Example sentences of "[noun] should be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was forever correcting people about pronunciations and points of grammar very pedantic about how things should be said and done . ’ |
| 2 | The whole notion of society was patriarchial , from the concept of God the father right down to the father who actually dominated the household and dictated even when the rosary should be said , and so forth . |
| 3 | Before we look at some examples to illustrate this falsificationist conception of the progress of science , a word should be said about the claim that ‘ Science starts with problems ’ . |
| 4 | Events were to justify such a view of things , and God was duly thanked , by the royal order that masses should be said to commemorate the defeat of the English at Formigny in April 1450 , for the way he had turned his gaze towards the French cause which , for so long , had appeared to be lacking his support . |
| 5 | In written language , for example , since there is no one-to-one correspondence between the marks ( alphabetic representations ) on the page , and how they are to be pronounced in speech , there is typically a range of alternatives as to how a written letter should be said . |
| 6 | ‘ Undoubtedly if the justices had proceeded to adjudicate on the case either by convicting or by acquitting the defendant , that would have afforded ground for a good plea to the indictment , but I can not see why the fact that the justices at first said they would deal summarily with the case and afterwards changed their minds should be said to have deprived quarter sessions of jurisdiction . |
| 7 | Nonetheless , the right of journalists and broadcasters to demand trial by jury , in those areas of criminal law where it still exists , is an important security against interference with media freedoms — for reasons explained in 1885 by Dicey , the leading writer on our unwritten constitution : " Freedom of discussion is , then , in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury , consisting of 12 shopkeepers , think it expedient should be said or written … |