Example sentences of "[adv] [det] [vb mod] be say [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most that can be said with confidence is that the relationship is a liability for the population of Eastern Europe . |
| 2 | The most that can be said with any certainty is that the revolt was led by two families who were to play a great part in the next generation of Aquitainian politics , two families with whom Richard was to become very familiar : the house of Lusignan and the house of Angoulême . |
| 3 | Type 7 His book covers most that need be said on the subject . |
| 4 | The best that can be said about marriage laws is that some of the variation may be explained along the lines proposed here . |
| 5 | So indeed it might have pleased him , for as has subsequently become clear , the best that can be said about the debate , from the Prime Minister 's point of view , is that he had one facet of the truth while General Maurice had another . |
| 6 | The best that can be said of his success on that occasion is that it postponed the period of uncertainty that a split in the party would bring . |
| 7 | But ‘ not bad ’ is about the best that can be said for it . |
| 8 | The best that can be said for Manne 's argument is that as the risks of insider dealing increase , ‘ not trading ’ trading may become more popular . |
| 9 | The best that can be said for the education available for the children of the eighteenth-century poor is that it managed to maintain the levels of the later seventeenth century . |
| 10 | Sylvia , the elder married one , was well-built and healthy , but that was the best that could be said for her ; Mrs Wexford had a magnificent figure and a fine profile although she had never been of the stuff that wins beauty contests . |
| 11 | If virtually nothing is known of the town defences , only a little more can be said about the streets . |
| 12 | As much might be said for members of her cabinet . |
| 13 | The least that can be said for him was that he convinced many that the non-combatants ' interests were worthy of consideration . |
| 14 | Perhaps this much can be said without suggesting that the book is an epic for Kenya Asians , which tells of a people threatened by nobodies , nothings , and managing to survive . |