Example sentences of "can not [be] said [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although earlier events can not be said to have caused the crisis , they did have some bearing on how it developed . |
| 2 | But although earlier events can not be said to have caused the crisis , they did have some bearing on how it developed . |
| 3 | As guardians of its wildlife , Hong Kong 's British tenants can not be said to have done very well , though in the last ten years there have been attempts by Hong Kong conservationists to save what is left . |
| 4 | So long as such men as Willaert , Verdelot , and Arcadelt held posts in Venice , Florence , and Rome that is , until the mid-century or after Italian music can not be said to have emancipated itself from northern tutelage . |
| 5 | For , in its guise as the Parliamentary Labour Party , British Empirical Socialism can not be said to have intended , when governing the country , to have replaced private ownership of industry wholly by public ownership . |
| 6 | In that time , Mr Hurd can not be said to have stirred himself . |
| 7 | Political parties themselves can not be said to have existed before 1679 . |
| 8 | On the right , while Italian and German agents were active in Spain and sympathetic to the Spanish right , they can not be said to have exerted pressure upon it or materially to have assisted it in subverting the Republic . |
| 9 | Ever since 1979 the Government has been trying to widen and deepen share ownership , but apart from privatisations , which have resulted in millions of people owning a few hundred shares in one or two companies , it can not be said to have had much success . |