Example sentences of "[noun sg] may be say [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that the taxpayer may be said to benefit in some way from the overseas income — he was able to buy the property because the loan was made to him and he could only keep up , or he kept up , the payments of interest by using that income — is not enough to cause there to be a remittance . |
| 2 | ‘ If by ‘ ability ’ we mean ‘ measured intelligence ’ and by ‘ opportunity ’ access to grammar schools , then opportunity may be said to stand in close relationship with ability in both these areas to-day . ’ |
| 3 | True religion may be said to add to the spiritual a conscious relationship to the Source of the spiritual . |
| 4 | The strength of the culture may be said to lie in the convergence of these orientations — that is , they are compatible with and reinforce one another , and similarly are compatible with and are reinforced by the experience of history . |
| 5 | Roughly speaking , fully developed Middle English may be said to extend from 1150 to 1450 , the period between 1200 and 1450 being especially well marked and well represented by written documents . |