Example sentences of "[modal v] be said [prep] once " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be said at once that nothing remotely as strong as this is required by the proposition that to explain an event is to find its cause . |
| 2 | It must be said at once that fears as to this are greatly exaggerated : most incestuous activity does not lead to pregnancy , while , when it does , favourable genetic attributes can be transmitted as well as unfavourable ones . |
| 3 | It may be said at once that these questions can not be answered with complete certainty . |
| 4 | It may be said at once that the earlier date , adopted by the the editor of the Istanbul edition of Asikpasazade and Danismend , may safely be ruled out , not only through the evidence of Molla Yegan 's involvement with Molla Gurani but also on the basis of an anecdote about him related in the tenth volume of the history by Kemalpasazade ( d. 940/1534 ) . |
| 5 | It may be said at once that of these dates the most inherently improbable is the last , that given by the later Turkish tradition . |
| 6 | It may be said at once that the doctrine of tenure , as developed in England , made it difficult , if not impossible to regard either [ the tenant ] or his lord as the owner of the land itself . |
| 7 | For example : it can be said at once — and briefly — that the probability that she was massively involved in the murder of Darnley is very strong . |