Example sentences of "[modal v] be said in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of that evidence , it might be said in parenthesis , appears to be adverse to the appellants . |
| 2 | As far as the radically mentalist view is concerned , there is clearly very little that might be said in its favour . |
| 3 | Version ( i ) might be said in conversation on hearing someone 's name , as in this example : A : John Cleese is a very funny actor . |
| 4 | There are cases where technical terms are conventionally used , but add nothing to what could be said in simpler ways : e.g. etymology simply means ‘ the history of a word ’ , and morphology simply means ‘ word structure , . |
| 5 | He controlled an efficient network of spies : nothing could be said in Delhi without Aurangzeb coming to hear of it . |
| 6 | That is to say they believe that God was in some sense differently related to particular events , or may be said in particular to have revealed God 's self through those events , in a way in which this is not true of all other events or periods in history . |
| 7 | That , as may be said in tones suitable to the objection , is the conception of something so complete as to necessitate by itself its effect . |
| 8 | It may be said in general that the designer of a superconducting circuit needs to worry about the response time and energy of superconducting electrons . |
| 9 | Furthermore , it should not be forgotten that , whatever may be said in the Maastricht Treaty , the European Court held in its Opinion 1/91 on the European Economic Area Agreement that , having regard to the Treaties then in force , the Community already had the objective of achieving European Union . |
| 10 | The ethics may appear questionable to present day conservationists , but it may be said in defence that the trip was made with the knowledge of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , whose observations at that time showed that there was no falling off in the numbers of breeding birds as a result of the annual slaughter . |
| 11 | However they decided the case on another basis and Pearson LJ said " it may be said in answer to the possibility of such a reductio ad absurdum , though no doubt , it has to be taken into account , is far from conclusive , because it may involve unlikely hypotheses , which would be outside the reasonable expectations of the parties at the time of the making of the contract of employment " . |
| 12 | Two other tournaments intervened before the Masters and one of them at Houston was washed out with hardly , as would be said in cricket , a ‘ ball being bowled ’ . |
| 13 | Soon it would be said in England as it was said on the Continent , that a good Catholic is a man whose wife goes to church . |
| 14 | The court has now three divisions : a Queen 's Bench Division , a Chancery Division , and a Family Division ( successor to the probate , Divorce , and Admiralty Division , of which something will be said in Chapter 3 ) . |
| 15 | More will be said in a later chapter about the implications of Plantagenet representation in France at this level . |
| 16 | For example , the word ‘ here ’ will be said in much the same way in the following : |
| 17 | It can be said in his favour that the Michael X set seemed very like a fraud and a circus , and that these people had no deep connection with the politics of Trinidad . |
| 18 | Ideally , all that needs to be said can be said in an hour , and if you think the journalist is genuinely interested in your work , try to give him or her as much time as required — it is appreciated . |
| 19 | Many things can be said in conversation which assume a different weight when used , verbatim or otherwise , on the printed page . |
| 20 | Russia can not exist without the Ukrainian sugar industry , and the same can be said in regard to coal ( the Donbas ) , cereals ( the black earth belt ) , etc . |
| 21 | In response to a request , the answer ‘ I do n't mind doing it ’ can be said in a pleasant positive manner , assuring the listener that the task will be done willingly . |
| 22 | On the other hand it can be said in a grudging negative manner leaving the listener uncomfortable and possibly guilty at having made the request . |
| 23 | It can be said in conclusion that these developments have become central to the future of the ‘ GIS revolution ’ of the late 1980s , since it is now clear that the massive ( and desirable ) growth of the use of GIS can not be supported without improvements to the use environment experienced by the user . |
| 24 | The one thing that can be said in favour is that it sends vegans and animal rights activists incandescent with rage . |
| 25 | With very few exceptions the rule is that Parliament determines the maximum penalty and it is then for the courts , having heard the evidence , and seen the defendant in person , and heard what can be said in mitigation on his behalf , to decide upon the appropriate punishment in all the circumstances of the case . |
| 26 | One thing that can be said in opposition to the simultaneity idea is that if we persist in thinking precisely of causation , of one thing causing another , as distinct from any related kind of connection , we are inclined to try to substitute successions for simultaneities . |
| 27 | When she comes to Henry VIII in her History of England , she observes that ‘ nothing can be said in his vindication , but that his abolishing Religious Houses & leaving them to the ruinous depredations of time has been of infinite use to the landscape of England in general ’ . |
| 28 | In Chapters 2 and 3 we saw that the lexical resources of a language influence to a large extent what can be said in that language as well as how it can be said . |
| 29 | However , given the nature of Scotland , with its urban concentration in the central belt , we accept the need to limit the numbers bought by one purchaser and will consider what can be said in the disposal programme , by which time the picture will be clearer . |
| 30 | Accordingly , the sentence " I am cutting the meat for mother " can be said in these three different ways : This leads to three different types of clauses according to whether it is the Subject , Object or Benefactor that is the topic . |