Example sentences of "can [be] said to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There can be said to be at least three groups of predator assemblage distinguishable by this form of analysis . |
| 2 | There can be said to be at least three main schools of management theory addressing the people problem : the classical school embodying the work of F. W. Taylor and Henri Fayol , the behaviourist school founded by Elton Mayo and the quantitative school which appears to have had its origins in the operations research techniques developed during World War Il . |
| 3 | This causes no problem , as the defendant can be said to be at fault whenever he commits a tort . |
| 4 | An important part of the discussion deals with the difficulty of deciding whether variation can be said to be between semantically equivalent forms which carry social meaning , or to encode an aspectual distinction ; this latter issue is treated in the context of a ( non-quantitative ) analysis of the semantic distinctions underlying tense and aspect marking ( see further 7.6 and 7.7 ) . |
| 5 | For instance , the following two occurrences of man can be said to be in syntactically different environments : |
| 6 | Someone in possession with the consent of them both can be said to be in possession ‘ with consent of the owner . ’ |
| 7 | To some extent , an important factor is the computer program itself , whether it is a commonplace program , carrying out mundane operations , or whether it is designed to do something novel , whether the purpose of the program can be said to be in the nature of a trade secret . |
| 8 | It should be noted moreover that such a Christology is not predicated upon saying that the difference between the sexes is of minimal importance , or simply to be compared with differences of race , with the implication that women can be said to be like Christ and so for example be ordained . |