Example sentences of "[pers pn] can hardly be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | My belief that I am in pain may be justified , perhaps , but I can hardly be said to base it on reasons , conclusive or otherwise . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It can hardly be said that the German Empire contained Prussia . |
| 4 | It can hardly be said that his optimism was fully justified , though ironically enough the supply did become more than adequate in most seasons from the middle of the century onwards , when traffic dropped away . |
| 5 | But it can hardly be said that the relationship between the two sectors has been as mutually productive as it might be . |
| 6 | It can hardly be said that anything very surprising emerges in the pupils ’ criticism of teachers . |
| 7 | Joseph Needham 's only indexed reference to dreaming in ancient China is tantalizingly brief : Oneiromancy , or prognostication by dreams , was also practised in China , as in most ancient civilisations , though it can hardly be said to have taken a very important place there . |
| 8 | The last remark could be made of financial problems also , yet , even in these hard times , it can hardly be said that insoluble money problems beset over half the population of Britain . |
| 9 | Thus the question remains an open one , and it can hardly be said that the hotel proprietor had put his property to any special or unusually sensitive use . |
| 10 | It can hardly be said to do so any longer . |
| 11 | It can hardly be said , even using this attenuated chain of reasoning , that the harm is ‘ likely , ’ more especially when the protesters had made plain their aversion to the use of force of any kind . |
| 12 | It may well be that the decision of a particular valuer appointed might fix the price and might be equally satisfactory to both : so it can hardly be said there is a difference between them . |