Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] be said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Variants of ( Ε ) and ( o ) do not form a continuum along a single linear scale , but each of them may be said to be part of one or more subscales which can be constructed on , for example , the continua of roundness , or backness or length . |
| 2 | ‘ I am fully conscious of the fact that in so concluding I may be said not to be applying Reg. v. Morris . |
| 3 | In other ways I suppose I could be said to prosper tolerably well . |
| 4 | He chose to spend his moments of relaxation with his political cronies , though none of them could be said to have enjoyed his full confidence . |
| 5 | If you can make her laugh while you 're coming in her mouth , then you might be said to have arrived . |
| 6 | It follows then that when the student can correctly apply the rule in a variety of situations , she can be said to have learned the rule . |
| 7 | Treitel ( 8th ed. ) , p. 87 says of Ward v. Byham : ‘ One basis of the decision is that the mother had provided consideration by showing that she had made the child happy , etc. : in this way she can be said to have conferred a factual benefit on the father , even though she may not have suffered any detriment . ’ |
| 8 | With the conditional theory of knowledge , and the above explication of clauses 3 and 4 , you can be said to know that you are sitting reading because ( 3 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are not sitting reading you do not believe that you are , and ( 4 ) in the nearest worlds in which you are sitting reading you do believe that you are . |
| 9 | Though we have not yet attained a full system of compulsory registration , we may be said to be moving , surely and at an increasing pace , in that direction . |
| 10 | Thus we may be said to have duties of kindness towards the animals ; but it is incorrect to represent these as strictly duties towards the animals themselves , as if they had rights against us . |
| 11 | When we know what a printed word is , we may be said to have collected data about it from the page . |
| 12 | As parts of a whole Universe we could be said to be responsible for everything , for we are an active part of an active creation . |
| 13 | Language provides the context in which we can be said to understand each other . |
| 14 | The point is not to approach the texts with preconceived ideas about matters such as what constitutes an argument , what provides evidence for a claim , or when we can be said to know something . |
| 15 | The graphemes themselves are individual letters or small groups of letters such as " b " , " ou " , and " ght " , and when we can identify these graphemes and then pronounce them together as the sound represented by /bo:t/ ( which rhymes with " port " ) , we can be said to have used the GPC rules . |
| 16 | If adjustment to these constraints appears ( on the basis of psychological and/or physiological evidence ) to be innate rather than learned , they may be said to be ‘ built in ’ , or ‘ hard-wired ’ . |
| 17 | To the extent that these parts of the social structure are based on the same values , they may be said to be integrated . |
| 18 | They may be said to be exercising an administrative function . |
| 19 | Insofar as younger ministers believed that a Christian state should improve housing , lay drains or provide pensions , they could be said to have advocated a form of social gospel . |
| 20 | He thought they were old already in 991 ; he saw they could be said as well by a heathen as a Christian ; he thought the fierce spirit they expressed was one of the reasons for Beorhtnoth 's rash decision to let the Vikings cross the river and fight on level ground ; they had led to defeat and the death of the innocent . |
| 21 | To use the argument brought forward against the related speculation of Block ( i.e. about the tiny homunculi ) , one might at the very least want to deny that the higher and lower consciousnesses could , in any sense , be the same consciousnesses , whether or not they could be said to be in a physical part — whole relationship . |
| 22 | According to Townsend 's estimates , over half the people in Britain at some state in their lives may well experience relative deprivation to such an extent that they could be said to be ‘ in poverty ’ for those periods . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , they could be said to be implicit justifications of an almost fully formulated nature , in that they provide reasons for the existence of the monarchy and its ceremonial occasions . |
| 24 | Because palimpsest histories do precisely that , mingling realism with the supernatural and history with spiritual and philosophical reinterpretation , they could be said to float half-way between the sacred books of our various heritages , which survive on the strength of the faiths they have created , … and the endless exegesis and commentaries these sacred books create . |
| 25 | Biologically they could be said , as most tideline creatures are , to be " successful . " |
| 26 | Put together , they could be said to constitute more than the ‘ perhaps one or two opportunities ’ the discussion set out to find , but an outline strategy for reclaiming a grossly under-used source of much-needed brain-power in the boardroom : a strategy that now calls for sharpening and refining . |
| 27 | If he has other things to say they will be said at Mansion House next Thursday , an occasion by tradition for the Chancellor to speak on monetary policy . |
| 28 | All is not dark in these accounts , and indeed they can be said to gleam with a quality of reflected light . |
| 29 | They can be said to determine and to indetermine , both to record , and to distort and desert , the facts of his life . |
| 30 | In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed , with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness . |