Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb mod] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The case may be said to be a good example of the stringency with which the courts scrutinise transactions of guarantee entered into at the instance of a debtor who is likely to be in a position to exert influence on the surety and in circumstances in which the surety can derive no conceivable benefit from the transaction . |
| 2 | Histoire , whilst at one level a transposition of the discontinuity of experience , can at the same time be considered as providing an implicit commentary on the nature of fiction and writing : the text can be said to be formed from a meditation on a collection of postcards which the narrator is sifting through . |
| 3 | Enough is enough , the president may be saying in his book and on the screen . |
| 4 | This causes no problem , as the defendant can be said to be at fault whenever he commits a tort . |
| 5 | Even the solicitor and the author may be said to be employed — in the ‘ simple language … used and understood by ordinary literate men and women ’ — and if they are employed , their remuneration is surely earned ‘ in employment . ’ |
| 6 | By causing a subsidiary to issue preference shares to a bank , the group could be said to be ‘ window dressing ’ . |
| 7 | The attitude towards science in the Eagle could be said to be typical of UK comics generally . |
| 8 | In principle , therefore , even where the delay can be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay should be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 9 | In principle , therefore , even where the delay can be said to be unjustifiable , the imposition of a permanent stay should be the exception rather than the rule . |
| 10 | Where this test is satisfied it is not conclusive proof that the person is ‘ driving ’ and it must be asked whether the person can be said to be ‘ driving ’ under the ordinary meaning of that word . |
| 11 | The indigenous people avoid these fish during the tree 's fruiting season and , if other fish predators do the same , the tree could be said to be operating a Securicor system for its offspring . |
| 12 | And what is said of the resurrection may be said of other miracles . |
| 13 | We need to hear what the Lord may be saying to us in all of this and be open to the challenge of church planting and the support of other fellowships around us . |
| 14 | If the implications are reasonably consistent with observed phenomena , the theory can be said to ‘ explain' reality . |
| 15 | Consider the extent to which the approach can be said to be atomistic or holistic , bottom-up or top-down . |
| 16 | Many people at the church will be saying to Mrs Patient and her family , ‘ I do miss your husband , he was so good to me , ’ and whereas this makes the family feel warm it also makes them feel disturbed . |
| 17 | To some extent , an important factor is the computer program itself , whether it is a commonplace program , carrying out mundane operations , or whether it is designed to do something novel , whether the purpose of the program can be said to be in the nature of a trade secret . |
| 18 | If then you say that in such cases the mind thinks , I would only draw your attention to the fact that you are using a metaphor , that here the mind is an agent in a different sense from that in which the hand can be said to be the agent in writing . |
| 19 | Thus , for a short interlude , the religion of the monarch could be said to be neither papist nor Protestant ; and while it was safe to admit to either persuasion , it was wise to support neither too vigorously . |
| 20 | All in all , the technology could be said to be qualitatively transforming the threat to privacy which information systems , even manually sorted card indexes , have always posed . |
| 21 | If the ‘ qualified driver ’ does not do what can be reasonably expected of him regarding these duties the learner could be said to be not under supervision . |
| 22 | In other words , the undersurface curves upwards as it approaches the trailing edge.In fact this is so prominent in the Flexifoil that the section could be said to be upside down ! |
| 23 | In at least one case , Afghanistan , the regime could be said to be fully subordinate to Moscow . |
| 24 | God is present throughout reality in the sense in which a person can be said to be present throughout his or her body . |
| 25 | That is , in the subject of proposition 55 ‘ thought ’ is opposed to ‘ reality ’ almost as if a language game as a whole could be said to be justified by something outside it . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | A market can be said to be a place where buyers and sellers meet to make an exchange of goods ( or services ) . |