Example sentences of "[conj] they [vb mod] [adv] be say " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is also to agree that they could not be said to represent the mass of unskilled working people . |
| 2 | In 1910 few Liberals had argued for Home Rule in their election addresses or speeches , so they could not be said to have a clear mandate for it . |
| 3 | Some of Freud 's patients became more rational in their understanding of their problems , and they could therefore be said to be nearer than non-patients to the standard Freud held up as worthy of human beings . |
| 4 | In such a situation , the participants may , in fact , ‘ speak topically ’ , but they might also be said to be speaking on a topic . |
| 5 | The ‘ stepped pyramids ’ may be characteristic of the Cornish landscape , but they can not be said to sit naturally in it . |
| 6 | The mode of economic production prevalent in a society may be very different from the mode of ideological production , but they can still be said to share certain ingredients . |
| 7 | Such combinations constitute formulaic patterns which are indeed of very frequent occurrence in language use and need to be accounted for ( as I mentioned in Chapter 3 ) but they can hardly be said to represent the total language to be taught . |