourful house , which turns out to be as likeable as its architect . |
| 5 | That can not be said of the SNP , which campaigned with zest and intelligence , and yet finds itself with only the same three seats that it won in 1987 . |
| 6 | The same can not be said of the ruck/maul proposal . |
| 7 | Some commentators have pointed out that , as can not be said of the Cadbury Committee 's report on the financial aspects of corporate governance , much legislation would be needed to implement the Green Paper 's proposals . |
| 8 | At 29 he 's got everything , which can not be said of the other international contenders . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , this can not be said of the licence fee . |
| 10 | The same can not be said of the ceremonial and ritual laws which occupy much of Leviticus and other parts of the Pentateuch . |
| 11 | He does indeed regard the latter case as a splitting of the name " Balak , king of Moab " across two lines ( he calls it " binomination " ) , but that can not be said of the former case . |
| 12 | The same can not be said of the keyboard itself which uses really nasty little keytops and has stick-on legends but at least they have been stuck on for you this time . |
| 13 | This can not be said of the ‘ Nutter ’ , whose conduct is the exception which proves the rules . |
| 14 | Undoubtedly , vaginal penetration with a penis may lead to pregnancy which can not be said of the other forms of sexual assault at issue . |
| 15 | This can not be said of the relational algebra and it is more ‘ user friendly ’ than a straight relational calculus language such as QUEL or SCL . |
| 16 | Fuck that , we were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch , the same can not be said of the scum . |
| 17 | Unfortunately the same can not be said of the decision to persevere with the existing range of street furniture . |
| 18 | It can not be said at the outset that it is impossible for the contract to be carried out . |
| 19 | ‘ But the same can not be said for the rest . |
| 20 | Her natural expression removes some of the horror of death and , with her floral tribute , looks more like Little Red Riding Hood asleep under the tree ; the same can not be said for the Hoskins child . |
| 21 | Unfortunately the same can not be said for the George IV Bridge Building . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman spoke for himself , which can not be said for the hon. Member for Rugby and Kenilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , who is not in his place , the Back-Bench chairman of the Conservative party education committee . |
| 23 | The same can not be said for the Labour party which fought the previous two elections on a programme that the hon. Member for Walsall , South ( Mr. George ) said was disastrous and should have been consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It can never be said of a theory that it is true , however well it has withstood rigorous tests , but it can hopefully be said that a current theory is superior to its predecessors in the sense that it is able to withstand tests that falsified those predecessors . |