Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [not/n't] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time that the Book of Isaiah was written however , things were being said about Israel 's God that could not be said of any other , and this led increasingly to the claim that the God of Israel is the only one that exists . |
| 2 | To say that Socrates is mortal is true is not to say anything that can not be said by asserting that Socrates is mortal . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , all these matters are only indicative , and can not be said to be conclusive . |
| 4 | The decision in Rask is , of course , considerable help in support of the contention that the claim would otherwise have succeeded , but can not be said to be conclusive on the point , since it is for the national court to evaluate all the circumstances when assessing whether there was in any particular case a transfer of a business . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | My conception is related , also , in that both conceptions derive in a direct way from our pre-theoretical , first-person grasp of consciousness , as can not be said of any of behaviourism , causalism , or functionalism , nor really of the logico-linguistic criterion , derived though it is from Brentano . |