Example sentences of "can [adv] be said [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surely this can only be said by those ministers or officials who ( however well meaning ) are themselves ‘ out of touch ’ . |
| 2 | It can already be said with virtual certainty that lamb will never be as cheap again . |
| 3 | But I suppose you could say that it was a war that needed fighting ; if that can ever be said about any war . ’ |
| 4 | Whereas the same can hardly be said of other worries , worries ( for instance ) about deception and decay . |
| 5 | I can not speak from experience but the same can probably be said about most instruments if used properly . |
| 6 | This can also be said of many of the larger species of Cichlasoma which often end up as pets for a number of reasons . |
| 7 | The same can also be said of physical science : despite the apparent breadth of the course , students felt that they had little control over their learning . |
| 8 | The same can then be said of social and stylistic factors . |
| 9 | Results of surveys taken in recent years in AIB have indicated that staff morale is low — as it is in all banks — and this can certainly be said for those in Britain where members have had to endure in the past five years a two year period of unreal thinking , the additional pressures brought on by the recession , the pressures brought on by short staffing and on top of all that the lack of recognition in monetary terms for their efforts in ‘ keeping the ship afloat ’ . |
| 10 | Because of the uncertainty of the outcome of future attempts to develop and test a research programme , it can never be said of any programme that it has degenerated beyond all hope . |
| 11 | And by doing so , The Accused rejects the assumptions of the other films , saying in effect that if this can not be said of this woman then it can never be said of any women in any situation . |