Example sentences of "[vb mod] properly be said [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that there was no delay either in the investigation of the complaint or in the bringing of these proceedings which could properly be said to constitute an abuse of the process of the court ; |
| 2 | It is submitted on behalf of the Attorney-General that there was no delay , either in the investigation of the complaint against the respondent or in the bringing of proceedings against him which could properly be said to amount to an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 3 | Clark simply refuses to allow that such behaviour by a creature lacking language transforms the content of what they can properly be said to fear or be distressed at . |
| 4 | That the windscreen wipers started to work can properly be said to have been caused by a set of things including the state of the wipers ' mountings and the smooth surface of the windscreen as well as the switch 's being flipped . |
| 5 | For communication involves the notions of intention and agency , and only those inferences that are openly intended to be conveyed can properly be said to have been communicated . |